• Trade shows are a dying medium. 2 halls and more chiropractors than basement renovators. #
• Baen Books ebook site. Download a few backlist books for free & pay $6 for the next in a series. They got it right. #
• RT @lavermeer Cachet, ca-SHAY: n. referring to prestige. Cache, said cash: n. referring to hiding or storage. Not interchangeable! #grammar #
• RT @katepullinger: A book is no longer an object; it is now a place. #transliteracy But it never was really… novels vs atlases vs guides #
• Someone actually saying something positive about the future of ebooks. Small is good! #
• RT @EnjoyCentre In about 20 minutes the first piece of double glazed glass are going to be installed!!! http://twitpic.com/12g5o4 WOOT! #
• So far no Olympics for me. I think I'll go paper shopping. 🙂 #

• #yeg is an interesting city: leather tannerys, cluttered art stores, the best pizza ever (Tony's), art galleries & good friends. A good day #
• #yeg aga… This ain't your old art gallery. The Murder of Crows is an audio experience well worth taking in #
• Drinks at the Mac, dinner at the Creperie… Gonna be a lovely night… #

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• RT @lavermeer "People" is the plural of "person". Except in rare cases, its correct possessive is "people's". #grammar #
• Cheese it, the cops… Who knew… http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-che4.htm #
• RT @lavermeer Fact-checking her tweets: something only an editor — a really, really nerdy editor — would do. #
• RT @lyndasteele A Toronto restaurant is offerng to let patrons have sex in it's washroom on Valentines Day. Would you take them up on it? #
• RT @taudette: ?s for @LindsayBlackett about arts funding http://twurl.nl/e2ryy1; he expects Culture to get 10-15% haircut in budget. #ABLeg #
• Bill Watterson speaks. But alas … still no more Calvin & Hobbes. #
• Why it's better to annoy a publisher than a wife, or why 'publishers are better than idiots' #
• Stewart Brand: Information Wants To Be Free. Information also wants to be expensive … That tension will not go away. #
• Slow week. #
• Hole's now has a twitter account. Find out what's happening around the greenhouses by following @holesonline #
• If you read and are not following the developments with Amazon then you should. The publishing world is changing. And probably forthe better #
• Edmonton Reno Show this weekend. Hopefully it'll be quiet cause of the Stuperbowl. #

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• RT @lavermeer L. Cardinal and Craig Lauzon were tremendously funny in #yeg tonight. Live theatre is better: bumper stickers should be issued in reply to lavermeer #
• RT @bookoven Amazon backs down. Game to Macmillan: (We'll see about set & match … and how readers do in all of it). in reply to bookoven #
• Lots on online arguments over the #iPad It's a niche tool and Apple has their work cut out for them illuminating that niche for the masses. #

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• RT @tvongaza Dear #yeg For all the talk re: producing a greener sustainable pple & transit-oriented city, why don't we plow the bike routes? in reply to tvongaza #
• Why do decisions always have consequences? And shouldn't those consequences have a time limit? And why doesn't someone else have to decide? #
• Robert Bringhurst enlightens us on the oratorial vs editorial divide in typesetting and design #yeg #macewan #
• RT @liza RT @Sargent: And Apple introduces iPad, the iPod Typo. Lol #
• "Plans…HUH! What are they good for… absolutely nothing! Say it again…" #
• RT @lavermeer Getting ready for the Future of Story conference, Feb 5&6 at MacEwan Centre for the Arts. Jack Hodgins, Robert Kroetsch! #

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• Gave Cactus Club #yeg a try and was pleasantly surprised. Hard to get a seat, but the Hunter Chicken was spectac. Bathrooms are hitech… #
• Oddly enough, I like it when companies seek out customers on Twitter. Happened 2x now. RT good to hear you had a good time! @cactusclubcafe #
• Delivered Linda Bodo's book to printer today. Proofed cover, managed production and uploaded files, all by iPhone. I love mobile technology #
• Cuts to Lois Hole Digital Library hurt King's College access to e-resources. Nice going Alberta! #yeg #ableg #
• Edmonton has the third-highest average property taxes and utility charges in Canada: #yeg (via @mastermaq) #
• Shirt $45. Tie $55. Anyone else see a problem with this? #
• My boy got a slick black tie. He's all growed up… #
• Blood Opera: The Raven Tango Poems, part of Workshop West Canoe Festival. Jan 21@ 10pm, Jan 22 @ 9:30pm. Check it out! RT @lavermeer #
• RT @FakeAPStylebook: Avoid corporate buzzwords such as "paradigm" and "synergy." Simply use "bullshit." #
• Southern AB is very very foggy #
• Call Rob Feenie on Sunday Jan 31 between 2-3pm (604-529-3008) for Variety Children's telethon http://twitpic.com/z9a4u #findfeenie #
• Funerals are the ultimate bonding experience. Unifying, barrier breaking, resurrecting, philosophical and awesomely symbolic. #
• Blood Opera – a fine adaptation of Jannie Edwards' poetry. Dance, music, drama, comedy, love; a lovely theatrical experience! RT @lavermeer #
• Mac tablet prediction. Not a tablet, a drafting desk… RT @tvongaza #

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• Just how is writing an important part of marketing? My sense is that it's an essential skill, but others seem to disagree. #
• I left home without my phone. I'm not sure I can survive a day without my phone. Should I go home & get my phone? I bet my phone misses me. #
• Jim Hole carries the Olympic torch! http://twitpic.com/xz0ai (via @EnjoyCentre) #
• Windows 7. Why won't it find my leopard mac? #osx #
• LOL RT:Read The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World and you'll never eat another non-organic potato @kobo #
• font nerds? RT Typography guru Robert Bringhurst gives free lecture in #yeg Jan26 Font nerds rejoice! @jdarrah #
• Le Gnome is closing. It's a sad day in #yeg. #
• Enjoy Gardening Spring 2010 has arrived from the printers & it's gorgeous. Look for it on shelves in Feb. http://tweetphoto.com/8852373 #
• RT Learned more from @akemimats article than 5 years of being a photographers Assistant @flowerlover99 #

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• First day back at work: some things never change. #
• My new favorite bookstore! Ancient church renovated! #
• RT: I'm looking for a research assistant! To apply, research what you think I want researched and write it up in 250 words + PDF CV @emckean #
• RT @pwmartin: Stunning graph comparing expenditures on health care and life expectancy between USA and other countries. #
• Installing Ruby on Rails. Sometimes I just don't know when to give up… Hopefully this actually makes life easier… #
• Stuck in an all day session. I am reminded that I hate group work. #
• Peepoo bags. A biodegradable answer to the 3rd world's need for toilet hygine #
• Next Pecha Kucha night in Edmonton on Feb.4 explores secrets of #yeg. #PKN (via @jdarrah) #
• Why???? Giant seal PETA protest info. Knock yourselves out . 🙂 http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=14123 (via @lyndasteele) #
• Hole's is seeking a dynamic individual to help run a new conference space in the Enjoy Centre http://www.holesonline.com/aboutemploy.asp #
• RT If pens were invented after interwebs, everyone would be madly scribbling notes on small pieces of paper and sending them to each other #
• North Edmonton pubs rock #yeg #

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• Seriously, folks, the expression is "rein in", not "reign in". (via @lavermeer) #
• Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks — so watch your Ass! (via Joel) #
• Liquor stores are nuts today… Wonder why? 😉 #
• New Years Eve: starts in the pub with a pint or two… #
• NYE: home from the pub; French reds and good company #

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• Sigh, I do to… RT. I miss Gilda Radner and Jim Henson. (via @jdarrah) #
• My dentist pointed out they call it a practice for a reason. We are all just guinea pigs for the entire medical profession. Who knew? #
• Hoping the snow goes before I have to… Not looking forward to highway driving! #
• On the road tomorrow. Here's hoping the roads are good. #
• Braving the holiday highways! Wish me luck… #
• Got a Sony Reader for Xmas. No excuse to not buying onto the new technology now… I still resent the $16 tag for something that has no pp&b #
• 176 pages on the Sony Reader. I guess I'll be able to adjust. Odd though. And I'll stick with free books. #
• Mom, I am working on a puzzle at your table! #

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• Cold beer on a cold night is a pleasant oxymoron. #
• The main retail greenhouse is starting to take shape, with about half the main trusses up. http://twitpic.com/tng1v (via @EnjoyCentre) #
• RT Kobo spins off from Indigo, partners with Borders: When Shortcovers announced earlier today that it has re-branes #
• enjoy gardening spring 2010 is at the printers! Woot. #
• The highest point on the construction is completed. And celebrated with a Xmas tree, a flag and a beer! http://twitpic.com/tvvm0 #
• When writing a definition of your brand, you must first write a definition of the definition of your brand. & then write a definition of… #
• Talking to tellers… What a novel idea in the bank. And of course it isn't going smoothly. #
• Making a list, checking it twice — Santa is obviously an editor! (via @lavermeer) #
• The malls were practically empty yesterday. Bad Xmas for retailers. Hopefully it'll be busier today. #

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