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I'll try to make this as easy as possible. I am a writer interested in new urbanism, material culture, city planning, the history/theory of urban form, and social web theory. I really like thoughtful music and thoughtful film. [+]-
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- Google Geo Developers Blog: Introducing the new Google Geocoding Web Service 2010/03/09
- Abandoned Russian Village | Suibara, Japan | Atlas Obscura 2010/02/17
A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture - Organizing for America | BarackObama.com | Road to Recovery 2010/02/16
Graphic from the Obama administration -- visualizing data. - Golden Belt--Downtown Durham Lofts for Rent 2010/02/15
- ‘Parking Availability Bias’ 2010/02/15
- Transportation secretary maps changes in road work, state priorities 2010/02/15
State Transportation Secretary Gene Conti outlined state plans for toll roads and railroad improvements and said the state has no imminent plans to make cities pay for state-road maintenance at a conference with Burlington City Council on Wednesday. - Projections: MIT Student Journal of Planning 2010/02/08
Projections, the Journal of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, focuses on innovative and cutting edge research in planning. - Flashback: Hoovervilles of New York - Gothamist 2010/02/08
Flashback: Hoovervilles of New York - Extreme Instability 2010/02/01
Pictures of nature. Great inspiration. - Plagiarism: in the words of someone else… there's little new in literature | Books | The Observer 2010/01/17
Plagiarism: in the words of someone else… there's little new in literature - A Peek Into Netflix Queues - NYTimes.com 2010/01/13
Data visualization of NYC movie queses. Via the NYTimes. - Now Brewing | Starbucks Gets a Makeover - T Magazine Blog - NYTimes.com 2010/01/12
Starbucks gets a makeover - Jez Burrows 2010/01/12
Jez Burrows designer and illustrator - A Personal Annual Report 2010/01/09
Visualizing data A Personal Annual Report - Chicago Tribune: Cityscapes: Dubai 2010/01/08
In Dubai, you can't get there from here; architectural feats undercut by shoddy urban planning
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Embrace the Chains
I wrote an essay for Grove Project, a Wilmington-based online publication, about the benefit of having chain store in Wilmington’s downtown corridor. Read the full article, Embrace the Chains, and tell me what you think. I’m also interested in other…