@cardCK Saddest memoir title ever.
@ivortossell So many possibilities! "Dorks," "Jerks," "Bible-thumpers," "Yankees," "People who can't spell," "Suspected heroin addicts," etc
Am eagerly awaiting the inevitable G+ privacy breach where Circle names are made public and everyone finds out they're just "acquaintances."
@phillipadsmith @boyreporter Surely it should be GeLo. 11 chars -> 4 = 63% compressed.
@walrusmagazine Dedicated to Giorgio Mammoliti — The Bicycles' "What a Fool": http://youtu.be/jSAy30GXlTI
@ivortossell The Klingons would run a much more disciplined council meeting. ROB, BROTHER OF DOUG, YOU MAY SPEAK.
Clicking the "Send Feedback" button in Google+ alerted me to the existence of Google Feedback. Nifty: goo.gl/aa8dg
Last thought! News of the World is a vile skidmark of a paper, but mourn any newsroom nuked while execs prep soft landings elsewhere. #notw
@zeltserman Indeed. Think it's just a method they use for all developing stories, though.
@karenkho goo.gl/GEjnC
No one attacked the phone hacking story with the breadth and depth that the Grauniad did: http://goo.gl/leQzF
News of the World shutting down is huge for the Guardian. Their reporting was the rope #notw hanged itself with: http://goo.gl/YRCJH
@christindal I too hear good things! Time for Ivor's taste in people to be put to the test. Pressure's on now, Tossell...
More for the workflow nerds: Kapost, a service to handle pitches, assignments, post tracking, payment, etc. online: http://goo.gl/TbTkK
@jaimewoo The stat that blew me away recently was that globally, trans life expectancy averages 23 years: http://goo.gl/Tjyif
@typeter Ha, Saint John Idol. Memories. Are there dirtbike demonstrations again this year?
@shawnmicallef Ask @typeter for recommendations for the best & worst horse troughs in SJ. #livelifeuptown
@kelkord It's OK — six are quarterlies or less frequent. VF is roomie's sub, but I flip through. Thinking about adding Wired for even 12.
@kelkord 11 in print: The Believer, McSweeneys, Vanity Fair, Guardian Wkly, Geist, Spacing, This, Walrus, TOLife, Taddle Creek, Maisy.
@navalang Though a lovely little concept in theory, I find that Kinfolk video utterly insufferable. (And *not* seeing race would be weird.)
@karenkho The Onion hires an editor to oversee local listings and reviews.
@goldsbie Torstar isn't just another franchisee, however. So I'd imagine they have a little more leeway.
@goldsbie I talked with Onion Inc. about this last year; the agreement then required the franchisee to buy Onion-approved street boxes.
To everyone who's made this joke, “That Magazine” actually exists: goo.gl/YtQ7M
@phillipadsmith Re Google+: You're in-in? If you have an invite queue, can I be on it?
Hm. HuffPoCa must have a "fluffy/serious" option on posts to programmatically display "Like" or "Recommend": http://twitpic.com/5ireml
(I Instapapered it weeks ago and only recently read. Sorry, I forget who pointed me to it originally.)
With change surely afoot at Canada Post, this piece on Europe's privatized mail nightmare is worth a read: http://goo.gl/Op4P1
@journo_dale The problem is: cool things aren't cool. Only uncool things are cool.
(I custom-order all my commas from a little foundry in Bushwick. You wouldn't have heard of it.)
Also, the Oxford comma now joins the ranks of bow ties, fountain pens, and typewriters: charming affectations for discriminating people.
@nealjennings I barely resisted making that joke :)
I like—and will continue to use—the Oxford comma, but I'm no fundamentalist. I reserve my rage for superfluous apostrophes.
Whether Google+ turns out or not, the intro videos are slick — a very Apple-y mood: http://goo.gl/Kzz53
@jm_mcgrath @karenkho My favourite is still Chuck Close — "Inspiration is for amateurs": http://goo.gl/ylsMC
@karenkho Probably simple to the point of glib and unhelpful, actually. But whatever works.
@SimonWallace Yes, I was amused to learn that there's no kissing in Rosedale.
Google Maps + PG-rated voyeurism + @StrollCity + weapons-grade Twee = Toronto Kiss Map: http://goo.gl/HlxOQ (ht @meganmcchesney)
Fran Leibowitz: "Ronald Reagan was the president of the United States. Anything that follows that is understandable." http://goo.gl/J9uxr
@owenadam Nice to meet you in person too, see you around 401, definitely.
@serial_consign Well, few could match the manic laff-a-minute pace of "Finding Forrester"... #whyguswhy
@serial_consign Well, I often like meandering. I liked "Gerry" even more than Elephant, so. Sign me up!
@serial_consign I'm a big fan of shots of the backs of people's heads. À La "Elephant"?
I really underestimated the number of people who would be interested in newspaper content management systems.
@petergoffin @owenadam I know, right? I want.
Workflow nerds! This newspaper built a CMS that writes and edits in GDocs, publishes to WP, and exports to InDesign: http://goo.gl/IXai6
Today, more than ever, I'm proud not to give a shit about hockey.
@chantalbraganza I've been wanting to see Chartbeat in action. Can you give me a tour next time we're near a computer?
@joyce_byrne Oh yeah! What was our app idea again? I forget. (Just don't tweet it publicly, of course.)
@jm_mcgrath Windmills "standing in rural outposts as sentinels of a centralizing state." Wind power = COMMUNISM
@navalang I feel like I pull that eye-contact/keep walking stunt all the time. Awkward!
#NMA11 afterparty is at Imperial Pub, I'm informed by reliable sources.
@nonstopnicktv Neeeeerrrds!
@nonstopnicktv Ah. We're table 45, at the back of the bus like the bad kids we are.
@nonstopnicktv You're here? Where in the room are you? I can only tell sonmuch by the factional hooting...
My #MagNet11 editors' panel starts in a few hours, too: http://goo.gl/tqg3n — come and hear what editors want and don't want from writers...
Thanks for all the nice CSME congrats yesterday, everyone. You're too kind.
Thrilled with 2nd CSME win—thanks all. (goo.gl/Pdrn2) Props to @spacing, @OutdoorWalsh, @gardenmaking... Mag love! #magnet11
RT @jm_mcgrath: God help us from bored, rich, septuagenarians. http://is.gd/m7Xh3X
@StrollCity Frustrated driver attempts to turn left on to busy Yonge, pedestrians everywhere, stereo blasting The Association's "Windy."
OK, Liveblog concluded. Check @kattancock's blog tomorrow for highlights.
@kattancock I did. Copy and paste, no prob. I'm going to export and put on my own site.
It begins: liveblog along with me and @chantalbraganza as we watch @evanatwired's #magnet11 keynote: http://scrbliv.me/25649
(If you will be there and are computerated and wish to share the load, DM or email, you can write too.)
I am going to attempt to liveblog @evanatwired's #magnet11 keynote here: http://scrbliv.me/25649 — should start 5ish.
Though @alexmolotkow's post on it is delightful (http://goo.gl/1W71O) I never feel Montreal-envy and do not see its appeal. Team square.
@briandstdenis It's truly remarkable work! (PS - lurve the Ethel's Lounge pic. I miss Ethel's.)
Twitter! I too saw X-Men and wish to participate in this shared cultural moment of publicly denouncing January Jones.
(...though obviously the numbers are measured on a somewhat diminished scale.)
Fun to have access to @Toronto_Life’s stats now: http://goo.gl/V5bw2 —This metrics have been public for almost 2 years! http://goo.gl/PgoUQ
@journo_dale I knew I couldn't have been the first one to say that... #selfpitytweets
Sick and tired of being sick and tired.
(...By which I mean maybe you should also consider making a donation: http://goo.gl/IBUC0 )
Sorry to miss the @shamelessmag party tonight (http://goo.gl/zd3JZ), but I made a donation instead! A great crew, doing necessary work.
Thanks, everyone, for all the kind words re: PWAC nomination. A total surprise, and a very nice one.
@typeter Though I would love to take credit, I don't think I coined "anablog." Wasn't it @ivortossell's neologism? http://goo.gl/pyld1
@MegSez Hey, thanks! A very pleasant surprise. Totally out of the blue. And nice company to be in.
Moving on: who's going to fill Blatchford's shoes at the Globe? Sometimes irksome, but she slings a lot of ink. Place bets.
@LukewSavage Apples/oranges? Solar = large, standalone, passive land use; oil/gas/nuke = smaller plant but huge extraction impact elsewhere.
...taking into account things like conventional power plant design, etc. Intuitively it seems hard to scale, but I honestly don't know.
Honest question: 9,000 households powered by 89 acres of solar panels — http://goo.gl/FVqnc — is that good/bad/middling energy density?
@ivortossell Album name.
@UnionSt Is that also a Royal Wedding special issue in the purchase stack? Closet monarchist?
@lisanjutras 70s brand intros: Hamburger Helper, Celestial Seasonings, Yoplait, Twix, Ben & Jerry’s, Dean & Deluca, Zagat, Perrier. #70sfood
@timfalconer You don't have to have been there personally to grok the #70sfood nutritional zeitgeist. (Speisegeist?)
@lisanjutras First-wave organica: anything from this cookbook, a fixture of my childhood: http://goo.gl/m6pEG #70sfood
@magscanada Nifty, happy to help. Thanks for following up.
@magscanada The "Register" links on MagNet site appear to be broken. They all lead to the cultural mags audiocast event listing...
@typeter A fitting conclusion to a heroic life.
@fresh_fries Full listing of sessions are here: http://goo.gl/7owLZ and prices are here: http://goo.gl/6my2p
@typeter Gasp. Is it curtains for Mr. Volvo? What's happening to him? I will listen to some CrO2 tapes in his honour.
Time's ticking for #magnet11 registration, including my (not-100%-dudes!) panel on pitching editors: http://goo.gl/DkG36
@shawnmicallef Also, CBC is quite humourless about "the fifth estate" being spelled out and all lowercase.
(Male aged 12 or older) + (bike helmet) - (bike) = don't do that.
Jeff Melanson at #LRCtalks: "Graffiti artists *love* it when a mayor declares war on graffiti."
@lisanjutras Ah, sorry, I was projecting. The opposite sentiment appears far more widespread, to which I say: eye roll.
@lisanjutras A studious avoidance of all employment-related small talk would be far more tiresome.
"Start the timer and write the word PLEASE as many times as you can before the time runs out." http://goo.gl/V9I8o
Dear God: please rapture the plankers.
@SeeInANewWay Sure. Seems like a functional necessity came first, but became inseparable from the Polaroid aesthetic, really.