The above image of the downtown Toronto roofscape speaks to my activities over the last few weeks and also explains the related radio silence. I was invited to participate in developing a proposal to design the new facility for the Ontario College of Art and Design (aka OCAD) Digital Futures Initiative. This venture was organized by Michael Taylor of Taylor_Smyth Architects and he assembled a team which included Cohos Evamy Integrated Design and Forge Media. Our proposal hinged on exploring the notion of media architecture (versus the ubiquitous media facade) and I participated as a new media consultant to help brainstorm dynamic systems for tracking interior movement and local urban conditions with aspirations to create visualizations and ambient displays which are inflected by these information streams. We pitched the virtues of our team bright and early this morning and my fingers are crossed for positive results.

Interestingly enough, I was asked to participate in the above venture based off my writing here as well as my involvement with In the Air. I can only take this as encouragement to keep heading down the same ill-defined (but cheery) path as it appears in front of me.

All of this said, I thought I'd take this opportunity to list some plans for upcoming content as well as some activities elsewhere.

• Reviews are in the works for Alan Liu's Local Transcendence: Essays on Postmodern Historicism and the Database, Gerlinde Schuller's Designing Universal Knowledge and the most recent issue of Pidgin.
• Road Trip! My better half and I have decided to make the trek to Postopolis in Los Angeles at the end of March. This will undoubtedly result in a spate of posts on the state of the art(s) in geography, urbanism and design as programmed by the exceedingly capable minds at ArchDaily, BLDGBLOG, City of Sound, Mudd Up!, Subtopia and We Make Money Not Art.
• I've got some exciting material in development for Rhizome, starting with a piece on digital fabrication which will be published next week.
• Last but not least, we have formalized our wee design studio and Mission Specialist is now my full time gig. I've committed to work through mid-April, but am looking for spring/summer opportunities - drop me a line if you've got a project you think we could collaborate on.