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The Future of Microblogging and/on Transit

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Big Ideas, Little Moments, City, Soup to Nuts | tagged as , , , , , , ,

Twitter’s model and community are amazing resources to take advantage of, but they’re more important to me as a proof of concept of the value of mobile and ubiquitous web applications. As I implied in my follow-up to John Bollwitt’s tweet, I think we need to ask some serious questions about whether we want our transit system’s information distribution and notification service reliant on a Silicon Valley-based startup with no readily discernible business plan.

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ChangeCamp Proposal – Old and New School Mapping in Vancouver

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Big Ideas, Little Moments, Four dimensions, dot-star-camp | tagged as , , , , , , , , , ,

I submitted this to the VanChangeCamp’s call for proposals last week (it’s also available in the ChangeCamp wiki):
Who is the intended audience?

Government leaders
Non-profits
General public

Brief description of the session:
I will moderate a session involving groups involved with mapping at the municipal, non-profit and citizen levels, to talk about what their interests in mapping [...]

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