David Ing
@daviding.com
Systems thinking evangelist. Research fellow. Management consultant. Father of four grown sons. Resident of Toronto, Canada
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OCADU Graduate Gallery: On plinth, #GordonBoyd (2025) Through My Ancestors Eyes 1899-2025 is sandcast glass image of Maslenitsa pancakes. Family heritage of Doukhobors, Russian pacifist Christians forcibly relocated to Canada between 1899-1914. Reclamation through oral histories. (Toronto)
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
OCADU Graduate Gallery: On plinth, #GordonBoyd (2025) Through My Ancestors Eyes 1899-2025 is sandcast glass image of Maslenitsa pancakes. Family heritage of Doukhobors, Russian pacifist Christians forcibly relocated to Canada between 1899-1914. Reclamation through oral histories. (Toronto)
Le Lert: Mural of tile mosaic, plastic flowers, and dishes, just south of bar in large dining area. Ceramic theme extends to pillars in main room, by #AoeGirard, inspired by Wat Arun, the landmark Buddhist “Temple of Dawn” in Bangkok. Makeover in 2024 former Cora Breakfast by #RevelHouse. (Toronto)
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Le Lert: Mural of tile mosaic, plastic flowers, and dishes, just south of bar in large dining area. Ceramic theme extends to pillars in main room, by #AoeGirard, inspired by Wat Arun, the landmark Buddhist “Temple of Dawn” in Bangkok. Makeover in 2024 former Cora Breakfast by #RevelHouse. (Toronto)
Le Lert: Birthday dinner scheduled on actual day, with December filling up with immovable dates. Thai fusion yum salmon avocado salad came as chilled serving, mist pouring out over table. Catching up on news, confirming schedules for holiday. (Le Lert, Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario) 20251203
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Le Lert: Birthday dinner scheduled on actual day, with December filling up with immovable dates. Thai fusion yum salmon avocado salad came as chilled serving, mist pouring out over table. Catching up on news, confirming schedules for holiday. (Le Lert, Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario) 20251203
OCAD University: Talk by #CoryDoctorow on Jailbreaking Canada event, after second day of 3-day playshop with graduate students. Advocating that Canada should disenshittify our technology from corporate giants. Bad anti-circumvention laws mean we're blocked from modifying devices we own. (Toronto)
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
OCAD University: Talk by #CoryDoctorow on Jailbreaking Canada event, after second day of 3-day playshop with graduate students. Advocating that Canada should disenshittify our technology from corporate giants. Bad anti-circumvention laws mean we're blocked from modifying devices we own. (Toronto)
Sharp Centre for Design: At 6:30pm, city is now totally dark, I hadn't previously noticed the orange lighting on the pixelated bottom of the tabletop upper floors. Architected by Will Alsop in 2004, winner of a Royal Institute of British Architects Worldwide Award. (OCAD University, Toronto)
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Sharp Centre for Design: At 6:30pm, city is now totally dark, I hadn't previously noticed the orange lighting on the pixelated bottom of the tabletop upper floors. Architected by Will Alsop in 2004, winner of a Royal Institute of British Architects Worldwide Award. (OCAD University, Toronto)
Pioneer Village Station, southeast entrance building: Large corten steel lighting fixture half illuminated, material matching the upper exterior outside. One of two entrance buildings by architect Will Alsop, opened in 2017. First time passing through this stop. (Steeles Avenue West, Toronto)
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Pioneer Village Station, southeast entrance building: Large corten steel lighting fixture half illuminated, material matching the upper exterior outside. One of two entrance buildings by architect Will Alsop, opened in 2017. First time passing through this stop. (Steeles Avenue West, Toronto)
Leslie Grove Gallery: Screen print of decaying leaf, #GunnelHag (2025) You Will Find Hidden Treasures Where Least Expected, cotton fabric overprinted. Ecology will see life at end of season renewed in spring. Part of the Greenbelt exhibition of #ConnectionsFibreArtists. (Toronto) 20251123
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Leslie Grove Gallery: Screen print of decaying leaf, #GunnelHag (2025) You Will Find Hidden Treasures Where Least Expected, cotton fabric overprinted. Ecology will see life at end of season renewed in spring. Part of the Greenbelt exhibition of #ConnectionsFibreArtists. (Toronto) 20251123
Leslie Grove Gallery: Wall hanging swinging with room air currents, #BevWhite (2025) Blue Skies of cotton fabric, machine piecing, hand applique. Part of the Greenbelt exhibition of #ConnectionsFibreArtists, last hour of show. Ontario landscape and waterways with skies and rain. (Toronto) 20251123
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Leslie Grove Gallery: Wall hanging swinging with room air currents, #BevWhite (2025) Blue Skies of cotton fabric, machine piecing, hand applique. Part of the Greenbelt exhibition of #ConnectionsFibreArtists, last hour of show. Ontario landscape and waterways with skies and rain. (Toronto) 20251123
Web video of Pacing Changes: Seeing Living Systems as Rhythms for #SCiO Finland by #ZaidKhan, hosted by #JanneJKorhonen . Shift in #SystemsThinking from default spatial-static to more processual-dynamic perspective, multiple layers, differing paces
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November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Web video of Pacing Changes: Seeing Living Systems as Rhythms for #SCiO Finland by #ZaidKhan, hosted by #JanneJKorhonen . Shift in #SystemsThinking from default spatial-static to more processual-dynamic perspective, multiple layers, differing paces
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Simcoe Park: Passing by on bike, motion of lights in park turned out to be informal Wotagei Lightstick Dancing training for group. Unofficial breakout from the Anime Revolution Toronto convention across the street, sharing fandom for Japanese culture. More participants in cosplay joined. (Toronto)
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Simcoe Park: Passing by on bike, motion of lights in park turned out to be informal Wotagei Lightstick Dancing training for group. Unofficial breakout from the Anime Revolution Toronto convention across the street, sharing fandom for Japanese culture. More participants in cosplay joined. (Toronto)
Corkin Gallery: Mythological reading needed for #LeopoldPlotek (1982) Eros and Psyche (Greek names). In Roman names, Cupid is an immortal with arrows who makes individuals fall in love, Anima is a mortal more beautiful than Aphrodite-Venus, visited by the the god at night. (Toronto)
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Corkin Gallery: Mythological reading needed for #LeopoldPlotek (1982) Eros and Psyche (Greek names). In Roman names, Cupid is an immortal with arrows who makes individuals fall in love, Anima is a mortal more beautiful than Aphrodite-Venus, visited by the the god at night. (Toronto)
Booth Avenue at Eastern Avenue: New traffic lights at south end of our street, foreshadowing a pedestrian crossing at Lakeshore Boulevard. For now, westbound vehicles on Lakeshore can turn northbound onto Booth Avenue, making westbound turn popular. We live on a section, that is quieter. (Toronto)
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Booth Avenue at Eastern Avenue: New traffic lights at south end of our street, foreshadowing a pedestrian crossing at Lakeshore Boulevard. For now, westbound vehicles on Lakeshore can turn northbound onto Booth Avenue, making westbound turn popular. We live on a section, that is quieter. (Toronto)
Riverside Neighbourhood: Quiet family dinner, a little later due to work schedules. Some birthday presents for DY ahead of date, with too much happening next month. Discussion on aesthetics of dance and music. (Riverside neighbourhood, Toronto, Ontario) 20251121
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Riverside Neighbourhood: Quiet family dinner, a little later due to work schedules. Some birthday presents for DY ahead of date, with too much happening next month. Discussion on aesthetics of dance and music. (Riverside neighbourhood, Toronto, Ontario) 20251121
On appreciating temporality, the rise of chronos (clock time) in science via Albert Einstein comes with the decline of kairos (felt time) by Henri Bergson.
> In The Physicist and the Philosopher ... #JimenaCanales tells ... rift between science and the humanities
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztru...
> In The Physicist and the Philosopher ... #JimenaCanales tells ... rift between science and the humanities
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztru...
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
On appreciating temporality, the rise of chronos (clock time) in science via Albert Einstein comes with the decline of kairos (felt time) by Henri Bergson.
> In The Physicist and the Philosopher ... #JimenaCanales tells ... rift between science and the humanities
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztru...
> In The Physicist and the Philosopher ... #JimenaCanales tells ... rift between science and the humanities
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztru...
Newtonbrook East: Chaotic potluck early dinner, with arrivals through afternoon rush hour, out-of-town relatives, and minimal coordination on menu. Sushi, fish, tofu, pizza, soup, sourdough bread. Concluded with elder birthday cake, are we still counting years? (North York) 20251120
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Newtonbrook East: Chaotic potluck early dinner, with arrivals through afternoon rush hour, out-of-town relatives, and minimal coordination on menu. Sushi, fish, tofu, pizza, soup, sourdough bread. Concluded with elder birthday cake, are we still counting years? (North York) 20251120
Queen Street West dead end at Victoria Street: Just outside St. Michael's Hospital, acoustic shelter encloses crane for Queen Station, allowing crews to work extended hours. Ontario Line train platform 40 metres below, under existing TTC station. Street reopening in 2027, trains in 2031. (Toronto)
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Queen Street West dead end at Victoria Street: Just outside St. Michael's Hospital, acoustic shelter encloses crane for Queen Station, allowing crews to work extended hours. Ontario Line train platform 40 metres below, under existing TTC station. Street reopening in 2027, trains in 2031. (Toronto)
Riverside-Leslieville Station Construction: View of Queen Street East south side, from the west, new bridge where GO Trains regularly run. The old piers and abutments to be removed have 1926 stamped into the concrete. Strange Street to the south is still blocked. (Toronto) 20251117
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Riverside-Leslieville Station Construction: View of Queen Street East south side, from the west, new bridge where GO Trains regularly run. The old piers and abutments to be removed have 1926 stamped into the concrete. Strange Street to the south is still blocked. (Toronto) 20251117
OCADU Graduate Programs: Large turnout #SystemsThinking Ontario, @biancawylie.com and #SuLynnMyat on tech governance, mod by #ZaidKhan. First outline on Technology Assessments society shaping its desired future. Complemented by criticism of AI policies where social inequities perpetuated. (Toronto)
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
OCADU Graduate Programs: Large turnout #SystemsThinking Ontario, @biancawylie.com and #SuLynnMyat on tech governance, mod by #ZaidKhan. First outline on Technology Assessments society shaping its desired future. Complemented by criticism of AI policies where social inequities perpetuated. (Toronto)
Full House Chinese Cuisine: Dim sum with father, on fly-through trip delayed 12 hours due to air traffic controllers unpaid in USA, then restrictions at Pearson Airport. Portions reported larger than in Houston, better prices. They'll be back in a week's time, after reunion in Hong Kong. (Toronto)
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Full House Chinese Cuisine: Dim sum with father, on fly-through trip delayed 12 hours due to air traffic controllers unpaid in USA, then restrictions at Pearson Airport. Portions reported larger than in Houston, better prices. They'll be back in a week's time, after reunion in Hong Kong. (Toronto)
Evergreen Brick Works: Evening music jam in the Memory Garden of the @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation. Experimental improvisations, with players following each other intuitively. Feels like the 1960s, with better technique. (Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario) 20251109
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: Evening music jam in the Memory Garden of the @spaceforgrief.bsky.social installation. Experimental improvisations, with players following each other intuitively. Feels like the 1960s, with better technique. (Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario) 20251109
Entertainment District: Housewarming party with bobarista mixing choice of 3 types of tea with tapioca pearls or coconut jelly. Slightly larger apartment in same building, so move was easy. Unit was infamous for a balcony fire in May 2023, new tenant benefits from fresh renovation. (Toronto)
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Entertainment District: Housewarming party with bobarista mixing choice of 3 types of tea with tapioca pearls or coconut jelly. Slightly larger apartment in same building, so move was easy. Unit was infamous for a balcony fire in May 2023, new tenant benefits from fresh renovation. (Toronto)
Pape Village: Family dinner organized amongst hectic schedules. Diningroom table now moved in front of fireplace, next to small livingroom on oddly shape main floor. New feline of one week is a younger energetic black cat still adjusting to adoption. (Toronto, Ontario)
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Pape Village: Family dinner organized amongst hectic schedules. Diningroom table now moved in front of fireplace, next to small livingroom on oddly shape main floor. New feline of one week is a younger energetic black cat still adjusting to adoption. (Toronto, Ontario)
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion by #DennimQuack led by #DennisKwok, assembling #JayYoo guitar, #HiroSuzuki guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo #curlow #bass, #JonCatanus drums, #DanielleSum percussion for gig. Featuring music of 1970s Japanese band Casiopea. (Toronto) 20251106
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DennimQuack at Tapestry 2025-11-06
YouTube video by David Ing
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November 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion by #DennimQuack led by #DennisKwok, assembling #JayYoo guitar, #HiroSuzuki guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo #curlow #bass, #JonCatanus drums, #DanielleSum percussion for gig. Featuring music of 1970s Japanese band Casiopea. (Toronto) 20251106
youtu.be/enBedqy4XR4
youtu.be/enBedqy4XR4
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion band with identity of #,DuckSociety led by #MinhHoang keys assembles #PatrickSmith sax, #JayYoo guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo bass, #JonChiong-Catanus, #MilesJohnson #milesjmusic percussion+sampler for gig. (Toronto)
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DuckSociety at Tapestry 2025-11-06
YouTube video by David Ing
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November 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Tapestry: Asian jazz fusion band with identity of #,DuckSociety led by #MinhHoang keys assembles #PatrickSmith sax, #JayYoo guitar, #JenLo keys, #CarloSantoDomingo bass, #JonChiong-Catanus, #MilesJohnson #milesjmusic percussion+sampler for gig. (Toronto)
youtu.be/kzhMAMkB4IA
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Evergreen Brick Works: First sLab Technique Workshop, three hours with Method Collective on Pacing for Grief. Included #ZiyanHossain, #FranRawlings, #CallaLee, #KellyOkamura, #SamahKamalmaz, #AlisonClarke, #AileenNandy, #ZaidKhan, #GaryMetcalf, #DanEng, #JuliusLindsay. Laid common foundation.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Evergreen Brick Works: First sLab Technique Workshop, three hours with Method Collective on Pacing for Grief. Included #ZiyanHossain, #FranRawlings, #CallaLee, #KellyOkamura, #SamahKamalmaz, #AlisonClarke, #AileenNandy, #ZaidKhan, #GaryMetcalf, #DanEng, #JuliusLindsay. Laid common foundation.