Monthly Archives: September 2010

Next American City explores the rise of gaming and game paradigms in civic engagement, noting the role of incentive structures in creating enticing and enjoyable experiences that can be directed at improved civic participation. Next American City also reflects on the dysfunctions of having multiple, disparate transit agencies across the Bay area, noting the way [...]

PlaceMatters has been engaged in a very intense public process with the Denver Public Schools, helping to facilitate a public process around what to do with struggling schools in the Far North East.  Over the past couple of months, this has been a process that I think has resulted in genuine learning on the part [...]

With the deadline for presentation proposals to the Annual American Planning Association conference looming, Windows 7 provided the needed inspiration — in the middle of a strategic planning meeting where we were using Skype Video to include Jocelyn in the conversation, without warning, Windows 7 decided to shut down all programs, install updates, and restart [...]

Next American City offers a few thoughts about the growth of real-time data feeds and opportunities to improve the efficiency of city services and quality of life (e.g., negotiating traffic). Urban STL laments the lack of participation in the “Framing a Modern Masterpiece” competition to redesign the grounds of the St. Louis Arch. Digital Urban [...]