Livehoods offer a new way to conceptualize the dynamics, structure, and character of a city by analyzing the social media its residents generate. By looking at people's checkin patterns at places across the city, we create a...
via grist.org Interesting visualization that would be fun to see for any city. Density might be an alternate, albeit less trippy, way of seeing usage.
via psfk.com This is one of those titles that doesn't tell the whole story. Actually, it tells only a tiny portion of the story. But, that portion is worth thinking about.
via video.mit.edu A perspective view of driving the major roads in Boston in 1958, via Kevin Lynch and MIT's video vault. Note: There is a slowed-down (private) version on Facebook, which is how I found the version on the MIT vault. The Facebook version also includes...
via fastcodesign.com My fascination with mapping continues. A very cool visualization. I always hear about density as the ultimate creator of energy efficiency. It would be interesting to map the city view against suburban office parks and neighborhoods to see what...
via theatlanticcities.com I think this might be a dream job for me. “We don’t want just an active hacker community that’s developing apps that aren’t really going to benefit the community. Things need to come back and either enhance citizen engagement, enhance citizen...
