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Mapping Walkability – San Francisco (10)
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So for as long as they’ve been around, I’ve been a bit fan of Walk Score. It’s usually been just a toy, however as I get ready to move to San Francisco, I’ve been using it to compare against craigslist apartment rentals to the point where I think I’m getting RSI. So it made sense to clear things up and take a look at the big picture Read on for how it was done… (more…)
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David said:
Great map of SF Walkability
Botchanmics: The Dimmer Switch (2)
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We were able to catch up with Botchagalupe, the international IT man of mystery, and pin him down long enouth to get his thoughts about whats going in IT. Johnmwillis: Hello, Botchagalupe, its good to have you back again. Botchagalupe: Yea, yeah, sure, sure. Johnmwillis: What have you been up to? Botchagalupe: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback. Johnmwillis: The last time you were here you were talking about Botchanomics. ...
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we shall know them by their favicons (1)
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God is in the details: so said Mies van der Rohe. Which in his case meant that the door handles were just as important - if not more so - than the atrium. And it's often what marks out great graphic designers as well - that fanatical attention to the detail. But, it has to be admitted, that commitment can sometimes be lost on clients. Because the tiny details are the things that happen at ...
Enterprise Architecture and the morphing definition of rigor... (1)
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James McGovern (18)
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Have you noticed that many enterprise architects define rigor around theoretical boundaries while eschewing empirical approaches?Many enterprise architects have fell into the same trap of industry analysts. We can sort vendors and their value propositions based on arbitrary criteria without actually having even seen the software. We will send out surveys and ask others of their opinions. Of course, they haven't actually installed nor seen the software either. Should enterprise architects believe that elegant design ...
Unexpected Alphabets No 3 (1)
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Peter Ashley (4)
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Mr.Wilkinson was recently very gracious in acknowledging, in his absorbing English Buildings blog, the introduction I gave him to the Welland Valley Viaduct and its attendant church kneelers. So I return the compliment by finally photographing this sign he spotted on the same day behind a straggling hawthorn hedge in Rutland. Goodness knows how long it is since the Leicester Water Department commandeered a field just outside Uppingham, some nineteen miles from the city; it's ...
Where to eat near Chania (1)
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This blog does not usually feature restaurant reviews. But – inspired perhaps by the presence of Fay Maschler on the same plane back from Athens – I thought I’d venture to share with you a couple of my favourite, regular eateries near Chania. In fact, we had a number of memorable meals while we were in Crete. One extraordinary evening involved dining in an inland village restaurant…a single table was already laid up for us ...
urban earth (1)
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This is a time-lapse movie of a walk of 26km to the centre of the city of Salisbury, and I urge you to watch it. It was made last weekend by Daniel Raven Ellison and represents the distance that one would need to travel in order to cover the city of Salisbury's ecological footprint (as opposed to its urban footprint which is a mere 2km). So if you've ever wondered what impact you yourself were ...
Government Data and the Invisible Hand (2)
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A group of academics at Princeton University in the US has published a very interesting paper called ‘Government Data and the Invisible Hand’. This quote from the Abstract gives a sense of its strong alignment with the Power of Information thinking in the UK: Today, government bodies consider their own websites to be a higher priority than technical infrastructures that open up their data for others to use. We argue that this understanding is a ...
Dopplr Blog » New ways of getting your trips into Dopplr: Twitter, SMS and Email! (18)
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One of the most-requested things we hear from your feedback is “can you automate how I get my trip information into Dopplr”. We agree that entering stuff by hand is not great. Look! I’m doing it right now! It’s horrible! However, Dopplr is about your future, which, as far as we know can’t be automated (yet) and if you’re trying to optimise your travel plans before you book stuff, we need to get the information ...
Don't Let the Circumstances Outpace Your Assumptions (1)
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A front-page article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal illustrated how important it is to periodically revisit the assumptions behind an idea. The article described how several years ago, the head of Sacramento’s regional planning agency started to push developers to concentrate growth in defined areas rather than furthering suburban sprawl. The argument hinged on lowering pollution and fostering economic development. Of course, with the price of oil shooting up, today the idea looks remarkably prescient. ...
How to reach over 18,000,000... (1)
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Balearic graphic design (1)
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We've all heard of Balearic Beat, the jubilant, incessant 4/4 thump that makes people living in Valencia yell at people in Ibiza: "Keep that bloody racket down!" But what about Balearic graphics? Just back from a weekend in Vilanova i la Geltrú, I'd like to present a portrait of the town through its graphic design. Inevitably, we'll come back to Saturday's topic, Microsoft's Comic Sans, which has ravaged and reduced this town's once-rich graphic heritage. ...
we have always lived in the castle (1)
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Andre Breton was among the originators of Dada, and the founder of Surrealism. In his magisterial study, The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry (p. 835), Henri Ellenberger tells this story about him... As a medical student, Andre Breton was mobilized to work in a military psychiatric unit. Among his patients there was a man who had stood on a trench embankment during battle and, like a policeman directing traffic, ...
Sound Bites from "rebooting america" (1)
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Yesterday, the 4th of July, I finished reading "rebooting america." Kind of appropriate I think. rebooting america is a compilation of essays edited by PdF'rs Allison Fine, Micah Sifry, Andrew Rasiej, and Josh Levy. It includes pieces by Esther Dyson, Yochai Benkler, danah boyd, Steven L. Clift, Jan Frel and Nicco Mele, Newt Gingrich, Jeff Jarvis, Howard Rheingold, Joe Trippi, David Weinberger, and about 35 others. You can buy the book in paperback or get ...
