I continue to work on some posts for the coming weeks to encourage journalists to apply to be a Fellow-at-Large of the University of Toronto and Southam Fellow at Massey College. This adds to the community aspects of the role. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Being a Fellow-at-Large of the University of Toronto was…
I love my routines, I'm at my happiest when I'm repeating patterns and doing the same things on a weekly or monthly basis. "Boring" is how one my closest friends described me for years. My life in Hamilton is good. Each morning has a routine, while go to a different…
I use Tiny Tiny RSS (TT-RSS) for my RSS reader, it is the most versatile of the self-hosted open source platforms. This audience for this tutorial are people like me, who can do simple tasks but are not actually developers.…
Malcolm Gladwell's 10000 Hour Rule [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)] is one of those idioms which captures an idea we want to be true. It is a more catchy variation on the idea that practice makes perfect. In actual practice, the 10000 hour rule is shown not to…
Brightside no longer exists as a physical neighbourhood, yet it is one of the more vibrant communities in Hamilton. How is this, and what is the story behind this community? The neighbourhood itself was mostly demolished and paved over in the 1960s as Hamilton's industrial sector expanded and the industrial…
The latest instalment of Hamilton's local history in book format is Reclaiming Hamilton published by local imprint Wolsak and Wynn Publishers [https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/reclaiming-hamilton-essays-from-the-new-ambitious-city] . During the next few weeks, my daily personal blog posts will include my thoughts (some may call it a review) on the book…
A slogan does not make for a great city, nor does a single dominant culture. Hamilton is best branded as the City of Waterfalls, no matter how much effort and money is put into creating other brands. Why the City of Waterfalls? It describes Hamilton best, the brand was created…
"Thanks, your tourist dollars are appreciated [https://twitter.com/JoeyColeman/status/1234655585481711619]", Dan Jelly says to me after I my purchase four Hamilton neighbourhood maps at Hamilton's Mixed Media shop. It is March 2, 2020 and I'm visiting Hamilton to give a lecture at McMaster University. For the 2019/20…