It’s about time I got around to writing about MediaCamp, which brought more than 80 people to the World Trade Centre on Feb. 4 to explore the intersection of journalism and technology. I’m still thinking about that intersection, and the other roads that feed into it.For a recap of what we did and learned, check … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 28
It seems an awful lot of people are interested in learning how to do new things this year, and a lot of them are journalists and/or bloggers, judging from my Twitter stream. For example, tens of thousands of people — including me! — have signed up for Code Year 2012, which is Code Academy’s super-enticing … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 27
As I reflect on 2011 in Edmonton’s new media space, a figure haunts me: 3,400. That’s how how many blogs Mack Male counted in this city, for a talk he gave at WordCamp in November. Man, I thought. Here I figured I was reasonably on top of the Edmonton blogosphere. I had read so many posts in 2011, … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 26
I’ve been doing this, that and the other thing, so this time around I’m heading straight into cool stuff I’ve come across in the past little while:— It was nice to see the edmontonian’s YouTube channel come to life again with A Close Shave, a trailer for Marty Chan’s latest children’s book. I have it … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 25
I was fortunate to be asked to speak at WordCamp Edmonton, which meant I got to soak up a whole bunch of great stuff from this terrific conference on all things WordPress. As I admitted in my presentation (which won’t make a lot of sense out of context, but the links are worth looking at), … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 24
To block or not to block? That is the question I’ve been thinking about this week, because of a tiff on Twitter between David Staples and Dave Cournoyer during the coverage of city council’s decision on the downtown arena. As near as I can tell, here’s what happened. Cournoyer asked Staples for a source on … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 22
West Edmonton Local is about to be reincarnated again, so this seems like a good time to explain and explore this gift to MacEwan journalism students, created last school year by Archie McLean and Lucas Timmons. I call it a gift because journalism is learned by doing. To have a real-life news website to work on, … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 18
I know I already talked about Pecha Kucha Night 11, but preparing for that night took up so much space in my brain that I scarcely had room for anything else, and there’s still more worth rounding up. For an excellent recap of the evening, see Mack Male’s post. The Edmonton Journal, which livestreamed the … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 17
I’m going to blame the tardiness of this week’s roundup on my grief over the retirement of the edmontonian. It may not be an entirely accurate excuse – I was busy getting ready to teach and finishing off a super-cool project I’ll tell you about one of these days – but it is completely true … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 16
It’s back-to-school season in our house. The kids return to class on Thursday, Trustee Spencer’s meetings have resumed, and I am preparing to teach (!) reporting and news production in the journalism diploma program at Grant MacEwan University. So I’m in an education frame of mind for this week’s roundup. In many ways, the Internet … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 15
Seen and Heard in Edmonton 