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Should "Membership Stores" Be Permitted in Redmond's Manufacturing Park Zone?
In coordination with Taylor Development, which among other things owns an undeveloped 60 acre parcel of land that is zoned Manufacturing Park (MP) along Union Hill road in Southeast Redmond ( see Redmond zoning map here and Live.com Map here ), City Staff Read More...
Posted 02 May 07 11:47 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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Passing the Community Torch: In Search of a New Chief Executive in Redmond
In the wake of a recent announcement by Redmond Mayor Rosemarie Ives that she will not seek another term of office, I was invited to and personally interviewed her two most viable successors: Councilman Jim Robinson and former councilwoman, Holly Plackett Read More...
Posted 07 March 07 09:23 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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Microsoft Enters Munincipal WiFi Market
Woohoo.....But wait! What about Redmond? From FierceWireless : "Microsoft announced that it will partner with MetroFi to build a free wireless Internet service for Portland, Oregon. Microsoft will provide targeted content to the service's users through Read More...
Posted 15 November 06 06:08 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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Event: Overlake Neighborhood Planning Open House
If you live or work in Overlake and you want to help define how it gets developed over the next 20 years, I encourage you to attend this event. Meeting place is right next door to the Microsoft Company Store on 148th Ave NE. I'll be there 'cause this Read More...
Posted 09 November 06 01:51 by KorbyP | 0 Comments   
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Praise from Redmond
This from my "I'm not screaming in the wilderness" file... Preface: I'm reading a Father to Daughter book that admonishes dads to teach our daughters to give *and accept* praise gracefully. Since my daughter is almost perfect in all ways, this sounds Read More...
Posted 13 April 06 10:10 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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Spokane Invests in Public Wireless (and why it matters to you)
At MindCamp 1.0 , Doug Dobbins enthusiastically speculated that his hometown of Spokane, WA would boast a "free" citywide wireless network like Long Beach, Philadelphia (planned), San Fran (planned), and the Mall in Washington D.C. in the not so distant Read More...
Posted 03 January 06 11:15 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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"Free" Internet for the Masses
Slides from a recent Seattle MindCamp session at which I co-presented my "Libraries Everywhere" concept with Jen Batten, of Speakeasy.net. Slide One (Title Page) Libraries Everywhere ---- Internet for the Masses Slide Two (Problem) Socio-economic disequilibrium, Read More...
Posted 12 November 05 11:47 by KorbyP | 3 Comments   
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Welcome to Redmond Airport, Mr. Robillard
I got a chance to hang out with a group of my favorite Microsoft customers today, the famed ASPInsiders . I had lunch and chatted with the likes of Paul Wilson , Omar Villareal , and Eli Robillard who are all in Redmond at the same time (!) for the ASPInsider's Read More...
Posted 05 October 05 03:13 by KorbyP | 4 Comments   
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Social Computing Symposium 2005: Reflections
A few observations of the Microsoft Social Computing Symposium, held in Redmond, WA in April 2004. Read More...
Posted 02 May 05 01:57 by KorbyP | 7 Comments   
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Generating Ad Revenue in the Age of Syndication: Corante.com and Munincipal Wi-Fi at the Crossroads
The World Wide Web is a library. Internet-ready devices continue to plummet in price. Access to the Internet is expensive, worldwide. I believe that we have an awesome and compelling opportunity and civic duty to ensure that this library is--like the Read More...
Posted 10 April 05 02:32 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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City Planning for Pedestrian Safety
[ MSNBC ] "As the two boys attempted to cross 15th Avenue [in Seattle], Messenger was hit in the head by the side mirror of a passing car [and went into a coma]. Just weeks before, Seattle officials had removed the crosswalk sign that had hung over 15th Read More...
Posted 03 March 05 04:07 by KorbyP | 10 Comments   
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San Francisco One-Ups Redmond
The citywide Wi-Fi meme catapulted to another level yesterday when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom boldly announced that, "We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service," he said in his annual state of the city Read More...
Posted 22 October 04 10:59 by KorbyP | 15 Comments   
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High Speed Wireless Internet in Redmond
Tonight, the Redmond City Council voted unanimously to approve my proposal to support the provision of ubiquitous, high speed, wireless Internet connectivity citywide...with minor modifications. Like any good politician (I am neither good nor politician Read More...
Posted 20 October 04 01:18 by KorbyP | 10 Comments   
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Spectrum Is a Public Good
Clay Shirky , who I met at Microsoft Research's social computing symposium earlier this year, has posted an engrossing essay on the issue of spectrum allocation in the United States and ongoing discussions at the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC Read More...
Posted 27 September 04 01:47 by KorbyP | 4 Comments   
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Redmond to Consider Providing Citywide Wi-Fi
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 Read More...
Posted 09 September 04 12:45 by KorbyP | 39 Comments   
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