St. Albert at 150
January 10, 2011
Lots of neat historical photos in the gallery, too: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/fp/Gallery+Historical+Albert/4070450/story.html St. Albert at 150
Month: January 2011
January 9, 2011
mastermaq: The Charrette » News Round-up: Warm and fuzzy feelings “The Peter Hemingway pool is back open. Why are we mentioning that in our round-up? Why, it’s an excuse to post a picture of a really interesting public building. The Charrette: breaking our own poorly-defined rules since 2010.”
Edmonton storm images, compiled through Storify
January 8, 2011
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. … More Edmonton storm images, compiled through Storify
January 8, 2011
The Onion slays me again: How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
January 7, 2011
shandro: Using an animated graph, Hans Rosling explains the past 200 years of world progress in four minutes. Pretty neat? I’ll say! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The Web Is a Customer Service Medium
January 7, 2011
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 … More The Web Is a Customer Service Medium
January 5, 2011
ilovecharts: United States of Google’s Autocomplete (via very small array) Tried it with Canada. Not as sporty (except for the obvious exception): British Columbia Institute of Technology Alberta Health Saskatchewan Roughriders Manitoba Hydro Ontario government Quebec City Newfoundland news New Brunswick election Nova Scotia Power Prince Edward Island tourism Yukon Blonde Northwest Territories jobs Nunavut … More
What are the best blogs about data?
January 4, 2011
The answers to this question sold me on the value of Quora: What are the best blogs about data?
Old maps are beautiful
January 4, 2011
Neat photo gallery at Boston.com of Boston Public Library’s map collection. Old maps are beautiful
January 3, 2011
I am especially proud that this is our 5th consecutive year on the list. In fact, out of the five years, this year was our highest ranking at number 3. Alberta Venture FAST 50 – 5 Years in a Row – http://www.ChrisLaBossiere.com – a Progressive Capitalist in Edmonton Congratulations to local software company Yardstick Software! … More
Seen and Heard in Edmonton 