Twitter
- Why Massachusetts is the Best State in the Union via @slate
http://t.co/JQyt0N4J2012/05/17 08:31 - This reflects the enduring importance of location.
http://t.co/KKDqT6fI2012/05/16 08:14 - Joi Ito on the next 100 years of technology
http://t.co/iMDygZlT2012/05/14 11:17 - New Brazilian Portal made by citizens
http://t.co/cTkvsmjy,2012/05/10 10:16 - Would a Game Get You Involved in Planning Your City? #Detroit247
http://t.co/WW4I6eVh2012/05/09 09:21
boston, ma- Why Massachusetts is the Best State in the Union via @slate
Topics
Category Archives: placeofmedia
Relationship model of e-government
I’ve been thinking about how we might begin to think about relationship model versus transaction model when it comes to digitally augmented government. In most configuations of e-government there is a choice between open dialog and collective decision making. This … Continue reading
Posted in augmented_place, citygovernment, civic_engagement, hub2, placeofmedia
2 Comments
Mixed Reality Deliberation
The goal of Hub2 is to introduce a deliberative process into community meetings that currently does not exist. Who do this by integrating Second Life into the existing community process. We believe that the affordances of the tool and the … Continue reading
Digital Birmingham
The City of Birmingham, UK is working on a significant transformation in image. As it is described on the Digital Birmingham site, the city seeks to transform its industrial past into a digital future. The initiative seeks to tie together … Continue reading
Posted in cities, city, citygovernment, mediated urbanism, placeofmedia, SecondLife
4 Comments
Hub2 Works With Harvard
For the last several weeks, Hub2 has been working on a project in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. With full support from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and funding from Harvard’s Allston Development Group, we have begun work on the … Continue reading
Posted in boston, citygovernment, civic_engagement, gene_koo, hub2, mixed_reality, placeofmedia, SecondLife
1 Comment
Located Publicity
It has been some time since I posted to my blog. This is primarily because I found myself quite busy working on my new book, whose title has changed to “Location Matters,” with some snappy subtitle to bring it all … Continue reading
Where is the Where?
I just got back from the O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, CA this morning. As someone who attends mostly academic conferences, it was both refreshing and disturbing to spend two days with this group. Refreshing because the group was … Continue reading
Posted in cities, geography, mediated urbanism, mobility, net-locality, placeofmedia, web 2.0
Leave a comment
Urban Spectator
For the last several months, I’ve primarily been working on revising my book manuscript. And I finally feel as though the introduction is reflective of the text. I’m posting the first few pages here to solicit thoughts or commentary. On … Continue reading
Posted in cities, geography, mediated urbanism, placeofmedia
2 Comments
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
Industrialization of Information
This recent article in Wired lays out the fascinating phenomenon of the information industry. It describes the massive new server farms cropping up in Oregon to house the petabytes of information for Google (and others) to keep up with the … Continue reading
Posted in cities, geography, network, placeofmedia
Leave a comment
The Evolving Concept of Network Locality
Over the last few days, I’ve refined my thoughts on the concept of network locality. Up until this time, I’ve been thinking about how geographical space functions within the connectivity enabled by digital networks. But as I pursued this idea, … Continue reading
Posted in geography, mediated urbanism, mobility, net-locality, place, placeofmedia
Leave a comment