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philgyford : Doodle: Easy Scheduling - Another way to arrange group events. (via Haddock)
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43folders : MeetWays - Find a point of interest between two given addresses - Lets Meet! - Clever way to find stuff between two points. This seems super handy for traveling. via Kottke
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8 month ago
philgyford : Corporation of London - Development & planning - Planning applications - Proposal to create a brand new flat at the bottom of one of the Barbican towers, in a "void space". See the PLANNING REPORT for some pics.
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20 month ago
philgyford : BarbicanTalk.com :: View topic - Milton Court - the tower has been rejected - Excellent -- the proposed plan to redevelop the Barbican's Milton Court has been "sent back" by the planning committee.
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20 month ago
philgyford : PlanningAlerts.com | Email alerts of planning applications near you - New to me. It just works. I even get direct links to the council website to comment on each application. Wonderful. This is how council websites should work. (via Tomski)
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24 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Why Career Planning Is Time Wasted - Why Career Planning Is Time Wasted: "The best strategy for career planning is this: make your best guess, try it out and don't be surprised if you don't like it. But for heaven's sake don't mention this in your interviews."
philgyford : PsyBlog: Why Career Planning Is Time Wasted - The group who chose their sandwiches for the week in advance "are significantly less happy with their choices than the group who chose their sandwiches on the day." (via Haddock)
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30 month ago
philgyford : Mallow street skyscraper - a photoset on Flickr - Ridiculously huge skyscraper planned for right next to Old Street roundabout. Only a few days left to get objections in to the planning people. (via Haddock)
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32 month ago
merlinmann : Apes demonstrate ability to plan ahead - LiveScience - MSNBC.com - Oh, great. Apparently scrub jays can plan ahead. They already run our back yard like tyrants. I wish we had bonobos back there instead. [via Mr. Sun]
deusx : Apes demonstrate ability to plan ahead - LiveScience - MSNBC.com - "Scientists study how bonobos, orangutans anticipate need for tools"
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33 month ago
jcgregorio : Backstory: What is the value of a tree? - Our real-estate-wise 'hot' sub-division is getting it's boost in part from all the trees we all planted 8 years ago.
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33 month ago
philgyford : Archinect : News : Jane Jacobs goes to the great city in the sky - Fairly detailed obituary/summary. (via City of Sound)
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33 month ago
jcgregorio : Celebrated author, urban activist Jane Jacobs dead at age 89 - Author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", one of my favorite books.
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36 month ago
philgyford : Digitally Distributed Environments - Weblog with, currently, lots of models of London buildings for Google Earth.
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37 month ago
kellan : mnot: How to Throw a Holiday Party - Having watched Jasmine through a few parties, its all about the chocolate fountain. #
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38 month ago
Andy Baio : Meet with Approval - lo-fi meeting scheduler
joshua : MeetWithApproval - nice app for converging on a meeting
plasticbag : MeetWithApproval.com - "Arrange a meeting or event. Work out which day is good for everyone & keep track of who is coming." - This is a lovely piece of kit - pretty easy to assemble, but really elegant. This would be a charming component of a larger social calendaring enterprise.
philgyford : Meet With Approval - "Work out which day is good for everyone and keep track of who is coming..." Great idea, but I wonder if it works in practice. (via Haddock)
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39 month ago
jkottke : Panoramic photo of suburban sprawl - Panoramic photo of suburban sprawl near San Ramon, CA. Beautiful and terrifying.
philgyford : Panoramic photograph of suburban sprawl near San Ramon, California | Matt Jalbert - Unreal-looking. Would be great to see this animated over a decade or two. (via Kottke again. He has such good links.)
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