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Kingstonist’s Community Soapbox

When Kingstonist was conceived, we decided that it was vital for our contributors to reflect the city’s population at large, which is to say that we wanted to attract a diverse team from a variety of walks of life.  While we’ve had our fair share of challenges in recruiting and retaining talented individuals, we’re proud [...]

2Jun2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 3 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist Goes to the Polls

Sometimes I like to think of Kingstonist as a garden (of awesomeness), which requires constant care and attention in order for it to grow and ultimately flourish. This goes far beyond the daily grind of pruning content, approving comments and engaging readers via Twitter. From time to time we attempt to fertilize our [...]

20Apr2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 11 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist – Sold

There comes a point in time when we all have to face the music.  Unfortunately, Kingstonist’s song has been playing on repeat for quite some time, however we only bothered to soberly evaluate the future of the site around our 2nd birthday.  The recent addition of yet another Kingston-centric blog, as well as continued gains [...]

1Apr2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 6 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest Winner

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve heard about and maybe even attempted Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest. Our latest contest challenged our readers to unscramble images, fill in the blanks on local historic plaques and signs, as well as use Google Streetview to determine certain points of view.  Admittedly this contest [...]

3Mar2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist Turns Two!

While most proud parents would likely sit back and laugh while their toddler destroys a perfectly good birthday cake, I’m the sort of person who’s more apt to dive right in and join in the fun.  In case you missed the numerous hints and reminders, today we are proud to announce and celebrate Kingstonist’s [...]

2Mar2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 7 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist’s Big Birthday Contest

My grandmother always says “you’re only as old as you feel”. With that in mind, it’s hard to believe that two weeks from today we will be celebrating Kingstonist’s second birthday. Has it really been that long since we started the site? Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteer contributors, [...]

16Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 7 comments | Continued
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Local Trends on Twitter

In light of tonight’s Limestone New Media Group (LNMG) meetup, the first session of the New Year, I thought that today’s post should focus on an aspect of social media.  Just before Kingstonist’s first birthday, we caved and joined the tweeting masses.  While we’ve been on Twitter for less than a year, @kingstonist has already [...]

26Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 3 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

By now you should know the routine. Each and every week Kingstonist publishes Friday Foto, which showcases outstanding images taken by local photogs. We rely entirely on Flickr for all of our photographic needs.  While some Flickr users subscribe to creative commons licensing, a vast majority of people maintain full copyright over their [...]

15Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 3 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist Just Got Intense!

A while back, we polled our readers for their suggestions to spruce up the site and help make Kingstonist more awesome.  We received a lot of great feedback, which led to a few changes, most notably the demise of user registration, as well as the login method of commenting.  These small tweaks made it much [...]

13Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 8 comments | Continued
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Best of 2009 (Part 5 of 5)

Happy New Year, and happy Friday! While it happens to be the first glorious day of 2010, it is also the last weekend of my vacation, and time for the final post in Kingstonist’s Best of 2009 review. Thus far we’ve celebrated stories focusing on everything from Google Street View to H1N1, pedestrian [...]

1Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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