Comments on: Who are you? (A little reader/twitter outreach)

By: @rlavigne42

@rlavigne42 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:40:57 +0000

Rob here from Toronto. Typically can be found in an IT Development Management/Director role, but currently benefiting from the time the economy has given me to catch up on a lot of tech and management theory. Just recently came across your blog and hooked already.
RL42

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:46:12 +0000

I work as an archivist and records manager for a Canadian municipality, and I'm interested in the work that David and his colleagues are doing to advocate for the use of open source software and open standards by government.

One of the chief challenges facing archivists today is the preservation of electronic records, and non-proprietary, open file formats, along with open source software for reading them, are among our best tools. We need to collaborate with our organizations' IT departments to manage our digital archives, and if they are already familiar with some of the types of tools we need to use, so much the better.

By: Frank Hecker

Frank Hecker — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:52:42 +0000

David knows me, but for the benefit of others: I'm US-based, work for the Mozilla Foundation, and am interested in many of the things David writes about. (I don't have an intense interest in Canadian politics and government, but it's definitely as a break from the usually navel-gazing of Americans.)

By: kferaday

kferaday — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:30:11 +0000

I'm Kim Feraday. I have worked mostly for Canadian tech startups including Delrina (acquired by Symantec) and DWL (acquired by IBM). My current interest is in social media analytics.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:24:05 +0000

I am a web developer for the Dept of Public Works and Govt Services. My team fights overtly and covertly for openness in the workplace.
- Lois

By: @Cedgell

@Cedgell — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:20:12 +0000

I am a student-writer-editor-counsellor. I've worked in a vast array of fields (mostly communications or technology-related) in both the public and private sector. I'm an enthusiastic Ottawa ChangeCamper, and so unsurprisingly I enjoy your posts on open goverment. I also enjoy posts that include suggested reading material.

Engaging with your readers this way is an excellent idea, because it is worth noting that a subscriber is not necessarily a reader -- nor does a hit necessarily represent that someone has actually taken the time to read your content. I speak of course from a web writing and blog optimization perspective. Depending on the length and formatting of your text on any given day, your average invested visitor (i.e. one that came with an interest to read) may only skim or actually read about 25% of your content.

In any case, that is all to say that I think it is an excellent move on your part to determine what kind of content your readers find most useful and interesting. Keep up the good work.

Regards,

Chelsea

By: Peter Loewen

Peter Loewen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:42:26 +0000

I am a member of a very promising local band.

By: mastermaq

mastermaq — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:02:02 +0000

Mack here from Edmonton, AB. I started reading you fairly recently. I'm a software developer, but also spend a fair amount of time blogging and tweeting about all things related to Edmonton. I try to do what I can to make it a more open city (and we had some success recently with the release of the GTFS data for Edmonton Transit). Enjoying your blog so far, thanks!

By: David Eaves

David Eaves — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:12:01 +0000

I'm from the UK, Warrington in the north west of England. I work in the software industry. I have always been interested in politics, though I have never been more active other than to make sure I vote or sound off to anyone listening in the bar.
However, thats not really why I subscribed, its for the for the simple reason I've never met anyone else called David Eaves.

By: Tania

Tania — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:15:15 +0000

Hi David,

I met you through our mutual friend, Ginger, at the liberal convention in Montreal. I found your site via liblogs after that and subscribe to it, so it pops up on my google reader whenever you do a new post.

And a bit of feedback, we do know what you do for work and your obvious passion for it, but I don't know if, through your website, we "know" you anymore than you "know" us. I don't think anyone's chosen or fallen into career accurately defines who they are.

I used to work in the federal public service so I have an interest in what they think they're trying to change and how you hope to help but most times I think it's an exercise in futility.

I now do some work for one of the provincial agencies now and I'm pleasantly surprised with how more open to change they are than the federal government.