While the city really heated up over the weekend thanks to some meteorological phenomenon I wouldn’t be able to understand without the diligent tutelage of CTV’s Josh Classen, the Edmonton blogosphere likewise continues its heatwave of fantastic content.

Remember: if you know of a post that should be included in the Edmonton Blog Watch, please use this handy submission form. I’m looking for stuff that is interesting, well-written and coherent — and, of course, written by someone from or in Edmonton, or just about Edmonton. Those are my only criteria.

Here’s some terrific content from the bloggers in Edmonton from last week. I usually don’t do these in any particular order, but last week saw some great milestones, so I’ll start with those:

• Congratulations to Emil Tiedemann — his blog I Heart Edmonton celebrated its third birthday last week. Sadly, Emil has decided to focus his energies elsewhere, as he says in his farewell post.
• Similar congrats to Jeremy Die and Gregg Beever, whose Edmonton-based webcomic Inglorious Hipsters celebrated a year on the scene with a postcast featuring myself, Jay Runham, Mark Jowett and Erin Bourne.
• Brittney Le Blanc and Karen Unland launched Capital Ideas last week, part of the Edmonton Experiment.
• Techmommy Jennifer Banks shares her thoughts on the loss of locally-run businesses in her neighbourhood.
• Mack Male wrote an interesting post about how the suburbs are marketed as a comparison to living downtown. His thoughts and experiences are definitely worth the read.
• Alex Abboud talks about how many employers in the city don’t have offices downtown due to the nature of their industries, and that means a slower build up of the core.

Image by Nick Veitch on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License.

alex abboud, emil tiedemann, gregg beever, i heart edmonton, inglorious hipsters, jeremy die, mack male