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I missed posting yesterday but that means I get to post this today. There have been lots of great shootout goals since they brought the new rule into the NHL but usually players don't get too creative because they're still playing for points. But perhaps because the season's almost over and Dallas and Colorado are […]
A good question on AskMefi to sum up how the Internet has shifted so much of our world. (Also see my post on “Five Things The Internet Is Killing (And One Thing It Isn't)“.)
Rarely do I read an article where I just keep going “yes, yes, yes!” (well, not in a mainstream publication anyhow! ) But that was my reaction after reading “The Facebook Generation vs. The Fortune 500”, a Wall Street Journal article which outlines the 12 differences between the Facebook generation (aka Generation Y aka Millennials […]
Time to break out the long-neglected “CLA Conference” tag. Just got word today that I was approved to go to this year's CLA conference in Montreal at the end of May! I'm especially happy about this because I'd had a feeler extended to see if I'd be coming to the conference and available to sit […]
In the morning, finger plays. In the afternoon, just play! Kevin MacKenzie is awesome and if you're near Regina, you should try to attend this workshop. In fact, you should consider planning a special trip to the Queen City just to check it out! Kevin MacKenzie – Double Workshop Day Sat. April 18th […]
One of my most visited sites, Reddit, has a section similar to another of my favourite online stops, Ask Metafilter and it occasionally has really interesting questions and answers – especially since they don't frown on the “ChatFilter” questions like AskMetafilter does.
A guide to YouTube videos featuring courses, lectures, conference presentations and so on from universities, private companies and other places.
Tonight is the first in a series of province-wide forums among the NDP leadership candidates in Moose Jaw. (At least I think it is – the official NDP site I just linked to doesn't list this event – though the candidates' sites do. Who knows?)Anyhow, I'm pretty sure it is the first forum tonight and […]
One of the things I do in my position with RPL is work with a couple of my colleagues to write content for our internal staff e-newsletter. One week, we write an “RPL Update” which talks about some of the latest happenings at our library then. Every second week, we write an “Innovation Spotlight” which […]