What Pokemon Go Can Tell Us About Our Cities
By now, we’ve all read the articles about the Pokemon Go phenomenon— it’s better than Fitbit at getting people moving, people’s legs hurt because they are walking so much, and everyone from retailers to Hillary Clinton is learning how to take advantage of the crowds of people out and about hunting Pokemon. If you’re one […]
Read MoreCrowdsourcing Traffic Studies
As my organization prepares to create a corridor plan, I’m spending much of my time surveying the street and benchmarking current conditions. At some point we’ll have to think about measuring traffic counts but I find the current technology a bit limiting. The old-fashioned approach involved throwing a sensor across the road to count cars. That’s […]
Read MorePublic Space v. Online Space
It’s a common scene every time I stop by the local coffee shop for a mid-morning pick-me-up. The tables are full of people busily working their laptops, iPads and cell phones. (How does one, I wonder, get those types of jobs?) They’re definitely engaging in conversations, just not with the people immediately beside them. How did […]
Read MoreStartups, start your engines!
If you’ve been thinking about starting your own business, don’t miss the 5th Annual Ignition Entrepreneurial Summit hosted by REDI. You’ll hear local entrepreneurs share their startup stories, learn about creative funding opportunities, discover some small business resources, do some speed networking, and even prep for April’s Pitch Competition. Two things I’m most excited about […]
Read MoreThe art of STEM
STEM—science, technology, engineering, and math—is quite the buzz term lately both in education and the increasingly popular makers movement. A friend of mine in the fashion department at Stephens College is quick to remind me that it should really be STEAM—science, technology, engineering, ART, and math. It’s a good point. All to often, we tend to think of […]
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