Last Friday, I had the chance to address a small group of planning students, faculty and (hopefully) others interested in planning about the use of digital media. (Slides embedded below.)
Planning In The Age Of Participation
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I was delighted with the questions that my talk was able to generate. I drew [...]
Phewf! Between all the running around with the start of the second semester of school, the first month of the year is already week-old history, and I’ve just wrapped up one of the major milestones for this year: the Canadian Association of Planning Students (CAPS-ACEAU) annual conference at the University of Guelph, hosted by students of [...]
2009 has gone and 2010 has come. Good time to collect my reflections on the high and low points, for travel, career, health, projects, skills, all setting the stage for what’s on the horizon for 2010.
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, [...]
As part of UBC SCARP’s recent student-organized symposium, I got the chance to attend a Co-Design Workshop Demonstration by Stanley King and his group based on a hypothetical UBC Campus Life scenario. (Thanks to all the volunteer SCARP students for shepherding the logistics on the day – great job!)
Not being previously familiar with the work [...]
The job title for what I want to do, I’m coming to realize, will probably have to be one I make up myself.
This week, I had back-to-back coffee dates with two people who have both been wonderfully supportive of Transit Camp and the stuff I’ve been doing, be it academically, professionally in other ways or [...]
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