Archive for February, 2010
Finally, a city celebrates its successes
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Vancouver frequently receives positive accolades, whether as the world’s most livable city, for its sustainable nature, or as one of the more attractive tourist destinations in North America.
Despite these, or perhaps because of them, local residents and the media tend to focus on the problems the city has: drug wars, homelessness and crime; as well […]
The coming blurred boundaries between work and home
Monday, February 8th, 2010Over the past year I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing the intersection of workplace trends and urban living trends. It’s becoming probable that the urban knowledge economy will require many workers to supply their own private workspace. Employers — or the city milieu itself — will be responsible for supplying the space for collaboration. […]
The wacky and weird of living in an Olympic host city
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Having the Olympic Games in your city at first sounds exciting, exotic and somewhat cool. As the Vancouver Olympic Games approach there have been — and are sure to be many more– elements of that. For example, I went skating on the Olympic Speed Skating oval with my four year old son — what a […]