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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 18th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Microsoft understands that pedestrians could use resources like GPS just as much as drivers. But one feature on its otherwise promising new app for city-dwelling walkers—dubbed the “Avoid Ghetto” app by critics—raises questions about race, class and how we view troubled urban neighborhoods. (
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Johanna Hoffman | Jul 12th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Since its inception in 2004, the Future Cities Lab has explored the relationship between land and water through architecture, digital technology and public art. Installations invite viewers to question conventional wisdom by engaging them through sight, touch, and sound.
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Ahmed Abukhater | Jan 18th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
A sponsored post from ESRI’s Ahmed Abukhater, who explains how to shift from “planning for people” to “planning with people” using new technologies and platforms. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 26th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Dispelling the Magic Bullet Myth: New media tools are often billed as a way to get more people involved in civic issues. While technology can make increasing public participation easier, without a policy-making process that encourages citizen input, online engagement initiatives likely won’t succeed. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 24th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C. |
While most technology and new media initiatives are launched with great hopes, they often don’t work out as envisioned. Fortunately, sharing these failures in an old-fashioned ‘offline’ meeting can provide valuable lessons for creating new online initiatives. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 7th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
With budget belt-tightening happening across the country, investments in the types of new technology projects that help create more efficient and open government are being threatened. But IT spending has the potential to save governments money—and is something the public supports. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | May 6th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York |
Under new leadership, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has stared to embrace open data in a big way. It’s new attitude was on display at a recent developer outreach event, where the agency announced its plans to more closely collaborate with developers who want to create web and mobile applications using transit data. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Apr 30th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. |
Moving data and applications from public agency computers and servers to the Internet can help public agencies save money and more easily deploy tools that capitalize on citizen input. While obstacles to widespread adoption of cloud computing remain, cities have already shown the risks aren’t insurmountable. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Apr 8th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
With more and more economic and social activity taking place online, the physical infrastructure that powers the Internet is in need of an upgrade. Some cities, along with a major company, are taking matters in by planning their own fiber powered telecommunication networks. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Mar 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. |
While a few large and tech-savvy cities have taken the lead in developing innovative new media tools, smaller cities and towns are faced with figuring out how to approach these technologies in a way that makes sense for them. Some smaller communities have had some success on their own, but what’s needed is a more standardized “platform” approach to open city tools. (
keep reading…)
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Microsoft understands that pedestrians could use resources like GPS just as much as drivers. But one feature on its otherwise promising new app for city-dwelling walkers—dubbed the “Avoid Ghetto” app by critics—raises questions about race, class and how we view troubled urban neighborhoods. (keep reading…)
Since its inception in 2004, the Future Cities Lab has explored the relationship between land and water through architecture, digital technology and public art. Installations invite viewers to question conventional wisdom by engaging them through sight, touch, and sound. (keep reading…)
A sponsored post from ESRI’s Ahmed Abukhater, who explains how to shift from “planning for people” to “planning with people” using new technologies and platforms. (keep reading…)
Dispelling the Magic Bullet Myth: New media tools are often billed as a way to get more people involved in civic issues. While technology can make increasing public participation easier, without a policy-making process that encourages citizen input, online engagement initiatives likely won’t succeed. (keep reading…)
While most technology and new media initiatives are launched with great hopes, they often don’t work out as envisioned. Fortunately, sharing these failures in an old-fashioned ‘offline’ meeting can provide valuable lessons for creating new online initiatives. (keep reading…)
With budget belt-tightening happening across the country, investments in the types of new technology projects that help create more efficient and open government are being threatened. But IT spending has the potential to save governments money—and is something the public supports. (keep reading…)
Under new leadership, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has stared to embrace open data in a big way. It’s new attitude was on display at a recent developer outreach event, where the agency announced its plans to more closely collaborate with developers who want to create web and mobile applications using transit data. (keep reading…)
Moving data and applications from public agency computers and servers to the Internet can help public agencies save money and more easily deploy tools that capitalize on citizen input. While obstacles to widespread adoption of cloud computing remain, cities have already shown the risks aren’t insurmountable. (keep reading…)
With more and more economic and social activity taking place online, the physical infrastructure that powers the Internet is in need of an upgrade. Some cities, along with a major company, are taking matters in by planning their own fiber powered telecommunication networks. (keep reading…)
While a few large and tech-savvy cities have taken the lead in developing innovative new media tools, smaller cities and towns are faced with figuring out how to approach these technologies in a way that makes sense for them. Some smaller communities have had some success on their own, but what’s needed is a more standardized “platform” approach to open city tools. (keep reading…)
