Diigo Bookmarks 07/16/2008 (p.m.)

July 16, 2008

“Get set – the future starts now” by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star) Well, don’t say I didn’t tell you so: QUOTE: “Politically,” Miller continues, “cities in Canada don’t exist, especially at the federal level. As far as I know, this is virtually unique in the world. Throughout the world, federal and national governments invest in […]

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Roland Tanglao blogs about his Fido questions, I left a comment

July 15, 2008

Ok, so I ranted (again) about the state of wireless in Canada, and how (to my mind) it connects with the urban development issues (and even public transit issues!) I feel strongly about.  But today was a bad day to get me on cell phone issues, since I just got a $60 bill for basically […]

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Diigo Bookmarks 07/14/2008 (p.m.)

July 14, 2008

With Gas Over $4, Cities Explore Whether It’s Smart to Be Dense – WSJ.com Have had this article open in a browser tab for days now — time to bookmark. Along with posts by CEOs for Cities, or Richard Florida, this article too points to the effect that gasoline prices are having on suburban housing, […]

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FOCUS Magazine articles now up-to-date

July 13, 2008

Yay me, and Scribd to the rescue… The remaining three FOCUS Magazine articles are up. They are, in order: Overdue: rethinking the library (May 2008) The February to March lockout exposed library board dysfunction. But perhaps it’s about time we thought about a new building, as well. Let’s demo co-development (June 2008) The synergistic power […]

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The April 2008 FOCUS Magazine article is up

July 12, 2008

Scribd works like a charm — it’s just I who am slow in getting these print articles scanned and then formatted into a single document for uploading! Without further ado (but a bow to Richard Florida for title inspiration), here’s my April 2008 FOCUS Magazine article, Who’s your heritage?, which argues that even for heritage […]

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Trying out Scribd.com, and getting my print articles online

July 12, 2008

Ok, one down — or “up(loaded),” actually — and four to go… Via the fabulous and easy-to-use Scribd, here’s an online PDF of my March 2008 article, published in FOCUS Magazine, Victorian Fables: Does Victoria have an urban planning blindspot? I’m going to take another day or two to get the others up, alas.  First […]

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Hey, Canada (and Canadian telcoms), get your head around this: How Mobile Boosts Productivity

July 9, 2008

PSFK’s Piers Fawkes points to a great link in this short blog post, How Mobile Boosts Productivity | PSFK – Trends, Ideas & Inspiration.  He writes: Tech consultancy Ovum has produced a report that looks at the wireless industry’s impact on American productivity They say that by 2016 the value of the combined mobile wireless […]

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Diigo Bookmarks 07/09/2008 (p.m.)

July 9, 2008

Looming Debate, by Veronique Vienne (Metropolis Magazine) – Annotated Interesting article (with some inaccuracies, too), focused chiefly on Bertrand Delanoe, the “Situationist”-inspired left-leaning, assassination attempt survivor and openly gay mayor of Paris, who gets blind-sided by Nikolas Sarkozy, the pro-business president of France, who wants Paris to be a bit more get-go-ish. Delanoe is on […]

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Competition, Canadian-style?

July 8, 2008

For god’s sake, someone fire this woman and start over with the “Canadian Competition Bureau” while you’re at it!  Yet another article in the paper on Rogers‘s colossal f*ck-up with the iPhone: iPhone rate plans from Rogers spark consumer protest.  But this one distinguishes itself for the closing quote by Marilyn Nahum, identified as the […]

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Housekeeping (again)

July 7, 2008

Sleep-deprived but feeling like it’s vacation time, I’m happy to say I finally got my August FOCUS Magazine article finished (it was due some days ago).  Maybe it took forever to write because it deals with BC Provincial Legislation, which is typically written in language that has the effect of a soporific potion. I challenge […]

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