Comments on: Why I think the newspaper is a (waste paper)basket case http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-paperbasket-case/ I am a mongrel - O ma! A gremlin... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:34:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: melanie http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-paperbasket-case/comment-page-1/#comment-7079 melanie Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:28:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-#comment-7079 I'm not only far away, I'm way out of your field. But I find your stuff usually quite fascinating. The urban design thing that you've been on lately also makes me think about where I live - i.e, there's usually more to it than the purely local. yours perspicaciously ;) I’m not only far away, I’m way out of your field. But I find your stuff usually quite fascinating. The urban design thing that you’ve been on lately also makes me think about where I live – i.e, there’s usually more to it than the purely local.

yours perspicaciously ;)

]]> By: yulelog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-paperbasket-case/comment-page-1/#comment-6920 yulelog Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:22:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-#comment-6920 Very astute observation regarding Bruce -- you're not the only one to say that, but you must be the most distant, geographically, which shows how very perspicacious you are! ;) (Of course, I think it also reflects very badly on the intelligence of the reporter -- he's the one who chose this particular soundbite...! But yes, the CEO's "acumen," such as it is, is encapsulated by it...) Re. your first comment, and being curious whether I know these guys: Victoria is tightly knit, and while I haven't met Bruce, my husband knows him, having met him on a couple of occasions. And my husband also knows Dan, having met him far more often. In fact, they're in the same building complex (Van. Island Advanced Technology Park) these days, as my husband is working for a company that's located there. And yes, I have met Dan -- shook his hand and had drinks with him at a VIATec xmas party, for example. Our paths haven't crossed otherwise, but <em>they are likely to do so again</em>, given the tendency of circles (social, business, etc.) to overlap like Venn diagrams here. Since I still haven't heard from either fellow, I've been wondering what I'll say when/ if we meet at another xmas party... Very astute observation regarding Bruce — you’re not the only one to say that, but you must be the most distant, geographically, which shows how very perspicacious you are! ;) (Of course, I think it also reflects very badly on the intelligence of the reporter — he’s the one who chose this particular soundbite…! But yes, the CEO’s “acumen,” such as it is, is encapsulated by it…)

Re. your first comment, and being curious whether I know these guys: Victoria is tightly knit, and while I haven’t met Bruce, my husband knows him, having met him on a couple of occasions. And my husband also knows Dan, having met him far more often. In fact, they’re in the same building complex (Van. Island Advanced Technology Park) these days, as my husband is working for a company that’s located there. And yes, I have met Dan — shook his hand and had drinks with him at a VIATec xmas party, for example.

Our paths haven’t crossed otherwise, but they are likely to do so again, given the tendency of circles (social, business, etc.) to overlap like Venn diagrams here.

Since I still haven’t heard from either fellow, I’ve been wondering what I’ll say when/ if we meet at another xmas party…

]]> By: melanie http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-paperbasket-case/comment-page-1/#comment-6919 melanie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-#comment-6919 PS: I think Bruce is way off the mark with his comment about "the talk-up-Victoria campaign". It's not the talking up that's important its the making of connections and doing 'fast' things. Unfortunately, I find him the epitome of 'slow'!!! PS: I think Bruce is way off the mark with his comment about “the talk-up-Victoria campaign”. It’s not the talking up that’s important its the making of connections and doing ‘fast’ things. Unfortunately, I find him the epitome of ’slow’!!!

]]> By: melanie http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-paperbasket-case/comment-page-1/#comment-6918 melanie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:16:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-#comment-6918 I'm curious. Do you know the people you mentioned (Dan, etc) in real life? Or is this really a comment on how important real life connections remain - i.e., the limitations of connectedness via the internets? Anyway, I think your comment about silos is spot on. Particularly when it comes to connecting things like, say, hi-tech and culture. Mostly business people don't seem to see how central cultural activity is to the vibrancy of their cities, even of their business communities. It's as true in Fast cities as in others too. I’m curious. Do you know the people you mentioned (Dan, etc) in real life? Or is this really a comment on how important real life connections remain – i.e., the limitations of connectedness via the internets?

Anyway, I think your comment about silos is spot on. Particularly when it comes to connecting things like, say, hi-tech and culture. Mostly business people don’t seem to see how central cultural activity is to the vibrancy of their cities, even of their business communities. It’s as true in Fast cities as in others too.

]]> By: yulelog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-paperbasket-case/comment-page-1/#comment-6888 yulelog Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:30:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/yulelog/2007/08/18/why-i-think-the-newspaper-is-a-waste-#comment-6888 Well, exactly -- all the time you hear about how bloggers supposedly play fast & loose with sources, but I would never do this, nor would the respected bloggers I read. I haven't come across any bloggers worth reading who would do what Andrew Duffy did. If anything, in blogging, it's <em>all about the links</em>, the "linky love," as <a href="http://listics.com/" rel="nofollow">Frank Paynter</a> would say. Also, on VibrantVictoria's forum, where admittedly we post plenty of stuff from the MSM, no one posts items from <em>any</em> outlet without giving due credit to the source. Yet "web-based" news sites like VV are allegedly less professional than the MSM. Give me a break... Well, exactly — all the time you hear about how bloggers supposedly play fast & loose with sources, but I would never do this, nor would the respected bloggers I read. I haven’t come across any bloggers worth reading who would do what Andrew Duffy did. If anything, in blogging, it’s all about the links, the “linky love,” as Frank Paynter would say.

Also, on VibrantVictoria’s forum, where admittedly we post plenty of stuff from the MSM, no one posts items from any outlet without giving due credit to the source. Yet “web-based” news sites like VV are allegedly less professional than the MSM. Give me a break…

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