And they say things don't have agency.

A nuanced, passionate, comprehensively-researched, fairly incredible piece on urban roadway remediation and systemic flow from John Tolva. Frankly, I'm still absorbing the full richness of it, but even a third of the way through I can tell you this is kind of a jackpot link.

Getting a younger cohort invested in urban planning through cycling (!). Fully awesome & worthy of support.

Very cool, and just the kind of thing I'm looking forward to getting involved in when we get back.

Laura 4lano on the physical and social elements of coworking.

Carol Ann Duffy's meditation on the Great British Pub. See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQLrx8Mmsrs
(PS Duffy worked on "Ambit" at the same time as our young Jim.)

By special request. This six-year-old post on my old community site - on how we choose to allocate our time and effort in the world, and what comes of that effort - remains frighteningly relevant.

Not really interested in this game per se, but because of some of the very interesting interplayer mechanics described in the thread (and kudos to the developers!). Would be very interesting if there were any practical analogies for these in the RL city.

I think Ben really nails it here, especially the quote from Alex.

"[O]fficials are becoming more strategic about providing safe passage to school by keeping tabs on gang and clique activities in real time as their turf wars hopscotch around school catchment areas."

Here's my talk from dConstruct in Brighton a few weeks back. My goodness, I do go on. This is an absolutely sprawling talk! Check the tags for some idea of content.

Good for Alex, beginning to move toward the recognition that more will be called for than "bright green" environmentalism - much more.

A really nice way of gathering information and links of interest to one particular local community. Could be of utility to folks here in town what want to do something similar.

Hmmmmm.

Nate Hill's making lemonade.

Exemplary outreach.

Saffo: “The value of a social network is defined not only by who's on it, but by who's excluded." YES.

Great stuff. I like the voice.

Mass customization and responsive envelopes for shared housing. I like.

Via Monocle. Wish their taste in interiors extended to the Web site.

An event that seems like it's in the Pecha Kucha space, though avowedly more social/salon-like

A discussion board for those interested in ubiquitous, pervasive, and physical computing, and all their cognates. ; . )

Let the self-referentiality begin!

Flattery will get you everywhere

So many boys, sigh...