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Online Social Networking, Travel Behaviours and Choice of Urban Transportation Mode

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Ideas, Scholarship, Technology | tagged as , , ,

Friend Rob Cottingham drew an interesting webcomic recently.
His witty and observant comic is syndicated on ReadWriteWeb, a techhnology-focused blog. The comic touches on a phenomenon I’ve observed in my own life that I’ve had a chance to do a little bit of scholarly work on; namely, how well mobile technologies go with transit. I first [...]

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TransportCamp: rapid-fire impressions

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Unconferences | tagged as , , , , , ,

Not being at the opening circle is a HUGE set-back when it’s a new crowd.
I clearly need to polish up on my how to have the “what is social media?” conversation; but under the circumstances, especially with such a thoughtful bunch, I think the group facilitated itself quite well.
A couple of weeks ago in class, [...]

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Social Media and Planning, or My Passion and Frustration Story in Progress

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Ideas, Unconferences | tagged as , , , , , , ,

During BarCamp, I attended Boris Mann and Mark Busse’s session on Balancing Passion and Frustration – but I stepped out to chat with someone across the room in the middle of the session, and now I’m kicking myself a bit for it. Near the start, I offered the story of how I turned one of [...]

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Blogathon 2009 – Vancouver is not serious about rail

by Richard Eriksson | posted in Blogathon 2009 - Vancouver Public Space Network | tagged as , , , , , , ,

Guest post from Richard Eriksson discussing his thoughts on the future of rail infrastructure in Vancouver.

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A Piece About Love

by Karen Quinn Fung | posted in Ideas | tagged as , , , ,

One night, about 3 or 4 days before Transport Hero Camp at the CUTA Youth Summit, I woke up at 5am and wrote something that had been bopping in my head for 2 months: how I wanted to address the delegates at the beginning of the event. Those who attended know that my delivery fell [...]

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