Your Wellington - building the city you want
There’s a new interactive website called Your Wellington, started by my Vista Group colleague Jack Yan. Jack’s a true portfolio person, wearing many hats: branding consultant, fashion magazine publisher, digital font designer, writer, and beauty pageant judge. He’s also passionate about civic affairs, hence Your Wellington’s focus on “building the city you want”.
The purpose behind the blog is to get views about Wellington, and to see if a blog can be used as a tool for democracy and transparency for the city. I’m surprised that such a thing does not already exist for a city that had been a leader with online technology.
Jack’s kicked off discussion with several ideas. He’s already stirred up a lot of interest (on the blog and on Twitter) by suggesting that Wellington’s civic buildings and open spaces should have free public wifi. Jack also touches on the need for a city with such a strong IT sector to have a clear IT strategy (both infrastructure and economy).
August 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I’ve met Jack before, and I would have to add “Singing enthusiast” to the list
August 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Jim, thank you so much for the mention—I truly appreciate it!
August 28th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Looks like a great site, I really like the purpose of the site. Good work Jack and good luck.
September 6th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Josh, thank you! I hope to continue to add more issues on to the site. Adeline: thank you, too!