Comments on: Post posters are coming to get ya http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/ YA Author, Game Writer, Woman of Mystery Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jill http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-679 Jill Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:05:05 +0000 Yes, stairs should be front and centre in lobbies, and elevators off to the side. (And in really tall buildings, why not make the stairs for the 1st -3rd floors prominent, to avoid the who-the-hell-do-you-think-you-are-taking-the-elevator-to-the-second-floor syndrome.) Yes, stairs should be front and centre in lobbies, and elevators off to the side. (And in really tall buildings, why not make the stairs for the 1st -3rd floors prominent, to avoid the who-the-hell-do-you-think-you-are-taking-the-elevator-to-the-second-floor syndrome.)

]]> By: Chrisa http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-678 Chrisa Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:57:00 +0000 David Suzuki talks about stuff like this. Like how we tell people to take the stairs to be fit and environmentally conscious, but then they are ugly and dingy, and the elevators are nice. He thinks we should make office stairwells beautiful and inviting and a party! David Suzuki talks about stuff like this. Like how we tell people to take the stairs to be fit and environmentally conscious, but then they are ugly and dingy, and the elevators are nice. He thinks we should make office stairwells beautiful and inviting and a party!

]]> By: andrew http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-677 andrew Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:31:47 +0000 Ahhh, see our inability to do things like that is part of the charm of Toronto. We are, however, full of young hippies who think that holding subway parties are a good idea. Ahhh, see our inability to do things like that is part of the charm of Toronto. We are, however, full of young hippies who think that holding subway parties are a good idea.

]]> By: Jill http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-676 Jill Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:42:46 +0000 There was a subway car in Montreal I meant to write about but didn't, Andrew. It was a lot like what you just described, only times a million. Essentially, the entire car was art. It was wrapped in a deep royal blue on the outside. Inside it had intense dark blue faux-wood paneling. There were colourful deconstructed cityscapes applied to the windows with translucent 3M film. And at every stop, the sensor that normally triggers the station name announcement would instead trigger these random creepy surround-sound stereo voices, chimes and bird chirps. It was freaking awesome, and I didn't get a video of it because I was too busy being immersed in it, and watching the way it made people interact with it, and changed how strangers on board related to each other. If I wasn't sober, I might have thought I was imagining it. I guess it was part of a programme that's like "Poetry On the Way" on steroids. There was a subway car in Montreal I meant to write about but didn’t, Andrew. It was a lot like what you just described, only times a million.

Essentially, the entire car was art. It was wrapped in a deep royal blue on the outside. Inside it had intense dark blue faux-wood paneling. There were colourful deconstructed cityscapes applied to the windows with translucent 3M film. And at every stop, the sensor that normally triggers the station name announcement would instead trigger these random creepy surround-sound stereo voices, chimes and bird chirps.

It was freaking awesome, and I didn’t get a video of it because I was too busy being immersed in it, and watching the way it made people interact with it, and changed how strangers on board related to each other. If I wasn’t sober, I might have thought I was imagining it.

I guess it was part of a programme that’s like “Poetry On the Way” on steroids.

]]> By: andrew http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-675 andrew Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:30:25 +0000 i want guest voices for announcing stops on a random basis. imagine if suddenly anthony hopkins says "next stop...strachan avenue". but just once, then back to the regular boring voice. i want guest voices for announcing stops on a random basis. imagine if suddenly anthony hopkins says “next stop…strachan avenue”. but just once, then back to the regular boring voice.

]]> By: Chrisa http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-674 Chrisa Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:19:46 +0000 i also want to take the time to slag the TTC once again for sucking large. the TTC is constantly complaining about how they need more money to do *anything* and i've always thought that that may be true, but they also need to get more *innovative* with what they do, which does not cost all that much. in the grand scheme of things, these posts cannot cost all that much, and yet they will probably allow for far more people to fit on the car and have a more comfortable ride (= cost effective and humane) the TTC on the other hand, has just started installing led signs and automated announcements to annouce the stops. this is great, but it took a human rights case from a blind lawyer to get this stuff going. and i highly doubt we will see these three prong poles in toronto any time soon, simply because it is too innovative and inexpensive, something they don't believe in. okay, that's my TTC rant for the day. it's not logical, but they really suck. i also want to take the time to slag the TTC once again for sucking large.

the TTC is constantly complaining about how they need more money to do *anything* and i’ve always thought that that may be true, but they also need to get more *innovative* with what they do, which does not cost all that much. in the grand scheme of things, these posts cannot cost all that much, and yet they will probably allow for far more people to fit on the car and have a more comfortable ride (= cost effective and humane)

the TTC on the other hand, has just started installing led signs and automated announcements to annouce the stops. this is great, but it took a human rights case from a blind lawyer to get this stuff going. and i highly doubt we will see these three prong poles in toronto any time soon, simply because it is too innovative and inexpensive, something they don’t believe in.

okay, that’s my TTC rant for the day. it’s not logical, but they really suck.

]]> By: lauralyn http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-673 lauralyn Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:21:17 +0000 Well, I would work at not registering as a lobbyist, seems to cramp the politico style. And I agree with the overhead handle idea... more is better. Well, I would work at not registering as a lobbyist, seems to cramp the politico style. And I agree with the overhead handle idea… more is better.

]]> By: Jill http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-672 Jill Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:24:03 +0000 Oh right. If I want it to get through, I should send an all-expenses-paid-vacation or a roofing contract or something. I think there's a lot of room for improvement in the general area of overhead handles worldwide, from safety, convenience and ergonomic standpoints. Oh right. If I want it to get through, I should send an all-expenses-paid-vacation or a roofing contract or something.

I think there’s a lot of room for improvement in the general area of overhead handles worldwide, from safety, convenience and ergonomic standpoints.

]]> By: andrew http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-671 andrew Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:10:56 +0000 That fruit basket will be stopped at the central Quebec National Assembly mail processing centre, inspected, xrayed, debated, and finally disposed of. Although, given my experiences opening mail for the minister, maybe not. [Chrisa and I can explain pretty much 50% of what goes on in govt at any given time, between the two of us] I want more handrails at overhead height in the King/Queen streetcars. That fruit basket will be stopped at the central Quebec National Assembly mail processing centre, inspected, xrayed, debated, and finally disposed of. Although, given my experiences opening mail for the minister, maybe not. [Chrisa and I can explain pretty much 50% of what goes on in govt at any given time, between the two of us]

I want more handrails at overhead height in the King/Queen streetcars.

]]> By: Jill http://www.jillmurray.com/2007/11/29/post-posters-are-coming-to-get-ya/#comment-670 Jill Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:36:17 +0000 In that case, let's all get together and send that minister a fruit basket. In that case, let’s all get together and send that minister a fruit basket.

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