May 2013
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Getting connected: Program brings Internet to... →
May 22nd
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How Community Blogs Become A Tool For City-Making...
vidanacidade: See on Scoop.it - Urban Life City blogging is a great tool to share ideas around the world toward better urban futures, but it’s also a potent tool for hyper-local community development. See on popupcity.net
May 19th
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Local mobile search stats
94% of local users have looked for local information -90% have taken action as a result -70% connected with the business -66% visited the business -36% made a purchase -23% told others about it 58% search for local info at least once a week 27% search for local info daily Source: Google-Ipsos Q1 2012, n=1,000 US adults
May 17th
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Geography of Twitter networks →
May 17th
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May 17th
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Community engagement: keep one foot in cyberspace... →
May 14th
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May 14th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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Reinventing the High Street: join the Telegraph... →
May 4th
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May 2nd
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May 1st
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April 2013
15 posts
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Cities and data: By the numbers | The Economist →
Apr 30th
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Apr 24th
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Bring research to the streets, not to cities... →
Apr 22nd
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Apr 17th
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Why do place brands fail?  →
Apr 17th
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Apr 14th
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“From now until April 19, Seattle residents will have an opportunity to help...”
– Read more at: Digital Communities  (via sunlightcities)
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
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The Future Cities Agenda | Smart Cities →
‘Cities are the hot topic of the early 21st century’
Apr 9th
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The Future Shopper - WPP →
Apr 8th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 3rd
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March 2013
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“The argument about paywalls — and copyright and the value of content — is the...”
– Playing off Amanda Palmer’s fantastic recent TED talk on the art of asking, Jeff Jarvis considers a future of voluntary media (via explore-blog)
Mar 27th
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Streets as Places →
Mar 24th
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 22nd
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Mar 21st
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Future of Places | International Conference... →
Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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Mar 20th
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Mar 19th
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Smart Communities →
Mar 17th
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geopolitech: A new generation of programmers and... →
geopolitech: Aurelien Breeden One of the most interesting elements from Manuel Castells’ conference was his insight into the power of programmers and switchers in a network, and I would like to expand upon that notion in the framework of our course. He explained that programmers and switchers were some…
Mar 15th
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Mar 14th
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Mar 13th
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third culture diaspora: Mapping the Global City →
thirdculturediaspora: Different forms of representation of the globalized network we’re living in right now… I love it. A network of networks of networks of networks of networks. A recognizable visualization of the most connected global cities in 2000. New Landscape. The height of the Z-axis and its…
Mar 13th
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FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards: Urban Ideas In Action... →
Mar 12th
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Mar 10th
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Mar 8th
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Mar 8th
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Mar 7th
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Mar 6th
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Mar 6th
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La ciencia de las ciudades desde lo cotidiano →
humanscalecities: How and why people use public spaces, gather in intersections, make use of public transport, meet friends, look for the sun or organise in common,…hide a large amount of blind code for the most optimistic ICT-driven smart city visions. In fact, Urban Code is nothing more but an updated exploration in a certain neighbourhood based on some of the “usual suspects” of any...
Mar 6th
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