Women in tech I admire: Lauren & Emira

So today is “Ada Lovelace day“, a brand-new thing, to celebrate women in Tech, something that is definitely an issue, as many have pointed out when looking at conference speaker lists and whatnot. And there’s plenty of awesome women in tech & design, and I’ve been fortunate to work with several. However, I’m going to [...]

Parking Prices as social Experiment

Most time when I drive to work (not too often, but often enough in order to be able to get to pick Liam up in time from daycare), I try to park for free. If that fails (which it will do more often than not), I park in the Pivotal building on Beatty. For a [...]

Third Annual Think City Citizen Budget Survey

Every year, the City of Vancouver goes through a public consultation on the annual budget. This process has left much to be desired in terms of the actual consultation process. Each year, for the past three years, Think City has run it’s own, parallel Citizen’s Budget survey, to provide an additional means of feedback to [...]

Vancouver Stories – a Think City Fundraiser

I would like to invite you to join Think City and me for an evening of Vancouver stories on Thursday, March 19 at the Heritage Hall. Hosted by CBC Radio’s Bill Richardson, Vancouver Stories is a cocktail party and silent auction featuring Vancouver memorabilia and experiences, along with stories past and present as told by [...]