Blogs about: Richard Florida

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What I am reading today: 10/10/08

phwebnet wrote 23 hours ago: I’ve found myself reading non-fiction books over the past six months — geology books, bo … more →

Tags: America (USA), Books, Earth system, Economy, Planet Earth, place, Politics, Process, Reading

Richard Florida at the Board of Trade1 comment

Stephen Rees wrote 1 day ago: At the recent Metro Vancouver Sustainability Summit I won a ticket to a Board of Trade breakfast. I … more →

Tags: Economics, placemaking, regional government, Urban Planning, Creativity

How cities can compete...an illustrated guide

dvcwebsite2008 wrote 5 days ago: [Source: Nate Berg, Planetizen] — An artist recently drew an interpretation of a speech by au … more →

Tags: Coordination of Planning, Downtown Vitality, sustainability, population trends, Creative Class, Nate Berg, planetizen

Be creative in this place

Miriam Jones wrote 1 week ago: Richard Florida, proponent of vibrant creative communities as economic engines, is in town. There ar … more →

Tags: Community, media, Meetings, How unis work, Action-plan, Youtube / Media

Rise of the Creative Class

Stephen Elliot wrote 2 weeks ago: Author and economist Richard Florida looks at history through the lens of creativity to see how it h … more →

Tags: Business, Book Reviews, Book Review, rise of the creative class, Economist

Beware the romantic Rust Belt

nhegedus wrote 3 weeks ago: Buffalo is my Rosebud (without the sad ending). Contrary to popular perceptions of a snow-bound, Rus … more →

Tags: New York, Sprawl, Buffalo, Childhood, Creative Class, New York Magazine, Port Jervis, rust belt, Swedish

Is the "creative class" a class?

zoltanacs wrote 1 month ago: For a class to exist - the working class, the capitalist class - it has to inherit something to cont … more →

Tags: Creative Class, capitalist, Cretive Class

Campus Diversity: Theory v Reality

David J. Miller wrote 1 month ago: One of the reasons that we are investigating the campus as an entrepreneurial environment is that in … more →

Tags: campus entrepreneurship, Jane Jacobs

Diversity on Campus: Theory v Reality

David J. Miller wrote 1 month ago: One of the reasons that we are investigating the campus as an entrepreneurial environment is that in … more →

Tags: Campus Eco-System, Research, campus entrepreneurship, Campus Life, diversity on campus, Jane Jacobs, Student Life

What Makes the Perfect City?2 comments

vodkasoda wrote 1 month ago: Rendering of a futuristic San Francisco run by geothermal power by IwamotoScott Architecture City … more →

Tags: Ideas!, Culture, Architecture, Cities, Urban, Urban Planning, city, Creative Class, aesthetic

Society 2.0

forwardonline wrote 1 month ago:  Several years ago, I had the privilege of seeing Richard Florida speak on the rise of the creativ … more →

Tags: Society, Aspirational Futures, Collaborative Intelligence, Complexity, Social Futures, Strategic Foresight, Human Futures, Connectivity, Human Connectivity

Does your city support your business effort?

Christine Haskell wrote 2 months ago: I recently re-discovered Paul Graham and fell in love with (his writing style). Check out this artic … more →

Tags: Small Biz Trends, Paul Graham, Cities and Ambition, whose your city, message a city sends, Wealth, Style, hipness, physical attractiveness

ilinktoit, 7 Aug 2008

Craig wrote 2 months ago: the butterflies are missing in Victoria in a recession find ways to save money; here are five sugge … more →

Tags: ilinktoit, butterflies, Saving Money, Social Justice, K2

Who's Your City. By Richard Florida.3 comments

carlos9900 wrote 2 months ago: I just read the book “Who’s Your City” by Richard Florida (2008). He basically builds upon the … more →

Tags: Creative Economy, Economic Geography, Economics, Frederikshavn, Geography, Urban Planning, Book Review, Cities

About that image thing...

philhardwick wrote 2 months ago: A state’s image is shaped by a glimpse out the window of someone driving through or a story in … more →

Tags: musings, state image, The Big Sort, Bill Bishop

The creative class dan creative economy2 comments

nsrupidara wrote 2 months ago: Richard Florida, seorang professor di bidang American urban studies mengembangkan sebuah konsep yang … more →

Tags: Others, UKSW, Creative Class, creative minority, knowledge, mobilitas, Arnold Toynbee, Thomas Friedman

Angst - San Francisco has it too

Rebecca wrote 2 months ago: Last week Valleywag wrote about Mission hipsters taking on the Google with spray cans. This past we … more →

Tags: San Francisco, Creative Class, gentrification, Google, Mission hipsters

The Big Sort1 comment

Jacob Vanhorn wrote 3 months ago: The Big Sort by Bill Bishop My family and I have only lived in South Central Austin (Barton Hills fo … more →

Tags: Austin, Church Planting, Community building, worldviews, Culture, Acts 29, Tim Keller, Religion, Politics

More on Creative Thinking2 comments

jdodson wrote 3 months ago: Write it down. - Encourage your team to write and share their lives with others. (More blogging!) H … more →

Tags: Theology, Theology of Work, Creative Class, Work, Creativity, Creatives, Vocation


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