Transit Etiquette Posters
Some transit etiquette posters from around the world. Most are from Japan (awesome zombie ones) & The TTCC – the Toronto Transit Civility Commission.
Year: 2010
The TCC’s subtle racism
The TTC is racist. Or at the very least elitist. It’s a strong statement I know, but if you spend any amount of time riding the TTC you can see it. For example I have a completely unscientific but convincing study going of subway maps on the trains. I travel …
Toronto bag policy needs to be revamped
Toronto needs to revamp it’s plastic bag policy. Right now the city charges $0.05 per plastic bag. The money is charged by the vendors (grocery stores) and presumably goes into the city’s coffers. The city however set the price too low. Five cents is not an inconvenience, it’s not even noticeable. …
Privacy in Canada is dead
Privacy in Canada is officially dead. The supreme court of Canada has granted police the power to enlist a power company in monitoring some one’s energy consumption without a warrant in an attempt combat grow-ops. “The Constitution does not cloak the home in an impenetrable veil of privacy,” Justice Marie …
When designers go evil
My friend JP shared this presentation via twitter and I am ashamed to say I have participated in the dark side of design. Personally I think of my time at the CBC as a sort of penance – a purgatory if you will. Dark patterns shows the ways companies and …
Bring on Israelification
Given all the hub-bub about the TSA and full body scanners recently I thought I might throw my hat in the ring too. Terrorism like everything else is a matter of numbers. According to Nationmaster.com Canada has the 4th highest deaths to terrorist act ratio in the world with 11.66 deaths/act. …
Alignment is everything
I originally posted this on webanalytictemplates.com ———————————————————————————— One of the keys to a successful implementation of any business project is alignment. At each stage or level the goals and tactics must align otherwise you end up with a confused mess. Let me give you an example. Your company is going …