Revitalizing downtown is an ever-relevant topic in London, as I’m sure it is in most cities. (There may be cities where downtown isn’t an important part of the story; those are cities I don’t want to live in.) Last night we had a bit of a thing here as part of Downtown London and the [...]
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This is my first post following ChangeCamp London (there will likely be one or two more) in which I’m suggesting points for probable improvement: mostly things I actively promoted through the planning process, and which I hope to see emphasized more in the future. This post argues for the need to be open throughout the process. [...]
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The natural inclination right now for geeks of a certain type is to start dreaming up new standards bodies, or how they can participate in the Open Web Foundation to make a Super Awesome Twitter API Evolution Committee. Here’s my recommendation: Don’t. Don’t do any of that shit, and don’t run off to make membership [...]
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I haven’t exactly made up my mind on what I think of the proposal to position London as a transportation hub. [As an aside, what's with this $10 article?] On one hand, all you’ve got to do is look at a map of Southwestern Ontario and you get a sense that, ya, London’s smack dab in [...]
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When I was a kid I wanted to be an architect. It started with a love of building forts — tree forts, snow forts, couch & blanket forts, cardboard box forts – and developed as I started to think about more ambitious fort plans that I didn’t actually have enough time and resources to build. I found the creative [...]
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