The new internet traffic spikes - O'Reilly Radar
june 2008 by sstrudeau
"The old rule of 70% utilization accommodating an unexpected 40% increase in traffic is unraveling. At least eight times in the past month, we've experienced from 100% to 1000% sudden increases in traffic across many of our clients."
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architecture
web
scalability
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scale
traffic
growth
planning
cloud
june 2008 by sstrudeau
Questions for Enrique Peñalosa - Man With a Plan - Questions for Enrique Peñalosa - Mayors - Bogotá, Colombia - NYTimes.com
june 2008 by sstrudeau
This guy lead some great urban/transit planning innovations and improvements in Bogota: "when you construct a good sidewalk, you are constructing democracy."
planning
urban
sidewalk
colombia
bogota
cars
cities
democracy
watefront
public
private
quote
june 2008 by sstrudeau
YouTube - HERE COME ''Da JUDGE
november 2007 by sstrudeau
Judge Woodward returns to Detroit and gets lost trying to navigate using his own map of the city.
via:ypsidixit
woodward
detroit
animation
cartoon
video
urban
design
planning
map
navigation
lost
michigan
november 2007 by sstrudeau
suburbs vs. cities | varnelis.net
october 2007 by sstrudeau
"[Jacob's] defense of Greenwich Village not only saved that community, it made it impossible for anyone with a working-class income to live there."
quote
janejacobs
planning
urban
city
suburb
suburban
october 2007 by sstrudeau
Veritas et Venustas: Good Modernism Is More Difficult Than Good Traditional Design
october 2007 by sstrudeau
Modernisms (in architeceture) high value on novelty is bad for cities; architecture of object vs. architecture of place
architecture
art
modernism
place
planning
urban
october 2007 by sstrudeau
LOST Magazine - 323 Prospect Place
september 2007 by sstrudeau
Nice historic investigation into why this property sits at such a weird lot angle in Prospect Heights
prospectheights
brooklyn
history
urban
planning
plan
lotlines
flatbush
prospectpark
september 2007 by sstrudeau
Robert Moses' Response to Robert Caro's The Power Broker
august 2007 by sstrudeau
Almost done with the Power Broker; almost time to read this
robertmoses
nyc
history
planning
urban
biography
response
letter
thepowerbroker
august 2007 by sstrudeau
The Ground Floor: Is Gentrification Good?
august 2007 by sstrudeau
"gentrification usually works by creating new housing, and replacing the type of people who move into the neighborhood. So, as the poor move out for a variety of reasons not related to cost, higher-income folks move in. Also, vacant buildings are rehabbed
gentrification
housing
planning
urban
poor
demographics
research
august 2007 by sstrudeau
OpinionJournal - Featured Article (Great overview of American demographic shifts)
may 2007 by sstrudeau
Americans [...] in very large numbers [are] moving out of our largest metro areas. They're fleeing hip Boston and San Francisco, and after eight decades of moving to Washington they're moving out. [...] High housing costs, high taxes, a distaste in some
via:kottke
cities
planning
demographics
population
USA
immigration
detroit
newyork
nyc
migration
US
urban
may 2007 by sstrudeau
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) - Placemaking for Communities - What Makes a Place Great
may 2007 by sstrudeau
Three things that make public spaces great (or lack thereof make not-so-great)
space
planning
publicspace
public
urban
place
may 2007 by sstrudeau
Ayers Saint Gross | Architects and Campus Planners
january 2007 by sstrudeau
Compare campus maps
campus
compare
map
planning
january 2007 by sstrudeau
Veritas et Venustas: Brooklyn Teaser
december 2006 by sstrudeau
An alternative urban plan for the Atlantic Yards development. A lot of good ideas here...
atlanticyards
brooklyn
planning
urbanplanning
december 2006 by sstrudeau
ann arbor is overrated. » Blog Archive » Six-Story Buildings Are Not Healthy For Elks and Other Living Things
december 2006 by sstrudeau
Why are people so terrified of "tall" buildings?? Why?!
planning
elks
urban
annarbor
stupid
december 2006 by sstrudeau
Machination.org: "Tentative Platform"
october 2006 by sstrudeau
In case anyone was wondering where my AIM name comes from, Hunter S. Thompson's political platform, item 1: "Sod the streets at once. Rip up all the streets with jack hammers and use the junk asphalt (after melting) to create a huge parking lot and auto-s
aim
im
screenname
sodthestreets
transportation
planning
politics
sheriff
huntersthompson
platform
funny
campaign
october 2006 by sstrudeau
SimpleSeating.com
october 2006 by sstrudeau
web 2.0 seating charts app -- drag-and-drop seating charts on the web
seating
chart
wedding
planning
web
tool
october 2006 by sstrudeau
The Oil Drum: New York City | Helping New Yorkers understand, prepare and adapt to the implications of Peak Oil
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Explaining why mixed use is better using a pizza metaphor...
planning
image
pizza
metaphor
funny
mixeduse
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Curbed: Narrower Sidewalks: Tightening the City's Corset Over the Years
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Photo comparing E 89th & Lexington Ave now and then; then included a much wider sidewalk and stoops on the buildings
nyc
sidewalks
photos
historic
preservation
width
planning
april 2006 by sstrudeau
The Goodspeed Update » Hipsters and Urban Planning
april 2006 by sstrudeau
"...of course hipsters and urban planning go together, after all both are quintessentially middle class pursuits. The hipster is fundamentally culturally insecure and pursues an ever cooler subculture, and the urban planner is a technocrat, seeking to obt
hipsters
culture
planning
class
april 2006 by sstrudeau
California Infill Parcel Locator
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Detroit needs this, as do any real towns and cities in MI
planning
housing
realestate
tool
mapping
california
infill
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Teeter Talk
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Homeless Dave interviews friend Gaia Kile; RDA comes up
annarbor
interview
gaiakile
gaia
arborvitae
heiwahouse
richahern
rich
ahern
planning
april 2006 by sstrudeau
Successforce Blog: Download the Successforce Implementation Map
march 2006 by sstrudeau
Designed for salesforce.com users, but looks potentially useful for anyone planning a CRM rollout.
nptech
crm
project
management
rollout
planning
toread
civicrm
march 2006 by sstrudeau
the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, Mirror Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies in - www.hometownlife.com - Michigan
february 2006 by sstrudeau
I like this idea. A lot. Especially if there is lots of cheap office/conference/hotel/residential space EASILY and CHEAPLY accessible to the airport. Could make this area a hub of residence for folks who do work that requires occasional travel with most
detroit
planning
airport
urban
february 2006 by sstrudeau
Google Maps Mania: Google unveils Google Transit Trip Planner
december 2005 by sstrudeau
Google to launch transit-based trip planner -- seems down at the moment and initially only supports Portland, OR. I hope theirs is at least as good as HopStop for NY and better than their driving directions!
transit
mapping
map
planning
travel
december 2005 by sstrudeau
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