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Stephen J. McNamee and Robert K. Miller, Jr. summarize their book The Meritocracy Myth →

tags: merit, meritocracy, nonmerit advantages, via:gordonr | # | comment Apr. 4th, 2010

Leszek Apouchtine reviews Exploring Vancouverism: The Political Culture of Lotus Land by Howard Rotberg →

"He points out that more of our efforts go towards density for the sake of density itself, as if that is enough to solve problems such as affordability."

tags: Howard Rotberg, Vancouver, Vancouverism, via:gordonr | # | comment Jan. 17th, 2009

Aaron Schmidt on the redesign of the Vancouver Public Library's website →

"Someone made the decision to be literally user centered in this case, and it works. It illustrates that the library is full of people. It is social."

tags: VPL, Vancouver, Vancouver Public Library, via:gordonr | # | 2 comments Feb. 20th, 2008

Blind Men's Baseball - The Social Importance of Peripheral Vision →

Jaiku founder Jyri Engeström's presentation on the next generation of mobile devices, with the assumption that others' presence and other people's plans matter just as much as yours. My peripheral vision (social and otherwise) could use improving.

tags: Jaiku, Jyri Engeström, peripheral vision, presentation, social peripheral vision, via:gordonr | # | comment Feb. 8th, 2008

Is the 'Google generation' a myth? →

Great responses in the comment section, from young and old, to a study by the University College London into critical thinking amongst youth on the web.

tags: Google Generation, critical thinking, literacy, multi-tasking, via:gordonr | # | comment Feb. 7th, 2008

An interview with "cyclist" Trevor Linden →

The interviewer, Amy Smolens, namedrops a guy I went to high school and played on the basketball team with, Geoff Kabush.

tags: Trevor Linden, Vancouver Canucks, via:gordonr | # | comment Dec. 26th, 2007

Teaching old tropes new tricks: Community-building with a 21st-century twist →

tags: community, via:gordonr | # | comment Nov. 8th, 2007

"Vancouverism is replacing Manhattanism as the maximum power setting of contemporary city building." →

Trevor Boddy reviews Dream City by Lance Berelowitz and Vancouver Walking by Meredith Quartermain.

tags: DTES, Manhattanism, Vancouver, Vancouverism, Vanhattan, via:gordonr | # | comment Dec. 20th, 2006

Paul D. Hibbits' remote user-centered design presentation to VanUE →

tags: VanUE, Vancouver, usability, via:gordonr | # | comment Oct. 26th, 2006

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