Tag Archives: public participation

Most Exciting Trends in 2012: Sustainability, Equity, Transparency

2012 could be the end of the world as we know it. Or not. Either way, some things definitely will be ending–for example, funding for the Sustainable Communities Initiative program hasn’t been renewed for 2013.  Despite the end of funding this year, or perhaps because of it, I’ll point again this year (as I did [...]

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PlaceMatters Blog Roundup: October 12, 2011

Digital Urban posted a video snippet from last month’s Intel Developer Forum featuring Intel CEO Paul Otellini on an idea that is pretty simple even if the technology and processing chops aren’t: create rich 3D models based on millions of user-generated images. This is basically crowd-sourced 3D modeling and it’s very cool. Digital Urban also [...]

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PlaceMatters Blog Roundup: September 14, 2011

A very cool engagement strategy: Harry Potter-style map that reveals new areas as you travel thru a museum (h/t to All Points Blog). Digital Urban shows off a cool augmented reality implementation: incorporating 3-D content, overlaid on the iOS video feed, that can be manipulated through user interaction in real time. EngagingCities thinks through hackathons [...]

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PlaceMatters Blog Roundup: March 30, 2011

I had a week off because of a few conferences in Washington, D.C. (including the terrific Nonprofit Technology Conference) and then an unplanned week away from the office as a raging wildfire threatened my town (we learned some great lessons about communication, community, and social media – I’ll blog about that separately), but I’m back [...]

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PlaceMatters Weekly Blog Roundup: August 28, 2010

The National Coalition for Dialogue Deliberation reports on the Portland City Council’s new “Public Involvement Principles.” Next American City argues that technology in public participation is just a means to an end: you still have to get the process right. countably infinite reflects on the tension between the notion of planning technologically-based smart, green cities [...]

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