Sorry for not getting a post up yesterday. It’s been a very hectic week of projects, presentations and travel. I did, however, want to share an experience that just truly blew my mind: I’m currently staying in a hotel with the typical “free wi-fi” amenity. Now let’s ignore the fact that “free wi-fi” typically means...
Tomorrow we return to “normal” operations here at The Gondola Project. Having just returned from a month-long sabbatical from the site I’m hoping to be refreshed, renewed and reinvigorated. Thanks so much to Julia, Nick and Ryan for keeping the site going while I was away and thanks to all the readers who stuck with...
As I mentioned last week, I will be taking a ~ 1 month hiatus/vacation from The Gondola Project starting today. In my place will be Nick Chu, Julia Padvoiskis and Ryan O’Connor. Here’s how your weeks will pan out for the next month: MONDAYS. Info-graphic by Julia Padvoiskis. An attempt to resurrect our ill-fated “cablegraph”...
Starting next week, I will be taking a summer hiatus from The Gondola Project for one month. That doesn’t mean, however, that the site will be out of commission. Daily posts will continue and you can expect to see the following: Pre-written and scheduled posts by me, Steven Dale. Weekly Roundups and Sunday Stats will...
As of last month The Gondola Project has been around for 1.5 years. In the next 6 months there’s going to be a lot of changes to the site. Admittedly, we don’t know exactly what those changes will look like, but we know things need to evolve and be shaken up. Nevertheless, we thought it...
As we move into the slow summer months, we thought it appropriate to take the time and make revisions to the various lessons, modules and primer pieces available on The Gondola Project. The revisions we’re making correct some of the errors and omissions that resulted from creating an online primer text using 20 year old...
One thing we’ve noticed over the last year or so is that city-specific content rules. It’s all fine and well for us to talk generally about urban gondolas and cable-propelled transit, but it’s not until ideas specific to a given city are put forward that people really start paying attention. That doesn’t apply simply to...