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Sustainable Cleveland 2019 communications meeting wrap-up
Yesterday was the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 meeting.
Andrew Watterson, the head of the Cleveland’s department of sustainability, asked: What sort of technological tools and features does the online infrastructure need to maintain communication, share knowledge and resources to enable the groups to work more effectively and reach the goals of Sustainable Cleveland 2019.
As [...]
Reflections on the DARPA challenge
Yesterday was the DARPA Challenge, a contest for anyone (or team) in the USA to find 10 red balloons placed anywhere in the continental United States by DARPA for 9 hours. This type of contest first excited me even if it was sponsored by the DARPA, an organization under the Department of Defense.
As a [...]
Missing from Cleveland’s counsciousness: Public Transportation
After going to Boston for the weekend and planning a class reunion, I was reminded of the stigma of public transportation in Cleveland.
I went to Boston over the weekend for the first time for the MAPACA Conference. The ‘T’, Boston’s public transportation system of subways and buses, was able to get me everywhere (which was [...]
the Ecovillage Tour
I toured the Ecovillage in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood (on the Cleveland west side) for a couple hours about weeko ago along with Lilah from Detroit-Shoreway CDC and a EcoVillage project director.
What does an ecovillage mean ?
From their website, the ecovillage:
”The EcoVillage is:
* An innovative partnership involving nonprofit organizations, the city, [...]
Reflections on Sustainable Cleveland 2019.
The ‘Sustainable Cleveland 2019′ – a three day summit presented by the City of Cleveland is similar to summits and symposiums in which I participated [the symposium on youth violence for juveniles in cleveland (August 2007), Voices and Choices (2005-6) and numerous ones in college] .
Such an event usually has small group discussions and brainstorming [...]
test entry on a new blogging client.
I think I found a new blogging client. I’ll be deleting this post soon.
a link
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cleveland’s Online Police Report system debuts
A follow-up from this post in July 2008.
The City of Cleveland’s online police reporting system is now up. People can now submit online police reports for a limited amount of incidents (petty theft [less than $500] and property damages).
The City’s front page links to its Press Release (HTML) (1st link ) which then links to [...]
Some brief thoughts on cdBaby
[disclose: I have no affiliation with cdbaby other than being a customer].
I’ve been a fan of CDbaby for a while.
A couple initial reactions to their website redesign:
- The graphics and layout remind me of web2.0 (2006-07). I’m not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing.
- It’s been a while [...]
Recycling Bins on Schaaf Broadview Removed
Sad to see…
The City of Cleveland (Blue) Recycling Bins have been removed from the Brooklyn Heights United Church Parking lot, located on the corner of Schaaf and Broadview.
A couple paperboard signs taped on the walls of the neighboring building and the paper bins (which still remain and are not organized by the City of [...]
Formatting a Olympus Digital Voice Recorder WS-300M
Update: May 13, 2009 After a couple months of sitting in a box without a battery, I put a battery back into the recorder and it started up and successfully works. I have no idea why it began to function normally again. None of the previous data had shown up on this ‘new’ recorder.
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