Mayors, potholes and KLM | Edmonton Blog Watch
Spring is teasing us. Or winter is taunting us. I’m not sure which it is. But there aren’t enough numbers to count up to the volume of complaints about the weather in Edmonton. So we turn our attention to the better parts of social media coverage in this week’s blog watch. Remember, you can always suggest […]
Horror, teachers and cheap wine | Edmonton Blog Watch
I’ve had horror on my mind lately, and not just because of the trailer embedded along with this post. No, it’s the horrors of insomnia, a busy schedule and a slight touch of food poisoning that took me over the weekend. But I found solace in some great content published by Edmontonians this week. I […]
New beginning, birthdays and bike lanes | Edmonton Blog Watch
Change is the name of the game this week. Changes to people’s blogs, literally changes on our roads, and even changes to our ages. And, just to add fuel to the change fire, I’m writing this from Calgary! But one thing you can rest assured of is this: if you come across anything interesting in the […]
Oprah, Oilers and the Arena | Edmonton Blog Watch
Last week was kind of a big one in Edmonton. Oprah was in town hot on the heels of her interview with Lance Armstrong; the Oilers were back in action; and there was even some movement on the arena file at city council. But those topics weren’t the only inspirations for thought-provoking content in the […]
My first (and maybe last) PKN presentation
If Pecha Kucha is Japanese for “chit-chat,” what’s Japanese for, “Holy shit, why did we agree to do this?” That’s the thought that occurred to me when Sean Healy and I decided we would give a presentation at Edmonton’s Pecha Kucha 9 at the Royal Alberta Museum on March 4th.