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 [...]
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 blogger Roland Tanglao reporting on experience at (thunderstormy) Illuminares 2009.
Dave “Uncleweed” Olson has a fascinating vision behind the role of social media during Vancouver’s coming Olympic games in February, and he calls it True North Media House. The idea? To carve out a niche for independent media in this city during the games.
In 2007, as I was getting ready to leave my Toronto at the conclusion of my co-op term, I unwittingly decided to give shooting super-8 film a try. I bought a camera, a projector, and a device intended to transfer super-8 films to video for $60, bought about 8 super-8 cartridges, and acquainted myself with the details.
Later Comics are a daily dose of post-apocalyptic reflection. I highly recommend it.
The Nature of Economies for Jane Jacobs is somewhat unusual. It brings together a number of fairly abstract ideas from development and sketches out similarities between biological and economic development. But she does so using a series of conversations and dialogues.
Videos from the Golden Ears Bridge opening celebration – shot in high-definition video and super-8 film.
A conceptual post around the tradeoffs of using social versus visual representations of space and information, with reference to the City of Regina Survival Guide and Map.
