mastermaq: (via The ABCs of saving city neighbourhoods) “For the past few years, while city planners have been trying to figure out how to bring people back into older neighbourhoods, school boards moved the opposite way — closing older schools and heading for the suburbs.”
Much of the new media buzz this week emanated from TEDxEdmonton, a day of inspirational talks at the Citadel on June 11. I didn’t go, but I’m looking forward to watching the video. The live-stream is archived here, but the sound is kind of sketchy. Twitter was of course alive with TED talk throughout the … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 4
I learned a lot at meshwest in Calgary on June 8, and I decided to try to capture some of that with Storify. If you were there and want to relive it, or couldn’t make it and don’t want to sift through the hashtag, here you go.
It was good news for wonks when Dave Cournoyer came home from Australia and leapt back into blogging on the suddenly interesting Alberta political scene. Last week alone saw five posts, including a look at the Conservative leadership contenders, the matter of who to blame for teacher layoffs, and the Alberta Liberals’ recent changes.Dave is … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 3
My bike: Rusty and bent, but it was free, it goes, and it’s mine. (Taken with instagram)
This week I’ve been thinking about a media myth that needs to die. It goes something like this: "It’s all fine and well for bloggers to do whatever they do, but who is going to sit through city council meetings? Journalists, that’s who.“ This reveals a useless and destructive dualism that keeps journalism from adapting … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 2
If you wait for a better time to create, better than this very moment, if you wait until you feel settled, divinely inspired, perfectly centered, unburdened of your usual worries, or free of your own skin, forget about it. You will still be waiting tomorrow and the next day, wondering why you never managed to … More
Maybe it’s just because I have more time to notice, but the flowering trees seem particularly lovely this spring.
As an admirer of Edmonton’s new media scene, I thought there might be room for a weekly roundup of what’s going on out there. This notion coalesced after a meeting with The League of Extraordinary Media. It is inspired by the fine daily aggregation done by the edmontonian and the weekly summary put together by … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 1
sesamestreet: It’s part 2 of Conversations with Bert, featuring Andy Samberg! Tune in for more banter about socks, pigeons, paper clips, and more! (Missed part 1? Check it out!) I’d been thinking a lot about interviewing today. And then I came across this. Outstanding. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Seen and Heard in Edmonton 