Once more, the streets

December 10, 2010

While I promised myself, for sanity’s sake, to forgo paying attention to city politics, the City of Victoria‘s endorsement last night of a transportation proposal has me back at square one. Meaning what? Meaning I’m scratching my head, wondering what’s in the water around here. The endorsed plan – proposed by BC Transit – would […]

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Kaleidoscope Theatre’s The Hobbit

December 9, 2010

Are you a huge Tolkien fan? Yeah, me neither… That said, however, if you’re in Victoria Canada, you should see Kaleidoscope Theatre‘s production of The Hobbit, currently playing at the McPherson Theatre. The remaining three shows are this Friday – that’s tomorrow – and Saturday at 7pm, and then again on Sunday at 2pm. Kaleidoscope’s […]

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TEDwomen, global

December 7, 2010

I spent about two hours at UVic this afternoon, where the Washington DC-based TEDwomen sessions were being live-streamed. I came in for Session 2: Life’s Symphony, featuring (among others) Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook); Mona Eltahawy (journalist); Tony Porter (educator); and Lauren Zalaznick (television exec). I was fortunate to have heard about the live-cast (via […]

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Re-entry

December 6, 2010

The biggest problem with letting regular blogging slide is re-entry – at least, that’s my experience. For the past month, I let the posts slide …and then eventually dwindle to mere Sunday links updates. I’d like to pull up my socks and re-enter. Here’s a peek into a small piece of what I’ve been up […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

December 5, 2010

December Tech Salon in New York: Mobiles + Art + Activism | MobileActive.org Very interested in these two projects: QUOTE Projects & artists to be showcased include: * PATHWAYS TO HOUSING INTERACTIVE VIDEO PROJECTION (Sarkissian Mason Design Agency) – A video installation asked passers-by to SMS for awareness about homelessness and donate to Pathways to […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

November 28, 2010

Urban Studies Conferences Worldwide Upcoming events in urban studies, architecture and related fields Great resource: list of upcoming urban studies conferences. tags: conferences reference urbanism Why “Delivering Happiness” is a must read – O’Reilly Radar The “post-productivity” mindset outlined by Linda Stone in this article reminds me of Juliet Schor’s description of “plenitude”‘s benefits and […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

November 21, 2010

Bruce Katz on How to Overhaul Local Governments – WSJ.com Cities/ metropolitan areas dominate the US economy: 12% of land mass, but 2/3s of population and 75% of gross domestic product. But municipal governments remain small and a crazy quilt: QUOTE There are benefits associated with intense localism. Citizens feel a closer connection to their […]

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Xtranormal version of Victoria BC’s Johnson Street Bridge Debate

November 16, 2010

Brilliant. Maybe the self-styled “chairman of the board” will take a boo. And learn something. Click on image below or here.

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Random notes

November 15, 2010

I’m in information overload right now – cramming into my head a 2 1/2-inch thick binder full of sometimes esoteric data well beyond my usual comfort zone (financial info and accounting, anyone?), as I get ready to interview a few arts organizations. Too many words, too many numbers. But of course, when it rains, it […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

November 14, 2010

Doc Searls Weblog · The Data Bubble II Great blog post from Doc Searls: QUOTE Right now it’s hard to argue against all the money being spent (and therefore made) in the personalized advertising business—just like it was hard to argue against the bubble in tech stock prices in 1999 and in home prices in […]

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