January 2011
23 posts
Jan 29th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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Learning out loud →
My colleagues Elise Stolte and Mariam Ibrahim awe me with their willingness to set themselves a challenge and wring it for all it’s worth.
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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The way his brain works
My son, who is about to turn 6, made this list of Thomas the Tank Engine trains he wants for his birthday. The bigger the printing, the more he wants the train, he said. I don’t know if he knows what a tag cloud is, or if he has ever seen one, but I think that’s what he made, isn’t it?
Jan 16th
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Inspired by Radiolab →
Radiolab, a must-listen from WNYC, radiates so much insight and creativity and intelligence that it goes on to grow in the listeners. Evidence: this comic. Wow. Here’s the audio: http://www.radiolab.org/2009/jul/27/
Jan 12th
Jan 11th
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St. Albert at 150 →
Lots of neat historical photos in the gallery, too: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/fp/Gallery+Historical+Albert/4070450/story.html
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Edmonton storm images, compiled through Storify →
Here’s my first attempt at using Storify to compile images of Edmonton’s big storm. These are images shared by users of Twitter, Flickr and YouTube. It’s a pretty easy tool (though I’m still struggling with the search), and seems like a great way to put together what our community is talking about and taking pictures of.
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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The Web Is a Customer Service Medium →
longreads: The web was surprisingly good at emulating a TV, a newspaper, a book, or a radio. Which meant that people expected it to answer the questions of each medium, and with the promise of advertising revenue as incentive, web developers set out to provide those answers. As a result, people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people in...
Jan 7th
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Jan 5th
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What are the best blogs about data? 
The answers to this question sold me on the value of Quora: What are the best blogs about data? 
Jan 4th
Old maps are beautiful →
Neat photo gallery at Boston.com of Boston Public Library’s map collection.
Jan 4th
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“I am especially proud that this is our 5th consecutive year on the list. In...”
– Alberta Venture FAST 50 - 5 Years in a Row - www.ChrisLaBossiere.com - a Progressive Capitalist in Edmonton Congratulations to local software company Yardstick Software! (via mastermaq) I love this quote from Chris in the Alberta Venture piece: “We have each other, so we find ways to buck the...
Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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“A new year, and a newly proposed zone for downtown.”
– The Charrette » The RCI Files: All about the Arena District (via mastermaq)
Jan 2nd
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