Author: Ryan Neudorf
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My Top 3 Winnipeg Mayoral Election Issues
I spent more of my long weekend than intended summarizing Winnipeg’s Mayoral candidates’ platforms for an epic tweet thread. This got me thinking about what the most important issues to me personally. Fund Winter This city is very bad at winter! Last year especially was an epic disaster of unplowed sidewalks and streets. Forget winter…
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WordPress Websites Now Only $499
Early this week Automattic launched “Built by WordPress.com Express,” an awkwardly named “webdesign” service. Here’s the sales video: The tagline “Real sites, built by real people.” is a good one. It acknowledges that most people who need a website are not web designers. It positions their service as an alternative the steep learning curve to…
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Visiting A Superpower that is also a Failed State
Last week I took an extended weekend off to drive down to the Twin Cities with my family, for the first time in almost exactly 3 years. Ever since we started going down there for punk shows (long before Odessa and I were married) we have made it a habit to trek down at least…