Place Wars – Seattle vs. Silicon Valley (Richard Florida and The Creative Class Exchange) tags: business, creatives, richard_florida, seattle, silicon_valley, technology Florida points to two techologists, one SV-based (Michael Arrington), the other now once again Seattle-based (Glenn Kelman), having a bit of a dust-up over whether one region/ city is better than the other. Robert […]
Quite good, this ad — via IF! from PSFK, a pointer to the Marmite campaign (“you either love it or hate it”), and that Marmite started a Facebook group. So far, it has almost 1400 fans…
We’re afraid of everything, for crying out loud, by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star) Annotated tags: change, christopher_hume, fear, toronto, urbanization Hume is on a rant against the Chicken Littles here. I can relate only too well… His description of the fear of change and how this is different from the 60s & 70s relates, I […]
Perhaps Victoria is “turning into everywhere else,” and that’s a good thing? It is when it means that modern creativity is unleashed, on the streets, and in our coffee houses. This morning I was cataloging my books on LibraryThing while my husband went out for breakfast to meet Rod O. from Magic Kite at the […]
U.S. News and World Report on Who’s Your City? (Richard Florida and The Creative Class Exchange) Annotated tags: creative_cities, flatness, interview, richard_florida, spikiness “Choosing a Place to Live – Why it’s as important as picking a spouse” (interview by Bret Schulte with Richard Florida, published in U.S. News and World Report); excerpts: “You have to […]
EcoDensity raises fears of crowding without amenities Annotated tags: amenities, eco_density, frances_bula, urban_development, vancouver Crosscut’s David Brewster referenced this article in his critique of 2 Seattle developments. Key aspect is that if the amenities aren’t delivered, you can’t have the density. It won’t work — the amenities HAVE to be first-class. Recall Edward T. Hall […]
Factors in Canadians’ Cultural Activities – Research for the arts – Hill Strategies Research | Recherche Inc. tags: art_reception, arts_development, canada, reference, research “Are the arts elitist? This report shows that cultural experiences are more important than demographic factors in four cultural activities: * Reading a book; * Attending live performances; * Visiting art galleries; […]
It took a while, but I just uploaded my February 2008 FOCUS Magazine article, Ditch height restrictions; adopt “good design” prescriptions to my Articles published (etc.) page. Might take a while to download, but it’s up. (Update, 12/17/08: I changed the link for this article to direct readers to Scribd, which is where all my […]
My February FOCUS Magazine article has been in print since the end of January, but I haven’t yet posted it as a PDF (above, see masthead). It’s just one of several “loops” I need to close — somehow that GTD thing doesn’t always work for me… Another potential technical glitch is that my Harvard server […]
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