Category Archives: DeKalb County

Game Dev in DeKalb

I had a lot of fun talking with James Tsismanakis of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau about Dragoncon, AI, and game dev in the county. I hope you have fun listening to it. In addition, at noon Saturday I will be talking about game dev to the Infinite Realities Kids Club. Come out […]

Esports and Sports Panel at Fernbank Sept. 16

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Rezoning Efforts in Tucker

Reposted here from social media This year has brought a surge of outside developers looking to rezone parts of Tucker for higher-density development. The City Council already rejected the effort to pack a bunch of houses in on Sarin Court. Another developer has applied to put 15 where two currently exist along heavily traveled Cooledge […]

What is Tucker? Part 3: Ability to be Left Alone

Ability to be Left Alone In my last post, I talked about how one of Tucker’s characteristics is how easy it is to get to know your neighbors. An equally important characteristic is how easily it is to get people to leave you alone. A lot of folks moved to unincorporated Tucker specifically to avoid […]

What is Tucker? Part 2: Just Plain Neighborly

The Ability to Get to Know Your Neighbors At a holiday party this weekend, a friend who lives east of Stone Mountain talked about doing his gift shopping in Lilburn and Snellville. As he walked between shops, his attempts to greet people with “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays” or even just “Hi” were met with dour […]