Cleaning up my Google Reader
I’m cleaning up my Google Reader as I prioritize my feeds to reflect the topics and beats I presently cover. One of my folders held a large list of “student blogs” which collected the feeds of various post-secondary student bloggers. Looking at the list, I realized that as…
Hamilton Tiger-Cats to make announcement at Chamber of Commerce
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be speaking at Hamilton’s Chamber of Commerce later this morning. The Tiger-Cats comments today will be the first time they’ve publicly spoke about the stadium since the City Council meeting of October 12. It is unknown what the Tiger-Cats will say at this point.…
Fair warning: I'm slowing down later this month
A fair warning to my readers, I’ll be taking a slow week from November 15 until November 22, 2010 as I recharge myself in preparation for the new Hamilton City Council term that begins on December 1.…
Hamilton's wards and polling districts
A couple of people are working on mapping Hamilton’s electoral Wards including polling districts within the Wards. I’ll post links to the KML files (Google Earth) as they are completed. You can use the KML files in Google Earth to create your own visualizations of the election results.…
It's time for Open Government Open Data in #HamOnt
Do you want to see what the election results look like poll by poll? [](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastermaq/4415808957/)A sign from the Open City Workshop in Edmonton, AB says it all. (Mack Male (mastermaq) / Flickr) Are you interested in learning how to participate in making…
#HamOnt Vote 2010: Breaking down the results – the teaser
I’m slowly but surely taking the electoral results from the City of Hamilton website and transferring them into Google Spreadsheets. From the Spreadsheets, I’ll be able to query the data to analyze the results poll-by-poll. Ward 2 is the first poll that I’ve inputted data for. I’ll write about this…
Hamilton Votes 2010 – Live Coverage
I’m live at Hamilton City Hall covering the election results as they come in. Who will be elected Mayor? Which Councillors will return, who will be the new faces. Find out first: [Hamilton Votes 2010](http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=d5f59d6a95)…
#HamOnt Mayoral prediction: Eisenberger
I’m predicting Eisenberger will be the victor tonight. Eisenberger’s supports are more pro-Eisenberger than anti-someone else. They are motivated to back him and loyal. The incumbent at a time when a strong anti-incumbent undercurrent is taking hold, he’s managed to hold his own in the opinion polls and…
#HamOnt Votes 2010: Coleman's predictions for Council
A little story first: Growing up as a kid, I saw myself become a weatherman or sports statistician. At age 6, I started reading both the weather forecast and sports section of The Hamilton Spectator every day. I can’t remember when I caught the political bug, but as…
#HamOnt Votes 2010: Is Chad Collins facing a serious challenge?
[](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2010-09-08.jpg)Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton’s second longest service member of City Council may be defeated tonight. Chad Collins is facing his strongest competitor since 1995 when he was first elected to Hamilton City Council. Jaswinder Bedi has been running…