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A Web Developer in Winnipeg

  • A Case for Webrings in a Post-Social Internet

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    How’s that for a headline for the first post of a new year! Webrings hold a special place in my memories of the late-90s early internet. For those who never encountered one, or weren’t around back then, webrings were an early tool for content discovery. In the pre-Google and social media era, finding content — […] Continue Reading

  • WordCamp US 2023

    WordCamp US 2023

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    I attended my first WordCamp US this year and it was great! The Travel WCUS 2023 was held in National Harbor, Maryland. It was my first time visiting the DC area. DC is such a well documented and important city that I felt like I knew exactly what to expect and it delivered. Basically to […] Continue Reading

  • Time Travel

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    I often think about what it would be like for teenage Ryan to be transported 25 or 30 years into the future… as you do. What aspects of culture or technology would surprise him the most? The two things I come back to over and over again are tattoos and FaceTime. Tattoos I don’t even […] Continue Reading

  • The Implicit Contract of The Internet

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    Earlier I posted this… …and I’ve realized that this is actually something that’s been bothering me for some time. I’ve been living in public online – posting details about my life that might have historically been seen as private, right out in the open – for decades now. Especially during the heyday of web 2.0. […] Continue Reading

  • Bemidji, Minnesota

    Bemidji, Minnesota

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    Alternate Title: Fuck North Dakota and their bullshit. Let’s do our cross-border shopping in Bemidji! For the uninitiated, it’s quite common for Winnipeggers to take weekend trips to Grand Forks or Fargo, North Dakota to stock up on weird American junk food variations not available in Canada, cheap booze and (historically) good deals on just […] Continue Reading