(more posts from my 5 day NineShift Canada tour)
There are times when a NineShift co-author should keep silent. One of those times is when he does not know the answer. The other is when in the presence of NineShifters. This was both of those times.
NineShifter Jeff Roach invited me to dinner in the beautifully restored townhouse of an art gallery owner in the historic past-future section of Saint John, New Brunswick, one of the oldest important cities in North America.
The gallery owner is telling his guests how he was thinking of combining an art gallery with a couple of other enterprises and creating a multiple public space for people to both buy and just be. But then, he reads NineShift and reconsiders, wondering whether public space is really needed in a virtual age.
I hesitate, then decide to keep quiet, so Jeff speaks up. He says that the more he works from home, the more he likes to get out and patronize public space. With people telecommuting, he predicts public space will be even more important, and more public space should and will be created. That is the right answer. Wish I had thought of it, but sure glad Jeff did. Photo: NineShifters Kelly Lawson and Jeff Road of Saint John, New Brunswick.
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