Comments on: A City that thinks like the Web http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/ OPEN creative communities Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:46:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Kuznicki http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-215309 Mark Kuznicki Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:39:49 +0000 http://remarkk.com/?p=473#comment-215309 Thanks for the comment Lan! The fact that you are commenting here and elsewhere already proves that there is readiness for change and engagement at the City. I think it is important to note that the Toronto web community is one of the most vibrant and open in the world. It is in a very real sense already engaged in the act of community and city-building. It is here for you to engage in ongoing dialogue. Thanks for the comment Lan! The fact that you are commenting here and elsewhere already proves that there is readiness for change and engagement at the City.

I think it is important to note that the Toronto web community is one of the most vibrant and open in the world. It is in a very real sense already engaged in the act of community and city-building. It is here for you to engage in ongoing dialogue.

]]> By: Lan Nguyen http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-215286 Lan Nguyen Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:18:27 +0000 http://remarkk.com/?p=473#comment-215286 Hi, Thank you for your contributing remarks. The Web 2.0 summit has been a quite learning experience for us at the city with many new insights of possibilities, opportunities and improvements for the city to consider options in engaging Toronto citizens and communities. Also I personally appreciate many constructive remarks and suggestions made on the Summit in the past few days and these will be definitely discussed in the debriefing session for future planning. One thing that stood out from the three months of hard work to pull this off is the spirit of teamwork and volunteering across the city to make this event possible. There is no doubt that this is just the beginning of what's next in Thinking Big and Deliver Success in small bites with open dialogues and collaboration. We are now compiling all the suggestions and comments from the summit participants (in person and online both) to start our discussion on what's next in order to keep the momentum and create a reality. I am very encouraged with many of your thougthful remarks from many many blogs and look forward to connect with you all in the future. Thanks again Mark for your suggestions. Will take you up on that. Lan Nguyen Chair, Web 2.0 Summit Planning Committee Director, Business Enablement City of Toronto Tel: 416-338-1822 email: lpnguyen@toronto.ca Hi,

Thank you for your contributing remarks. The Web 2.0 summit has been a quite learning experience for us at the city with many new insights of possibilities, opportunities and improvements for the city to consider options in engaging Toronto citizens and communities.

Also I personally appreciate many constructive remarks and suggestions made on the Summit in the past few days and these will be definitely discussed in the debriefing session for future planning. One thing that stood out from the three months of hard work to pull this off is the spirit of teamwork and volunteering across the city to make this event possible.

There is no doubt that this is just the beginning of what’s next in Thinking Big and Deliver Success in small bites with open dialogues and collaboration. We are now compiling all the suggestions and comments from the summit participants (in person and online both) to start our discussion on what’s next in order to keep the momentum and create a reality.

I am very encouraged with many of your thougthful remarks from many many blogs and look forward to connect with you all in the future.
Thanks again Mark for your suggestions. Will take you up on that.

Lan Nguyen
Chair, Web 2.0 Summit Planning Committee
Director, Business Enablement
City of Toronto
Tel: 416-338-1822
email: lpnguyen@toronto.ca

]]> By: Mark Kuznicki http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-213492 Mark Kuznicki Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:06:53 +0000 http://remarkk.com/?p=473#comment-213492 Thanks Andre and Sameer! Also a big shout out to Tamera Kremer for her <a href="http://3i.wildfirestrategy.com/2008/11/28/toronto-web-20-summit-step-in-the-right-direction-epic-fail-or-a-bit-of-both/" rel="nofollow">thoughtful critique</a>. I would like to have some conversations with as many government participants at the TO Web 2.0 Summit as possible to talk about how we can engage our communities together around a shared agenda of Gov 2.0 innovation and practice. If you were there and would like to connect, please email me at mark@remarkk.com. Thanks Andre and Sameer! Also a big shout out to Tamera Kremer for her thoughtful critique.

I would like to have some conversations with as many government participants at the TO Web 2.0 Summit as possible to talk about how we can engage our communities together around a shared agenda of Gov 2.0 innovation and practice. If you were there and would like to connect, please email me at mark@remarkk.com.

]]> By: TO 2.0 | i tell stories http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-213451 TO 2.0 | i tell stories Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:44:32 +0000 http://remarkk.com/?p=473#comment-213451 [...] Kuznicki, the man I turn to for all things community, talks about the promise of the mayor’s announcement: The moment was the culmination of a lot of our hopes and dreams for a city that understands the [...] [...] Kuznicki, the man I turn to for all things community, talks about the promise of the mayor’s announcement: The moment was the culmination of a lot of our hopes and dreams for a city that understands the [...]

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-213270 Sameer Vasta Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:51:53 +0000 http://remarkk.com/?p=473#comment-213270 It was amazing to see the Mayor so excited and eager to tap into the Toronto web community for their expertise. Now, let's hold him accountable to his words. I may be in and out of town Mark, but even when I'm not around, I want to help in any way possible to make Toronto a better place. It's home, after all. Let's get this started! It was amazing to see the Mayor so excited and eager to tap into the Toronto web community for their expertise. Now, let’s hold him accountable to his words.

I may be in and out of town Mark, but even when I’m not around, I want to help in any way possible to make Toronto a better place. It’s home, after all.

Let’s get this started!

]]> By: Andre Gaulin http://remarkk.com/2008/11/28/a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-212885 Andre Gaulin Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:54:00 +0000 http://remarkk.com/?p=473#comment-212885 Back a couple years ago when I worked for CHUM and we were trying to come up with useful tools for the local news sites we were building, this lack of data was a HUGE problem. We had tons of ideas for truly useful mashups but could just not make them happen in a reliable enough way. Am very happy to hear that this summit turned out to be a good thing. I'm along with you Mark - how can I help make this stuff a reality? Back a couple years ago when I worked for CHUM and we were trying to come up with useful tools for the local news sites we were building, this lack of data was a HUGE problem. We had tons of ideas for truly useful mashups but could just not make them happen in a reliable enough way.

Am very happy to hear that this summit turned out to be a good thing.

I’m along with you Mark – how can I help make this stuff a reality?

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