Why is it that some of the most salient material presents itself — and in the greatest quantities — when one already has a mountain of mental meal on one’s plate, with nary a cranial cranny remaining into which the new material may be stuffed? I’m at the point where even bookmarking to Diigo isn’t […]
The Mobile City – TV glasses – watching video in private Annotated tags: anonymity, cities, privacy, public_space, technology Mobile City asks all the right questions (in this case, about video glasses, a visual sort of iPod or Walkman device). Eg.: “…it’s another addition to the array of media to shield off private media consumption in […]
And some other comments on creative societies… Let’s start with this interesting item from Ananova, which I bookmarked several months ago: Help for mummys’ boys The Italian government is handing out grants to help mummys’ boys leave home. The move comes after economists warned almost 60% of young adult Italians stayed at home and were […]
Here’s a “must read” piece by Edward Glaeser, just republished in the CEO for Cities blog, The Greenness of Cities, and first published in the New York Sun on January 30/07. It explains why, from an environmentalism perspective, it’s far better to build highrises (and use land efficiently) than to oppose development (and force development […]
It’s up — my second article is up on the Vibrant Victoria website. It’s called Victoria’s Choice: to be or not to be …is not the question. While it’s about the problem of municipal infrastructure funding in Canada generally, I try to address specifically the situation in Victoria. That is, Victoria’s choice not “to be […]
Not all of the Urban Land Institute‘s annual conference presentations are being webcast, but several key ones are, and furthermore they’re supposed to be archived for later viewing, too. Surf over to this site and follow the links: ULI – the Urban Land Institute | 2007 ULI Fall Meeting I listened to a fantastic presentation […]