“Four/Five” accessible flats - with bay window Juliette balconies. We’ve been exploring a few different ways to bring some familiar elements to a new building type (while remaining honest about what is needed in the form and envelope of a contemporary low carbon building).

I made a coffee table! My most challenging woodworking project yet

I've chatted with Peter a few times and he always impresses me with his willingness and energy to teach and answer any questions I have about housing, urbanism, transportation, etc or anything really. I can imagine him creating some really great change on Vancouver city council

Victoria, BC really has some great cycling infra

me finally owning a home in a walkable neighborhood when im too old to walk

Vancouver golf club next? haha jk, unless? seems to me that the lougheed area isn't actually all that nice to live/walk in with so many major roads going through it. Selfishly (in burquitlam), some more ammenities northeast of lougheed could help turn the 2 neighbourhoods into a really cool area

Ooo Happy Cities is hiring! happycities.com/careers?utm_...

If you're on insta I'd love some support on a couple of accounts I run One is me yapping about wellness, existentalism, purpose, etc for Cronicle: www.instagram.com/cronicle.me/ and the other is me making things, mostly woodworking: www.instagram.com/joemakingthi...

Are there any online developer/entrepreneur/freelance communities you are apart of that you love? And do they want another member?

I built a lamp Sapelle wood. Built a template out of 1/4" ply and then used a router trim bit to get the curved arm. Bought the lampshade at value village for $5. Blew my breaker because I was silly then learned some more and did a much better job of wiring up the socket.

My favourite genre of facebook post is math problems with a bunch of people arguing about the answer in the comments

I'm building something 👀 cronicle.me

Our CleanBC review shows that transit expansion delivers maximum benefits while drastically cutting transportation emissions. Demand action now: Complete the official CleanBC survey by August 1st (4 PM) to push for transit as a climate priority. Survey: engage.gov.bc.ca/gov...

My friend has been practicing her caricature drawings. $20 and you can get one too! www.instagram.com/imakeitsilly...

If prioritized homes for people like we prioritize homes for cars we would be much further along in dealing with this housing crisis.

I've just finished my plywood shelves and now I'm diving deep into all the other things I could make and materials I could use. What if I used danish cord? or rattan? What if I made custom wooden lamps? I should add magnets to my work. Wish me luck

I made a workbench recenty and I messed up a lot but I love it open.substack.com/pub/joeczepi...

Just finished Tiny Experiments by @neuranne.bsky.social and loved it! I've struggled with the expectation (societal? me? parental?) that I should be excellent at one thing or that I should focus on my career, especially post university. But there are there are so many things in life to try.

I had so much fun building bastila.app and I love the brand that @spencermarsh.bsky.social came up with. It turned out to be a really useful tool at my job but with the rise of so many AI code quality and code helper tools I think the approach I had would have been left in the dust

I finished my shelving unit! All designed and built by me. 3/4" laminated plywood for most of it. 1/2" baltic birch for the sliding doors and drawer fronts.

Soon the internets just going to be a bunch of bots trying to sell things to other bots

Still thinking about the guy saying we should make the Safeway parking lot at commercial a "heritage parking lot"

we could have had taco trucks on every corner

I'll be at #websummit in vancouver next week, see you there 👋

mobile app coming soon™️

Used a plunge router for the first time today. Would not recommend using it on a table that has wheels but otherwise it went well

Just added some springtails to my terrarium, can't wait to see them clean it all up

And once again I binge watched love death and robots in two sittings and now I have to wait months for a new season

Let’s go @pwaldkirch.bsky.social ! Time for the Megatowers Polka at the 1780 East Broadway rezoning hearing 🎶 #vancouver

What @pwaldkirch.bsky.social Via Megan Harris

"Hey vancity can we build 1000 homes on a parking lot beside the 2nd busiest transit hub west of toronto?"

This is why I believe it’s best to run campaigns based on bold, transformational change. You draw swing voters AND inspire new voters to get involved. It’s both good policy and politics!

They've been planning the Broadway & Commercial site for almost 20 years. This Thursday (May 15) it's FINALLY getting a public hearing. A thousand transit-oriented rental homes, zero displacement, and daycare! Please say YES to housing. Step-by-step instructions below!

I see apartment floor plans way more often than house plans but whenever I do I am like holy shit we allocate a lot of space for cars, even in our own home

Oh the joy of walking out your door and getting on a bus without looking at the schedule

This is the only acceptable representation of human-scale development www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4TJ...

With the help of our amazing volunteers, we have been strategizing for a while now to make and install benches at bus stops that don’t have seating.

Made some benches

Progress

Designed and building my first piece of furniture. All plywood, sliding doors with no hardware, colorful bits are drawer fronts. The overhang will rest on a workbench. Built in 2 separate pieces so I can switch what side the overhang is on. Ignore the single leg, I'll figure out the legs later.

Don't forget to VOTE today, Canada!

okay sure so it worked in Denver and in Austin and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo but how can we be *sure* that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??

Very proud and a bit nervous to share About Here’s latest video “The Housing Tax Crisis” with @smallhousing.bsky.social. This script took months of research and a bit of me losing my mind but I think it ultimately tells a profound story about our housing crisis today. youtu.be/ZEUR9bj89lo

We could add more seats to these vehicles, put them in priority lanes so they don't get stuck in traffic, and call them buses! Quick, someone let them know!

Really enjoyed the housing and transit panel @amoralorealis.bsky.social @denisagar.bsky.social @ravikahlon.bsky.social Thanks for everything you do!

Still need to figure out how I want to implement shareability for these. To some extent I want documenting ones live to be private with selective sharing. I don't want it to become a social media platform. Just a life journal that you can share with friends and family occassionally.

Still doing my weekly cronicle.me entries so that I am recording one thing I want to remember from each week of my life

Comparing my 2-stair double-loaded condo building vs a courtyard massing w 5 single-stair buildings Double Loaded: 124 Single aspect "shoebox" units 700 to 1000sf 100m hallway Single Stair Point Access Blocks: 120 Units, mostly dual aspect, 700sf to 1700sf (family size) 9m hallway

It cannot be overstated that every city needs to follow what Austin is doing. Rents have dropped 16% in the last year due to the shear number of housing reforms they've passed. Austin just passed single stair reform 10-1 today.