City approves demolition of iconic downtown Board of Education building
[](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2432712144_b2cb49561f_z.jpg)A picture of the headquarters of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board taken by Flickr user juggybiv during the H Magazine/HIStory + HERitage walk in March 2008. (Licensed under CC) Say your goodbyes to Hamilton’s iconic Board of Education building before it’s gone. As expected,…
No daily updates this week
Apologies, I’m severely behind on a few projects and suffered a major setback this weekend when I encountered computer problems. I’ll be focusing my “spare” time for the next few weeks on the final push for open data at Hamilton City Hall. The open data motion is going…
City commits $1.2-mil in financial incentives to 275 King St W development
The Hamilton Spectator reports today on 275 King Street West, focusing on a single lane closure of the King Street expressway that is blocked by the planned construction at the site. I’ve been following the development closely the past month as two City committees discussed various applications from the development…
Spectator announces end to paywall double-dip
*Disclosure: I’m currently a candidate for a web position at The Spectator. I unsuccessfully applied to CBC Hamilton. * The Hamilton Spectator’s paywall is coming down – for print subscribers. TheSpec implemented a Press+ paywall in September. The “wall” allowed non-subscribers to view 35 “free” articles a month. Print subscribers were…
Up with Chris Hayes for today
My favourite weekend political show…
The Greatest Challenge facing Journalism
Read the opening paragraph of Paul Bradshaw’s latest post Telling Wannabe Journos “Don’t Work For Free” Doesn’t Help and he lays out the biggest threat facing journalism – a lack of socio-economic diversity. Then read his paragraph explaining why some journalists do work for free. They work for…
Gawker's new anonymity implementation – smart!
Gawker gets it. (Mostly, let’s ignore the redesign for the purposes of this post) They value anonymity on the Internet and have implemented a system that encourages positive anonymous contributions to their content and comments. For anonymity, we’re introducing the “Burner” — a new way to submit information…
Gawker's new anonymity implementation – smart!
Gawker gets it. (Mostly, let’s ignore the redesign for the purposes of this post) They value anonymity on the Internet and have implemented a system that encourages positive anonymous contributions to their content and comments. For anonymity, we’re introducing the “Burner” — a new way to submit information…
Jason Leach – at home in Victoria Park
Walking between think|haus on Dundurn to James Street, I encounter a gang of two urbanists conspiring in Victoria Park –Dave Kurac and Jason Leach. Here’s the thing, Jason Leach was walking around the park with a home coffee mug – not a travel mug, the standard dinner table…
A quick chat with #CstWelton
Walking down James Street this evening, I encountered Constable Welton at the intersection of Cannon around 1920 this evening. He had sped past me on his bicycle about 10 minutes prior – responding to a call. While we were chatting, he stopped traffic on Cannon (highway) assisting EMS…