Tag Archives: Kitchener

You’re projecting… art on Kitchener City Hall

Posted on August 18, 2015 by dw

My friend Marcel O’Gorman, an Associate Professor at UW and makerly art instigator, shot me an email a couple weeks back suggesting I come by Kitchener City Hall on a Sunday night to see something cool. One of his XDM … Continue reading →

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Google’s Steve Woods talks diversity

Posted on July 4, 2015 by dw

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to catch a talk by Google’s Senior Engineering Director and Country Product Lead for Canada, Steve Woods. It was a talk on diversity in the context of Communitech’s Women in Technology Peer2Peer … Continue reading →

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1shot #239-captive wagon wheel

Posted on June 25, 2015 by dw

You know how sometimes when parking your bicycle you forget to lock up more than just the wheel… At Victoria and Oak, this is Kitchener. DW

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1shot #237-CAT chillin’

Posted on June 24, 2015 by dw

As I was marveling at what must be the biggest excavator that could possibly fit on Charles Street, I saw the operator’s boots. He was chillin’, waiting for the guys down in the hole to do their thing. The juxtaposition … Continue reading →

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1shot #236-skate lane

Posted on June 22, 2015 by dw

I got my first board, probably in 1978. My mom took a whole crew of sunburnt cut-off-wearing boys out to Canadian Tire in Sarnia so Brohemus and I could join the neighbourhood in this new phenomenon. On Charles Street in … Continue reading →

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1shot #235-puttin’ the ION in construction

Posted on June 21, 2015 by dw

When construction isn’t preventing me from getting to a meeting on time, I love it. After a great meeting with Dave Thomas from The Working Centre on Friday, walking back to my car on Joseph, I stopped for 20 minutes … Continue reading →

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1shot #234-Jessie Treneer’s mid-day music in DTK

Posted on June 11, 2015 by dw

Tony Reinhart and I headed out from the Hub to hit The Yeti for lunch today. Rolling by 305 we heard Jesse Treneer just getting into her first set. Sounded great and I’m going to (virtually) high-five Jesse for momentarily … Continue reading →

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1shot #233-sign sign everywhere a sign

Posted on June 8, 2015 by dw

Sing along… if you know the words. From Victoria and Joseph, this is Kitchener. DW

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1shot #230-DTK mystery bus

Posted on May 29, 2015 by dw

Y’all know how I roll: curious as a cat, always looking for signs on the trail. On Tuesday this week in the Bramm Street lot where I park every day near Park and Victoria, there was this bus. A private … Continue reading →

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Demo day at The Mayfair Hotel

Posted on May 22, 2015 by dw

Serendipity caught me walking out of Kitchener City Hall after a meeting just as the demolition of the Mayfair Hotel was kicking off with a tremendous crash and a small crowd. Pasteur said “Fortune favours the prepared mind” and that … Continue reading →

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