All Posts Tagged With: "Kingstonist re-design"


Event Calendar Re-Launched

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Over the Christmas holiday we jumped at the opportunity to relive the most significant local news stories of 2011, as well as Kingstonist’s best posts, interviews and guides from the past year. As we reflected on the year that was, we also took some time to evaluate the things we’re doing right, as well as [...]


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Weekly Poll: How Do You Want Your Kingstonist?

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I suppose a quick introduction is in order, since I don’t write very often. Hello, I’m Tommy – the web developer and code monkey who works behind the scenes to make sure all of the gears are lined up and the chains are well-oiled around the site. Essentially, if things are going well and you [...]


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Kingstonist Turns Three!

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So here we are, just three years after our little project was made available for public consumption. The terrible twos are now a thing of the past! Who would have guessed that Kingstonist would amass 1,500 posts by our 3rd Birthday, attract nearly 1,000 followers on Twitter, or register an average of  300 unique visitors [...]


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Friday Foto

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Happy Friday! It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2011 is already coming to a close. Where does the time go?  In next to no time February will be here and gone, and it will be time to celebrate Kingstonist’s third birthday!  On that note, today I would like to share and tease [...]


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Five Things to See and Do

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Today I am pleased to unveil a new addition to Kingstonist, a quarterly run down of our top five things to see and do in the Limestone City.  In our inaugural episode, this compliment to our ever-growing events calendar will highlight five essential goings on during Winter 2011. 12th Annual ReelOut Queer Film and Video [...]


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Kingstonist’s 3rd Birthday

Kingstonist will be celebrating our third birthday with all sorts of fun, surprises and love for our fantastic readers.  Please stay tuned for details on our birthday-related contest, which will make last year’s look easy, as well as some interesting changes to the site, including some new, regular programming, and other secret bits.  Bottom line, [...]


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Commenting Just Got Easier

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Since we launched Kingstonist back in February 2008; 517 days ago to be exact, we’ve received a whopping 514 comments.  Needless to say we are pretty pleased with audience participation levels thus far, however we’re always looking for new ways to make the site more interactive, and more user friendly.  Following our most recent contest, [...]


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Friday Foto

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Where has the day gone?  I sat down nearly half a dozen times earlier today and tried to put keys to keyboard, but the phone kept ringing, ceiling kept painting, and PABers kept PABing.  Today’s the big day where we finally crown the winner of our latest and greatest contest.  It gives me great pleasure [...]


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Kingstonist Events Calendar Re-Launched!

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Once upon a time, Kingstonist unveiled a popular application for keeping up to date with the goings on in and around the Limestone City.  Our calendar listed community events in areas such as: music, art, theatre, sports, academia, the environment and much, much more!  But in the wake of our massive anniversary/birthday re-design, we royally [...]


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Happy Birthday Kingstonist!

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Okay, in actuality Kingstonist’s first birthday was some time last week, but that doesn’t really matter. I mean, you didn’t even call, or stop by for a big piece of cake. What gives? It’s been slightly over a year since we officially launched Kingstonist.com, and with our first trip around the sun behind us, there [...]


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