Interview Series with Shel Israel – Part 1
Shel Israel is a well-known social media author and public speaker who co-wrote the book “Naked Conversations” with Robert Scoble in 2006. Mr Israel has contributed editorially to Business Week, Dow Jones Co and FastCompany TV.
His new book: Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods, will be released September 8, 2009, and talks about potential business uses of Twitter.
Walter Schwabe had a chance to chat with Mr Israel and have a few questions about his views on social media answered. This will be the first interview in a series of them with Shel Israel, so be sure to check back often for the next interview! Read more
The Great (Edmonton) Airport Debate
The debate between closing and maintaining the Edmonton City Centre Airport (YXD) has heated up as of late. With City Councilors set to make a decision on July 8, opinion is still widely divided between the two view points.
With that in mind, fusedlogic will be hosting the “Great Airport Debate” at our studio in Sherwood Park. We currently have Mack Male (creator of notmyairport.ca) and Dave MacLean (creator of saveourairport.ca) lined up to continue a discussion they began last week, but were unable to continue due to time restraints. Well, we don’t have any of those here. As well, we may be adding a few more guests to sit on the discussion panel – we’ll update this post as soon as any are confirmed. Read more
Edmonton 2009 Neighbourhood Census Data – Extended!
Today, the city released their 2009 Municipal Census data which can be accessed from the City of Edmonton website here.
There was some online discussion about the city’s choice to release the information in .pdf form instead of the more accessible .csv format. While .pdf is probably more than sufficient enough for most people, check out links to the .csv versions below.
The one thing that the .pdf versions lacked were any pretty graphs. As an accountant, a pretty graph is about the only way I can express my deep-rooted love for spreadsheets, and as such, have included some for you to enjoy below. Read more
fusedlogic Team Heads Down to The Works
Taking advantage of a beautiful day (which has now turned into a terrifying windstorm), the fusedlogic team jumped into our mobile office and paid a visit to Edmonton’s The Works Festival. We were met by some friendly volunteers, patrons and even an event Director who took the time to sit down and chat with us for a bit. In fact, after chatting with one particularly outgoing volunteer and asking for her Twitter handle, I found out that I had already conversed with Ee on Twitter before (@Kabluey), and that one of our other team members, Evan, had met her before in person! Just another (of many) examples of the social web bringing people together. With the connections we’ve all made, it’s hard to imagine someone thinking of social media as a waste of time. Read more
nextMEDIA 2009
Despite a snowy start (in June!) to this year’s nextMEDIA 2009 event, the underdressed delegates – from L.A. to Brazil – were still able to enjoy the beautiful locale.
Discussion over the weekend covered the social web from several angles – monetization models, culture and demographics, and search metrics to name a few. Monitors with Tweetdeck rolled along tracking the hashtag #nextMEDIA throughout the venue, keeping conference-goers up to date on the most recent chatter in and around the event. Discussions regularly fell to differentiating between the hype of social media and its more productive uses. Read more
