On London

Over the past year I’ve written a fair bit about London Ontario, and open democracy more generally. Here are some of my most mature & recent keepers:

• Lesson for London in Civic Engagement
• Going From Cargo Cult to Cluster Culture
• Why Would a Twenty-Something Stay in London?
• ChangeCamp: Toronto to London
• Collaborating Openly to Make a 21st Century Government

Going a little further back to when my thoughts were still developing, and I was much more interested in the media aspect than government:

• London Media: Time for a Homegrown Focus (+ video!)
• Citizen Journalism for London
• Long Tails of London & Social Media Yin & Yang
• London Needs an Information Hub
• A Bold, Ambiguous Vision (longer pdf)

Here are some more critical posts, going back to when I began writing about London:

• Should London Exist?
• Ontario in the Creative Age: First Thoughts [added]
• The Hub Dream That is London
• London, Ontario: The Future Innovator of Non-Bullshit Politics?
• Uncovering London Ontario’s Economy

These are some more positive ones:

• How London Can Actually Lead
• Creating London’s Competitive Advantage
• Social Capital and Innovation in London, Festival Edition
• Leapfrog-Progress
• An Economy for Living

And here are some that are more fun, about the city’s social media community around the time it was becoming more professionally prominent (and when I joined):

• London’s Social Media Mafia: Behind the Silicon Curtain
• PodCamp London: The Day After
• Scene Not Heard
• London’s Social Media Momentum

Soon I’d like to pull some of these thoughts together, elaborate on them, interview people, add character and context, work it all into a coherent case, and put out another book.