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Photo: Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2022. ...

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:37:39 +0100

Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2022. I’ve been averaging 18 books per year for the past 12 years.

Past yearly overviews: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.

Photo: The remaining Sound + Code crew at day’s end on Saturday, July 23rd, 2022. ...

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:45:00 +0100

The remaining Sound + Code crew at day’s end on Saturday, July 23rd, 2022. Wish I had thought to snap a few shots when everyone was around.

Photo: Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2021. I’ve been averaging 18. ...

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:55:55 +0100

Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2021. I’ve been averaging 18.5 books per year for the past 11 years.

Past yearly overviews: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.

Photo: Quin by Bathsheba Grossman from the cover of Math Art: Truth, Beauty, and Equations.

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:54:10 +0100

Quin by Bathsheba Grossman from the cover of Math Art: Truth, Beauty, and Equations.

Photo: Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2020. Past yearly overviews: 2019, 2018, 2017,

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:05:00 +0100

Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2020.

Past yearly overviews: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.

Photo: Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2019. Flatlining. ...

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 21:30:39 +0100

Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2019. Flatlining.

Past yearly overviews: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.

2019 was a year of re-reading. 2020 is looking to be heavy on non-fiction.

Photo: The new network stack before I tucked it away.

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:15:43 +0100

The new network stack before I tucked it away.

Photo: Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2018. ...

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:26:39 +0100

Number of books read each year from 2011 to 2018.

2015 was the year I discovered podcasts. I’m recovering.

Past yearly overviews: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011.

I’m planning on 2019 being the year of the re-read.

Photo: City Scapes by Ryoji Iwata 量自 @johnny777 on Instagram via thisisnthappiness

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 11:35:01 +0100

City Scapes by Ryoji Iwata

量自 @johnny777 on Instagram

via thisisnthappiness

Photo: The Blue Whale. Natural History Museum. London. ...

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 16:11:20 +0100

The Blue Whale. Natural History Museum. London.

Architectural artwork by photographer Peter Li.

Photo: Property values of single detached homes in Winnipeg centered on where I grew up (Lord ...

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:15:06 +0100

Property values of single detached homes in Winnipeg centered on where I grew up (Lord Roberts / Riverview).

Dark blue is sub-$225K. Dark red is $420K+.

Photo: Density of single detached homes in Winnipeg. Green is less dense. Red is more dense.

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 11:14:33 +0100

Density of single detached homes in Winnipeg.

Green is less dense. Red is more dense.

Photo: Animals Reading Animals Learning How To ReadAnimals Using Technology Concepts used to ...

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:16:08 +0100

Animals Reading
Animals Learning How To Read
Animals Using Technology

Concepts used to find these images: book, book bindings, book series, education, literature, newspaper, research, technology

Photo: Andrew Burton and I spent the morning talking Open Data and Open Government with these ...

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 22:00:31 +0100

Andrew Burton and I spent the morning talking Open Data and Open Government with these passionate public servants at Canada Beyond 150’s three day conference in Winnipeg.

“Canada Beyond 150 is a ten-month professional development program involving a Canada-wide group of early-career public servants. The project is designed to support leadership and skills development, and to drive a culture shift across the federal public service.”

As part of this program, teams of public servants are working together to explore policy challenges including: reconciliation, open and transparent government, sustainable development, feminist government, and socio-economic inclusion.

Andrew and I meet with the open and transparent government team. Andrew was there in his capacity as the City of Winnipeg Open Data manager. I was there as executive directory of Open Democracy Manitoba.

We discussed the evolution (and/or disappearance) of privacy, the implications of a shift to digital government services, proactive vs reactive public disclosure, IT procurement, open source goverance, fake new, policy making as a participatory act, algorithmic biases, the logistics of open data, citizen engagement, artificial intelligence, techno-privilege, trust and reputation online, and so much more.

I was honoured to be invited to share my experiences and perspectives on these topics. It was inspiring morning. I look forward to seeing what kinds of improvements and innovations these folks will help bring to our federal public service.

Oh, and in case you’re curious, here’s why they chose Winnipeg as the location for their mid-project conference.

Photo: Maps of the forking paths of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books.

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:55:46 +0100

Maps of the forking paths of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books.

Photo: Open Democracy Manitoba (ODM) is now a registered non-profit corporation! I helped found ...

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:27:21 +0100

Open Democracy Manitoba (ODM) is now a registered non-profit corporation!

I helped found ODM six years ago, in the summer of 2010. Since then we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of voters research their candidates and learn about their local democratic process by way of WinnipegElection.ca and ManitobaElection.ca.

We recently launched WinnipegElected.ca, a site where citizen can easily follow Winnipeg City Council decisions on reports, motions and by laws. The site was developed with the assistance of the Winnipeg Clerk’s Department.

Incorporating as a non-profit will help us in securing grants, allowing us to continue to empower the citizens of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and beyond, through our online tools and resources.

Photo: Prep work for Wednesday’s talk about Alan Turing’s 1936 paper on computable numbers.

Tue, 24 May 2016 08:03:25 +0100

Prep work for Wednesday’s talk about Alan Turing’s 1936 paper on computable numbers.

Photo: Circles traveling along the path of a Hilbert Space filling Curve.

Sun, 08 May 2016 08:21:31 +0100

Circles traveling along the path of a Hilbert Space filling Curve.

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Sun, 01 May 2016 09:30:48 +0100

Photo: How to Work Better Peter Fischli and David Weiss at Guggenheim, New York via: this ...

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 08:06:00 +0100

How to Work Better

Peter Fischli and David Weiss at Guggenheim, New York

via: this isn’t happiness