CoStar Column: Real engagement in a virtual world

I should be stood awkwardly in a cold, dusty community centre, staring into a plastic cup of weak tea mixed with condensed milk. As a Developer with a real interest in making sure there is meaningful public benefit to our schemes I am looking forward to our first public consultation session and meeting the people of Piccadilly East, Manchester. However, instead of the aforementioned community centre I find myself sat in smart shirt (and hidden shorts) in front of the laptop at home in Buckinghamshire.