Remember LiveJournal? Anyone?
It was a big deal back in the early phases of blogging. A pre-TheFacebook. I’m spending some time working on fixing my blog archives and there are a couple of posts about LiveJournal and my attempts (eventually successful) to script a cross-posting module in MovableType to share my…
TheSpec gets NYT: Is Torstar responding to possible competition from CBC Hamilton
In a welcome addition to The Hamilton Spectator, the print edition of Hamilton’s daily will include a The New York Times supplement on Saturdays. Since the announcement that CBC would be opening a digital bureau in Hamilton, we’ve seen some interesting changes in the local media landscape. *Torstar *is…
Listening to lectures for leisure
As I spend time coding, I always enjoy the distraction of some background noise. Normally, this means music. Recently, I’ve listened to lectures that are available as podcasts in “open course” packages. I browsed iTunesU and selected a wide selection of courses with my focuses – not surprisingly…
Hamilton Labs: A modest proposal for open data innovation at City Hall
The following is my column from the January 2012 print edition of Urbanicity in which I briefly propose the creation of a new city department – Hamilton Labs – to innovate while improving community assets and skills. It’s time for Hamilton Labs – a new department within the…
Off to the Boys and Girls Clubs
I’m finally starting my Monday schedule – during Wednesday afternoon. I’m off to the Boys and Girls Clubs for a quick meeting before going to fix my grandmother’s wifi router that’s acting up. I’m meeting at the Club on a few projects I volunteer with. The first is…
The Google Iowa live results map
As I continue to struggle with a nasty cold that doesn’t seem to want to go away or more accurately the symptoms related to the cold, I enjoyed watching the results of the Iowa Caucuses tonight. I have to admit surprise at the results. What really peaks my…
City of Hamilton responds to my transparency efforts – again
I’m engaged in a weird game of cat and mouse with the City of Hamilton – I make City information open and the City plays “catch-up” by finally making that information available themselves. The latest example? The Office of the Integrity Commissioner finally provides information on the Internet.…
The Hamilton Grand now "rising" to five stories?
[](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Hamilton_Grand_Image_Dec_2011.png)Proposed Hamilton Grand project as of December 2011 / hamiltongrand.ca Harry Stinson’s on-again, off-again, [Hamilton Grand project](http://hamiltongrand.ca) is on-again. This according to the project’s website which was recently updated to show a five-storey building in place of the 15-storey tower Mr. Stinson once dreamed of building. Suites…
The Hamilton Grand now "rising" to five stories?
[](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Hamilton_Grand_Image_Dec_2011.png)Proposed Hamilton Grand project as of December 2011 / hamiltongrand.ca Harry Stinson’s on-again, off-again, [Hamilton Grand project](http://hamiltongrand.ca) is on-again. This according to the project’s website which was recently updated to show a five-storey building in place of the 15-storey tower Mr. Stinson once dreamed of building. Suites…
City of Hamilton's cold weather alert policy
I’m still overcoming a nasty cold that’s drained my energies. This post is short and primarily for the purposes of sharing the chart below for easy future reference UPDATE: At 15:05, The Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton issued a Cold Weather Alert effective overnight…