Brad
@613brad.bsky.social
📍Ottawa, Canada
🔗 bradarsenault.com
🏳️🌈🇨🇦 (he/him)
Tech / Urbanism
Views are my own.
🔗 bradarsenault.com
🏳️🌈🇨🇦 (he/him)
Tech / Urbanism
Views are my own.
We don’t just need nation-building projects, we need to build excitement for new projects! Bring back the culture of hosting banquets in the new projects.
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
September 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We don’t just need nation-building projects, we need to build excitement for new projects! Bring back the culture of hosting banquets in the new projects.
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
Make new projects an ✨experience✨ for influencers and the public. The victorians had the right idea on this.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_...
It makes sense my MP is still advertising that she’s on Elon’s app
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It makes sense my MP is still advertising that she’s on Elon’s app
Yup summer commuter traffic is back 🙃
May 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yup summer commuter traffic is back 🙃
Still thinking about how Ottawa airport’s O-Train station has airport seats (left in the below pic)
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
May 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Still thinking about how Ottawa airport’s O-Train station has airport seats (left in the below pic)
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
That’s a good touch.
One more opportunity to sit in the airport benches.
9. Backyard fire tables
April 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
9. Backyard fire tables
Line 1 opened in 2019 with small(er) LRT vehicles (trams/streetcars). It’s now the backbone of Ottawa’s public transit system.
I moved to an apartment on Line 1 just before it opened in 2019 because I could take the train to work - a poor choice given Line 1’s tumultuous launch and early months.
I moved to an apartment on Line 1 just before it opened in 2019 because I could take the train to work - a poor choice given Line 1’s tumultuous launch and early months.
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Line 1 opened in 2019 with small(er) LRT vehicles (trams/streetcars). It’s now the backbone of Ottawa’s public transit system.
I moved to an apartment on Line 1 just before it opened in 2019 because I could take the train to work - a poor choice given Line 1’s tumultuous launch and early months.
I moved to an apartment on Line 1 just before it opened in 2019 because I could take the train to work - a poor choice given Line 1’s tumultuous launch and early months.
Last weekend I rode the recently reopened/upgraded O-Train Line 2. It was awesome!
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Last weekend I rode the recently reopened/upgraded O-Train Line 2. It was awesome!
*wiggles eyes to dismiss screensaver*
April 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
*wiggles eyes to dismiss screensaver*
I always enjoy the thoughtful points made on The Missing Middle podcast (@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and Sabrina Maddeaux) and this week’s was no exception. This week: the Canadian election.
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
March 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I always enjoy the thoughtful points made on The Missing Middle podcast (@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social and Sabrina Maddeaux) and this week’s was no exception. This week: the Canadian election.
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
“Scarcity vs precarity” sums up a lot of what I’ve been feeling and hearing.
overcast.fm/+ABD0ZYlRZew...
This would sell SO WELL in so many 🇨🇦 cities
* There are 3 joined buildings (see 3 roofs)
* Each building has a 1-bed/1-bath on ground (w/ back garden) & a 3-bed/2-bath unit above (w/ rooftop patio)
* There are 3 joined buildings (see 3 roofs)
* Each building has a 1-bed/1-bath on ground (w/ back garden) & a 3-bed/2-bath unit above (w/ rooftop patio)
March 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This would sell SO WELL in so many 🇨🇦 cities
* There are 3 joined buildings (see 3 roofs)
* Each building has a 1-bed/1-bath on ground (w/ back garden) & a 3-bed/2-bath unit above (w/ rooftop patio)
* There are 3 joined buildings (see 3 roofs)
* Each building has a 1-bed/1-bath on ground (w/ back garden) & a 3-bed/2-bath unit above (w/ rooftop patio)
7. Summer festivals with *excellent* live music (Orleans Beer Fest, Bluesfest, ...)
March 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
7. Summer festivals with *excellent* live music (Orleans Beer Fest, Bluesfest, ...)
Their wifi (and cellular and volume and ...) indicator iconography are well done too.
March 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Their wifi (and cellular and volume and ...) indicator iconography are well done too.
This is actually too good.
March 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is actually too good.
The SF Symbols library (developer.apple.com/sf-symbols/) is a crazy developer resource. Every platform should expose useful UI/iconography building blocks like this.
As a bonus: you *can* copy-paste these symbols into Keynote, Pixelmator, etc...
As a bonus: you *can* copy-paste these symbols into Keynote, Pixelmator, etc...
March 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The SF Symbols library (developer.apple.com/sf-symbols/) is a crazy developer resource. Every platform should expose useful UI/iconography building blocks like this.
As a bonus: you *can* copy-paste these symbols into Keynote, Pixelmator, etc...
As a bonus: you *can* copy-paste these symbols into Keynote, Pixelmator, etc...
4. Summer picnics
5. Cycling on some of NCC's Ottawa area trails
6. Patio season
5. Cycling on some of NCC's Ottawa area trails
6. Patio season
March 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
4. Summer picnics
5. Cycling on some of NCC's Ottawa area trails
6. Patio season
5. Cycling on some of NCC's Ottawa area trails
6. Patio season
Are we opening bets about *when* the PC government will start paying Musk’s “Boring” company (think: the Vegas Loop) for this?
February 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Are we opening bets about *when* the PC government will start paying Musk’s “Boring” company (think: the Vegas Loop) for this?
Thinking a lot about how last week I was in 30°C heat (Florida) then came home and got 30cm of snow.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Thinking a lot about how last week I was in 30°C heat (Florida) then came home and got 30cm of snow.
It will be fascinating to hear how Nintendo handled backward compatibility on the Switch 2 that would be, in some cases, imperfect/incomplete.
www.nintendo.com/en-ca/whatsn...
www.nintendo.com/en-ca/whatsn...
January 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It will be fascinating to hear how Nintendo handled backward compatibility on the Switch 2 that would be, in some cases, imperfect/incomplete.
www.nintendo.com/en-ca/whatsn...
www.nintendo.com/en-ca/whatsn...
This garden has been living rent free in my mind since I visited.
A wealth family’s stone mine on stolen land turned botanical garden by the family’s patriarch. An industrial scar given colour and beauty to right a wrong.
📍The Butchart Gardens; British Colombia, CA
A wealth family’s stone mine on stolen land turned botanical garden by the family’s patriarch. An industrial scar given colour and beauty to right a wrong.
📍The Butchart Gardens; British Colombia, CA
January 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This garden has been living rent free in my mind since I visited.
A wealth family’s stone mine on stolen land turned botanical garden by the family’s patriarch. An industrial scar given colour and beauty to right a wrong.
📍The Butchart Gardens; British Colombia, CA
A wealth family’s stone mine on stolen land turned botanical garden by the family’s patriarch. An industrial scar given colour and beauty to right a wrong.
📍The Butchart Gardens; British Colombia, CA
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
I loving having academics in my midst. Conversation today:
January 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I loving having academics in my midst. Conversation today:
I’ll never not be fascinated with how my car’s screens react to the cold (normally the screen is smooth without the ghosting) Happy -20°C, Ottawa
January 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ll never not be fascinated with how my car’s screens react to the cold (normally the screen is smooth without the ghosting) Happy -20°C, Ottawa
After a many year hiatus, I have started a blog again.
I'm not sure what it will be about exactly yet but I'm starting with some short posts to introduce myself and my interests.
Link: bradarsenault.com
I'm not sure what it will be about exactly yet but I'm starting with some short posts to introduce myself and my interests.
Link: bradarsenault.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
After a many year hiatus, I have started a blog again.
I'm not sure what it will be about exactly yet but I'm starting with some short posts to introduce myself and my interests.
Link: bradarsenault.com
I'm not sure what it will be about exactly yet but I'm starting with some short posts to introduce myself and my interests.
Link: bradarsenault.com