Alumni Sharing Knowledge- September 17, 2004 (Need a "closet techie" intern)Last night, I attended the annual Alumni Sharing Knowledge night at my alma mater, the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. If you've never made the effort to involve yourself in an event like this at your own school (or any other for that matter), you should. The payoff can be unexpectedly big. ASK night is a cocktail party without the cocktails in which really nervous college students mingle among somewhat nervous alumni and alumnae; CEOs and...http://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/archive/2004/09/17/230935.aspx Redmond to Consider Providing Citywide Wi-Fi- September 9, 2004 Tonight, the Redmond Planning Commission discussed proposed updates to the Utilities Element, or chapter, of our 20-year Comprehensive Plan. Theoretically, we get around to reviewing each chapter once every five years. The Comp Plan is a state-mandated vision statement--a high-level spec of sorts--that guides the development and implementation of city development guidelines, rules, ordinances, city-administered programs, and "functional plans". Every action the city...http://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/archive/2004/09/09/227236.aspx Wi-Fi (and C-Span) for the Masses- September 2, 2004 Today, eWeek reported that the City of Philadephia, Pennsylvania is considering "an ambitious plan" to enable highspeed Internet access via Wi-Fi in all135 square miles of the city. As a planning commissioner for the City of Redmond, I tip my hat to the progressive, forward-thinking, and enlightened people of Philadelphia. The brothers rock! From a socio-economic and political perspective, the importance of this announcement is hard to overstate. Democracy in the absence of..http://blogs.msdn.com/korbyp/archive/2004/09/02/224553.aspx |