My 24 hour adventure of blogging for public space advocacy and education was a success! In the end, I raised $192 for the Vancouver Public Space Network, which I’m sure they will make into wonderful feats of merry and learning around the public realm. Thanks to my fellow Blogathoners, WorkSpace, and especially Miss604 and Raul [...]
I’m dreaming of something akin to a Civic Mythbusters website. Everyone’s got an urban legend or generalization that’s been passed around so often, it might as well be fact for the way people talk about it. But when the data to actually really truly verify the validity of a claim is made available and the analysis possible, well, why not do it?
I could really see myself enjoying working at The Open Planning Project or a place quite like it, a services consultancy that convenes and cooks neat civic-minded applications and sites like Streetsblog.
As part of Blogathon, this video blog sees me talking about co-working, “third places” and definition of space through the availability of wifi.
Richard and I, in full transit-geekery, decided to watch the updated remake of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, shortly followed after by a viewing of the 70’s original. Watching the two, it was striking to see the differences, which I saw as arising as interpretations of what the pressing issues of the time were.
Guest post from Jason Vanderhill on one-of-a-kind neighbourhood multimedia project in Vancouver’s Strathcona area, “Traces: Projecting Neighbourhood Stories.”
In which Karen describes her encounter with a racist troll on YouTube.
Review of academic book about the unique process for setting the stage for cultural diversity in Vancouver, on a public policy level, with focus on transformative change and storytelling.
