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Category Archives: Community_Informatics
Six Principles of Designing for Engagement
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 4pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Designing for local engagement within the context of net locality is a multi-faceted process. Building systems of interaction that … Continue reading
Community PlanIt
While it has been announced in a number of forums, I have not yet written about the Engagement Game Lab on this blog. In August 2010, the Engagement Game Lab was born as a virtual research organization at Emerson College. … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civic_engagement, Community_Informatics, mobility, net-locality, placeofmedia
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Network Locality Article
My article on Network Locality has finally appeared in the journal First Monday. Hey, and it’s free and online. Go figure. Academic papers that people can actually read.
Posted in cities, Community_Informatics, net-locality, placeofmedia
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Hub2 on Smart City
This week, I was interviewed by Carol Colletta of Smart City Radio to discuss Hub2. You can listen to the radio program here.
Posted in boston, cities, citygovernment, civic_engagement, Community_Informatics, hub2
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Urban Communication Meeting
So I’m down in DC this weekend, not for the cherry blossom festival (although the cherry blossoms are quite nice), but for a board meeting of the Urban Communications Foundation (UCF). We’re meeting today primarily to discuss the nature of … Continue reading
Mobile Places
I’ve had this question running through my head for some time now: what’s the connection between mobile computing (i.e. cell phones, PDAs, GPS, etc.) and local computing (neighborhood networking, digital civic forums, etc.)? On first blush, these are entirely separate … Continue reading
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CCTV MediaMap
CCTV is a community media center in Cambridge, MA that is doing some fascinating work in the integration of web media to the mission of community television. My grad student, Colin Rhinesmith, is doing his master’s thesis on this topic … Continue reading
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Community Networks
In class last week, we spent about 90 minutes arguing over the merits of community networks. The real question was: why would we want network technologies overlaying physical space? Don’t we have enough “connection?” Shouldn’t urban planners and architects help … Continue reading
Report on Localism
Knowledge Politics just released a pamphlet on the topic of “Localism and the Information Society.” This collection of brief essays is motivated by the desire to see better integration of ICTs into neighborhoods and cities. As stated in the introduction: … Continue reading