Have you noticed lately that people don't walk on the left side of the footpath anymore? It's total anarchy out there, with people walking on the left, right, and middle of the footpath, no matter what direction they're going! If you're walking in the opposite direction you have to pay attention, keep your eyes open and really make an effort to avoid bumping into people walking toward you.
I thought there was a convention of keeping to the left on paths and footpaths, but recently this seems to have completely gone by the way.
I attended an interesting forum at lunchtime today about the future of the City of Melbourne as a pleasant place in which to live. The talk was interesting, looking at Melbourne's past and future, but the means by which the City is trying to encourage people to participate personifies the Web 2.0 modality and spirit! They will present the new draft plan as a wiki! Have a look at Future Melbourne, and join in with your ideas. Look at the way the Future Melbourne website is trying to link all the information together. Maybe instead of asking for the email addresses of people they should have RSS feeds available from their site and ask people to subscribe to the RSS feeds; that would be more Web 2.0-ish.
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Good to see you are out in the blogosphere.
How are LR&A doing with 21 Lunges?
Some enthusiastic people at Bundoora. Now we just have to get them past the registering and initial stages!
Cheers,
Daniel
http://wheellibrarian.blogspot.com
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! I often wonder what compels people to walk in abreast in throngs of 8 or 10. I find myself leaping off the footpath to make way, much to the annoyance of my sister. "You have as much right of way as anyone else!" she cries. Perhaps.
Hi Eve and thanks for your mention of Future Melbourne.
As far we can tell, this is the first time on this scale that a local government has used wiki technology to let anybody directly edit a city plan.
Your suggestion on RSS feeds is one we are investigating. At the moment, we're unfortunately encountering some difficulties in achieving the appropriate functionality. Keep your eye on www.futuremelbourne.com.au for more soon.
You might also like to check out our recent youtube additions or visit our interactive Future Scenarios section, where anybody can help edit or draft their own fictional vision of the city's future.
Thanks again for the post. I've added a link to this blog on our Future Melbourne On The Web page.
Dale
Future Melbourne Team
www.futuremelbourne.com.au
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