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Toronto Transit Camp
Published on 31/01/07
by willpate
The group of Toronto bloggers and technologists thinking about a better way for the TTC website is picking up steam and expanding our vision. This Sunday there is going to be a free all day event called Toronto Transit Camp at the Gladstone Hotel. If you live in Toronto and care about public transit, register now.
An ad-hoc gathering at the Gladstone Hotel of designers, transit geeks, bloggers, visual artists, tech geeks and cultural creators passionate about transit in Toronto and the TTC. It is a platform for Toronto’s talented design community and enthusiastic transit users and fans to demonstrate their creativity and contribute to a better way for Toronto’s transit system. The content and ideas generated in this open unconference will be delivered to the TTC for their consideration in their work.
What’s really interesting about Transit Camp is that it’s the first event I’ve seen that takes the principles and practices of a BarCamp event and pushes them outside of the world of technology and business. Mark Kuznicki, one of the core instigators along with Jay Goldman and David Crow; explained why we’re watching how it turns out with such interest.
We will be documenting Toronto Transit Camp extensively on the open web and will be publishing a case study (Creative Commons licensed, of course) on the event as an example of the power of Open Creative Communities, how they emerge, how they organize themselves and solve problems and how community gardeners can create space for their emergence.
You can find out more in announcements from Mark Kuznicki and Joey deVilla. Hope I see you there!
Bonus news: TTC Chair Adam Giambrone has decided to rewrite and reopen the RFP for the TTC website after the efforts of local bloggers. Wohoo, we’re making progress!
tags: toronto, ttc, transit, transitcamp, barcamp, gladstone, torcamp
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