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2013-02 – Is New England and Island?
This dawned on me when talking with my nephews over the holidays. At the time, I simply dismissed as trivial banter without real purpose. Frankly I don’t even remember how it got started, but it had something to do with defining an island, and the difference between an island and a continent. I remember immediately…
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In Praise of the iPad
A few days have gone by since Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s new iPad at the special event of January 27th. Since then a lot has been written about the new device, and most of it has been a lukewarm reception. I admit, as I watched the live blogs on January 27th my spirits quickly went…
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What is Urban Planning?
This question comes up all the time… How do you measure the effectiveness of planning. City planning has been with us for millennia. One can find examples of planned cities from the Roman era and even before. Systematically measuring planning effectiveness in a quantitative way can be challenging as planning is meant to respond to…
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Moving Towards a Physical Typology of the City
Happy New Year to everyone! Note: The thoughts laid out below are very preliminary and unpolished, my hope is to engage in an evolutionary conversation to further refine these thoughts. Introduction: Starting off 2010, I wanted to focus my attention on a question that often comes up as part of my daily work. Regularly, I…
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Complex Questions & Tools
We just came out of a full day session thinking about fostering collaboration within the office environment. Overall an interesting day, albeit it a big unspecific for my taste. About midway through the day, I sat and listened to a conversation between two colleagues who were discussing the challenges that both of their teams face…