Bill MacEwen / Blog

Maybe it’s just me, but all the innovative projects seem to go up in the middle of nowhere. From time to time yeah there will be some cool stuff happening in dense residential areas, but my impression is that most architectural and environmental innovation is occurring on really cheap pieces of land. Not much is happening in Manhattan, not to mention Robson & Burrard. Again, this is because innovation is risky. Even though the project might prove to have low capital cost and great appeal…(see the Loblolly House) it’s still different. I guess no one wants to risk being different on a proven piece of real estate.

Just heard about the Ted conference via a link that Duncan sent to me on the design process of the Seattle Public Library and other projects.  I haven’t had a chance to get into these other videos too much yet, but it seems like there’s some great ideas floating around Monterey.

“1000 thought-leaders, movers and shakers…”

TED Videos

If you aren’t on TV you don’t exist = If you have no blog you don’t exist.

If I want to know something about someone I google them.  For sure you can find out lots about me through google already, but if I’m not blogging, you’re really just reading what other people have to say about ‘mr. bill.’  The first thing that pops up these days is a soft spoken interview I did with Megan Cole, which was fun but not necessarily the most accurate representation of myself.

Here it is.  I’ve got my domain.  I’ve got my blog.  I exist…and within a few phone calls, I’ll have my googlejuice.