Applying hackability and open source ideas to co-creating our urban society

Entries from March 2008

Mashable City in Alpha

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

 Some fellow travellers and I have launched Mashable City, described briefly below. If Hackable City is about claiming our identity in a community, the convergent Mashable City is about creatively using information about ourselves, our relationships, and our environments to give us and others a lens on that community.
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Tags: Providence · mashup

Providence gets another NYT mention

March 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

We’re getting popular around the NY Times. Here’s a recent feature article from the Real Estate section featuring Buff Chace, Bert Crenca and the emergence of Downcity. I think Bert is doing a great job preventing Downcity from becoming a monoculture, and I really look forward to his new building and the hacker space within.

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Tags: real estate · urban core