- 02/28/15 - The Campaign Workshop's Complete Guide to Advocacy - From grassroots list-building to helping advocacy campaigns build a digital presence, this e-book will provide advocacy campaigns with the resources they need to make a difference. (thecampaignworkshop.com/ebook/the-complete-guide-to-advocacy)
- 02/27/15 - The NOI Effect - Changing lives and powering progressive careers for 10 years. (www.noieffect.org)
- 02/26/15 - Hacks Hackers - An international grassroots journalism organization whose mission is to create a network of journalists ("hacks") and technologists ("hackers") who rethink the future of news and information. (hackshackers.com)
- 02/25/15 - How to Build an Oscar Winner - If Hollywood could engineer a best actor, best actress, and best picture based on all of the previous winners, what would they look like? (www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-oscar-winners)
- 02/24/15 - Quiz: North Korean Slogan or TED Talk Sound Bite? - Who said it: Pyongyang propagandists or viral visionaries? (www.motherjones.com/media/2015/02/quiz-north-korean-slogan-ted-talk)
- 02/23/15 - Watch People Code - The app automatically gets live stream from /r/WatchPeopleCode subreddit. (watchpeoplecode.com)
- 02/22/15 - My Own Life - Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer (www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/opinion/oliver-sacks-on-learning-he-has-terminal-cancer.html)
- 02/21/15 - The Ghost in the MP3 - "moDernisT" was created by salvaging the sounds and images lost to compression via the MP3 and MP4 codecs. The audio is comprised of lost mp3 compression material from the song "Tom's Diner" famously used as one of the main controls in the listening tests to develop the MP3 encoding algorithm. (theghostinthemp3.com)
- 02/20/15 - Canadian Open Data Experience - An intense 48-hour coding sprint where innovators from coast to coast compete to build the best app utilizing federal government data from Canada's Open Government portal. February 21 and 22 in a city near you! (canadianopendataexperience.ca)
- 02/19/15 - Tinychart - A web app to build simple, ready-to-go charts. (tinychart.co)
- 02/18/15 - Hot New Trends for 2015 - Including sleepcore, broth vikings, and more. (medium.com/the-nib/hot-new-trends-for-2015-d35ebc13e608)
- 02/17/15 - Toolkit for Change - Communication Tips for Concerned Citizens (thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/02/12/Toolkit-for-Change)
- 02/16/15 - MobLab Peer Learning Sessions - Sessions cover mobilisation strategy best practices and techniques and examine a variety of tools and approaches in digital mobilisation, communications and campaigning. (www.mobilisationlab.org/training/peer-sessions)
- 02/15/15 - Google Maps Origin Story - Ten Years of Google Maps, From Slashdot to Ground Truth (recode.net/2015/02/08/ten-years-of-google-maps-from-slashdot-to-ground-truth)
- 02/14/15 - Draw How to Make Toast - A simple and fun introduction to Systems Thinking. (drawtoast.com)
- 02/13/15 - SNL Cast Rankings - Rolling Stone's ranking of all 141 cast members from Saturday Night Live. (www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/saturday-night-live-all-141-cast-members-ranked-20150211)
- 02/12/15 - Gendered Language in Teacher Reviews - An interactive chart lets you explore the words used to describe male and female teachers in about 14 million reviews from RateMyProfessor.com. (benschmidt.org/profGender)
- 02/11/15 - Horrible Political Websites - What not to do. (www.pinterest.com/girardinl/horrible-political-websites)
- 02/10/15 - 64 Ways To Think About a News Homepage - There are lots of ways to think about a news homepage. We'll start with the basics. (medium.com/thelist/64-ways-to-think-about-a-news-homepage-223c01952d26)
- 02/09/15 - Geeks & Drinks Podcast - From Victoria BC, Rod Peter Jr sits down with friends/guests and talks about everything geek ( from Star Wars to Wrestling ) whilst having a drink! Learn about the drinks they drink and the geek things they think! Should you go see that new animated movie? Is the new issue of Batman worth picking up? What is the best way to time travel? All that and more! (geeksdrinks.simplecast.fm)
- 02/08/15 - Banned Books - Hover over each book below to learn a bit about its history. (www.aclu.org/free-speech/infographic-banned-books-week)
- 02/07/15 - How to Leak to The Intercept - A whistleblower's guide to securely releasing documents. (firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/28/how-to-leak-to-the-intercept)
- 02/06/15 - Fictional Colours - Colours which were invented for a fictional piece of work. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_colors)
- 02/05/15 - Best Tobogganing Hills - Looking for the perfect spot to take your kids on a snowy day? A new Google map highlights the best places to go tobogganing across Canada. (www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zdZLomI7Tn08.k7Xee9Pa8a6U)
- 02/04/15 - Drupal 8 Release - When will it be? (drupalreleasedate.com)
- 02/03/15 - Jeffrey Veregge Art - Presenting a Native American twist on popular comic book heroes. (jeffreyveregge.com)
- 02/02/15 - Postmodern Jukebox - An Alternative History of Pop Music (postmodernjukebox.com)
- 02/01/15 - Daily Kos Classics - Reviving our oldies, but goodies. (www.dailykos.com/blog/DailyKosClassics)
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