Exciting things are happening in the realm of making it easy to discover new media in Edmonton. So exciting that I feel compelled to blow the dust off my blog and see what I can do to bring these efforts to your attention. ShareEdmonton blogs Mack Male has made a number of improvements to his … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 30
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
The story of the week was the downtown arena project. I wish I had been free on Friday to Storify the reaction to city council’s decision to buy the land amid news of the negotiations between the city and the Katz Group with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York. The volume of tweets on … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 21
This week, I’ve been thinking about the future of publishing and the power of going deep. The idea that the future of media depends on serving niches rather than being all things to all people is not new, but it becomes more meaningful when you meet people who are living that concept in real life. … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 20
The theme of this week’s roundup is inspired by something Kathleen Smith (aka @KikkiPlanet) said on the most recent episode of the Unknown Studio. The discussion turned to people who leave Edmonton for Vancouver or Toronto because they think there’s nothing going on here. “They’re complaining about a city that doesn’t exist anymore,” she said. … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 19
Seen and Heard in Edmonton 