Articles Archive for June 2012
Categorized, Photojournalism »
“Good photo of today’s #OneCity announcement for Wikipedia by @HiMYSYeD”
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Commons • Glenn De Baeremaeker • Joshua Errett • Karen Stintz • OneCity • OneCity Transit Plan • Photo • TOpoli • TTC • TTC Chair • Twitter • Wikimedia • Wikipedia
Categorized, Law and Government, Photojournalism »
Photo by Himy Syed via Flickr.
Perhaps the most remarkable detail to come out of the surprise unveiling of the OneCity Transit Plan is that it remained just that—a surprise.
The $30 billion proposal had been in development for three months, without anyone blabbing to reporters. Until the last few weeks, only four councillors even knew about the plan at all.
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Cam Weldon • Current Value Assessment Uplift • CVA • CVA Uplift • Don Peat • Downsview • Glenn De Baeremaeker • Joe Mihevc • Josh Colle • Karen Stintz • Maria Augimeri • Mayor Rob Ford • Metrolinx • North York community council • OneCity • OneCity Transit Plan • ONpoli • OpenFile • Permanent Transit Planning Office • Plan • Queen's Park • Scarborough • SRT • TOCouncil • TOpoli • Transit • Transit City • TTC • TTC Board • Ward 21 • Ward 38
Categorized, Law and Government, Torontopreneur »
HiMY SYeD
Going for him: SYeD ran in 2010 and has remained a constant fixture at events and gatherings around the city.
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@GraphicMatt • Adam Vaughan • Budget Chief • City Hall • David Miller • George Smitherman • Gerrard Kennedy • HiMY SYeD • John Tory • Karen Stintz • Kristyn Wong-Tam • Liberal Party • Mayor 2014 • Mayor Rob Ford • Metro • Municipal Election 2014 • NDP • NDP Machine • North York • Olivia Chow • Rocco Rossi • Shelley Carroll • TOpoli • Transit • VoteTO
Categorized, Video »
Watch this great 2012 Scotiabank Rat Race for United Way video made by one of our supporters @HiMYSYeD
Categorized, Law and Government, Photojournalism »
Posted by Steve Kupferman | OpenFile Toronto on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Here’s a fun Saturday distraction for municipal politics nerds: a report card by the Academy of the Impossible that grades every city councillor on his or her social media skills.
Shelley Carroll, the Ward 33 councillor who is never seen in public without a smartphone in hand, gets an A-. Mayor Ford gets a C, which is generous considering the fact that his Twitter feed is obviously written by staffers. Giorgio Mammoliti, councillor for Ward 7, gets …
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Academy of the Impossible • CITY COUNCILLORS • Councillor • Giorgio Mammoliti • Mayor Rob Ford • Microphone • OpenFile • Report Card • Shelley Carroll • Social Media • Steve Kupferman • TOpoli • tweet • Twitter • Ward 33 • Ward 7
Categorized, Torontopreneur, Video »
A friend of #CodeRedTO, @HiMYSYeD, kindle recorded much of our transit information session on May 3rd at the Agincourt Library near Sheppard and Kennedy. Not everything was captured so be sure to join us at a future event!
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Agincourt • Agincourt Library • CodeRedTO • Costs Comparison • Left Turns • Library • Light Rail • LRT • Overall Travel Time • Rapid Transit • Real Travel Time Example • Roadway comparison • Scarborough • Scarborough RT • Sheppard subway line • transit information session • TTC • Vehicle comparison • Vehicle Speeds • Video
Categorized, Giant Outstallation Art »
In Toronto, we are fortunate to have many public labyrinths scattered throughout the city, due in large part to the Labyrinth Community Network and labyrinth enthusiast and creator HiMY SYeD. One of my favourites, the High Park Labyrinth, is shown here.
The best thing about this labyrinth is that it is kind of a secret.
Categorized, Law and Government »
By Carmi Levy, Written Inc.
Reports emerging out of Toronto that there’s been a shooting at the downtown Eaton Centre mall.
I guess now we see how social media impacts an in-progress crime. I’ll paste resources below, as well as on my tweetstream – @carmilevy
Feel free to share your own in comments.
Sad.
Update from the Toronto Police 8:50 pm
Constable Victor Kwong has just confirmed the following:
At 6:23 pm, police were called in to shooting at food court, lower level, north end of the mall.
8 victims have been identified, with injuries of varying severities. …
Categorized, Photojournalism »
Posted by Kelli Korducki, OpenFile Toronto
Friday’s Union Station flood disaster stalled Yonge-University-Spadina trains between Osgoode and Bloor stations for about 10 hours. It also lent itself a little too well to meme creation. Writes the Sun’s Ian Robertson:
As news spread of what TTC spokesman Jessica Martin on Saturday called the site’s worst recent flooding, photo funsters posted altered pictures on Twitter that seemed to show Ford surrounded by sharks.
One prankster inserted the famous Jaws movie poster showing a giant shark attacking a swimmer. Another computer whiz inserted …
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Bloor Station • Flooding • floodTO • Ian Robertson • Jaws • Jessica Martin • Kate Winslet • Kelli Korducki • Lemons • Leonardo DiCaprio • Mayor Rob Ford • memes • Movie Poster • OpenFile • Osgoode Station • Sharks • Titanic • TTC • Twitter • Union Station • Yonge-University-Spadina Line
