Category: Apps Reviews
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prettymaps by Aaron Straup Cope
Doing social science and studying maps are some of my favorite things. When you combine these two like Aaron Straup Cope (@thisisaaronland) is doing, it is not surprising I get really excited. Using Road, highway and path data collected by the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project, Aaron creates beutiful representations of cities that provide a small glimpse to the different factors that shape our cities. […]
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Immaterials: Light painting WiFi by the YOUrban Project
Light painting WiFi into the city. So cool!
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DeHood – The Neighborhood Strikes Back
Earlier Today I read on RWW about DeHood, a new location based social application that is trying to change the way we interact with our neighbors. DeHood was the idea of Babak Hedayati, a former founder and employee of several start-ups, that decided to create “a social networking company for the good of local community.” According to […]