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Nov. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Two Worlds of Housing in Vancouver

Captured in a single juxtaposition of stories in Business in Vancouver: .…
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Oct. 23, 2014 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Perspectives on Density

Two items in the Twitter feed: the first from CBC Radio: Vancouver needs more density says urban theorist Richard Florida…
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Oct. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Hype and Happenstance

Occasionally two tweets will come in on my feed, literally one after the other, that make a point larger than…
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Sep. 18, 2014 / Gordon Price

Different Definitions of Tool

As is often the case, my mailbox (and your comments) connect and blend to make a larger point.  For instance:…
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May. 07, 2014 / Gordon Price

Connections: Climate Changes

Today in the Inbox: . First up: the daily briefing from Foreign Policy lays it out: Barack Obama’s administration says…
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May. 02, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Dire Report (Or, If we don’t know about it, bad things can’t happen)

From USA Today – May 2, 2014: For the first time in human history and likely for the first time…
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Apr. 02, 2014 / Gordon Price

Coastal conditions: Spring in Canada

These two submissions ended up in my inbox on the same day. From Scot Bathgate, via the Weather Network: spring…
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Feb. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: “Carsick” and “Cars for Condos”

Two readings linked from tweets that came in on the same day, one from Toronto, the other from Vancouver – with the same…
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Nov. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets, Intertwining Economies

A Twitter game: Take two (or more) tweets that happen to show up in the same feed that, when juxtaposed, make…
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Sep. 26, 2013 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: TransLink, tolls and taxes

A new game to play on Twitter: Take two (or more) tweets that happen to show up in the same feed…

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