Erica Alini of The Globe and Mail just published this article called, "The era of the shoebox condo is over." You should read it, and not just because I'm quoted in it. One thing that I appreciate about the article is that it gets into some of the development economics underlying new projects. The high-level math provided by Bryn Davidson of Lanefab (Vancouver) once again shows that land is the residual claimant in a pro forma and that the price developers can feasibly pay needs to be greater...

This week I am endeavoring to untangle the crisis of AI copyright, and compare it to what happened to the music industry when peer to peer sharing suddenly arrived.

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MiniMax - M2 and Cursor 2.0 were what I what I term as this week big newsworthy items . The M2 team continues to work with various agentic coding harness to improve its integration which bodes very well for open source models I would like to encourage readers to write to me with their feedback about the content that I curate. Even short messages are appreciated Readers who think others in their family, friends and acquaintances who have a curiosity in knowing more about rapidly evolving AI to...

A new $120 MM bipartisan philanthropic effort to recode American government recently launched. AI agents continue to evolve. Public processes, particularly in places like California, continue to plug along, steadily and sometimes almost unchangingly zombie-like throw backs to an older era in a rapidly changing world. What are useful applied research questions as government operations goes through a massive system upgrade, an epochal change on the order of the industrialization of America. Tha...

Brandon Donnelly @donnelly_b Zero-setback house in Tokyo, designed by Haryu Wood Studio & Selma Masic. Three levels, family of four, and just 63 square meters in total area. 149 9:37 AM • Oct 31, 2025 I am endlessly fascinated by some of the small homes that get built in Tokyo. This one, also pictured above, is called the Borderless House. Designed by Selma Masic — in collaboration with Sei Haganuma (Haryu Wood Studio) — the house sits on a 3-meter-wide lot, has a total area of 63 square mete...