Scott Page

In Adam's spirit of "tweaking" fellow bloggers, (Hi All) I'd like to emphasize Adam's last point - "Is it still a utility if no one utilizes it?"<br /> <br /> For all of the talk about municipal wireless, particularly in my hometown of Philadelphia, I've always been concerned about the ultimate use of the investment despite the fact I agree that anti-municipal broadband laws are detrimental to the flexibility of any City to serve their population. I'm reminded of an interview posted on <a href="http://www.muniwireless.com/archives/000635.html">Muniwireless</a>

Less a cool application and more of an example of the power of information put in the hands of neighborhood groups. The <a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11180561.htm">Philadelphia Inquirer</a> a month or two back put together this interactive map showing the frequency of shootings in the City (which Charlie's map reminded me of). Illustrated like a topographical map, many neighborhoods reacted quite strongly to the information. The unfortunate trends, represented and placed on the front page, has further inhibited any ability to market specific neighborhoods as improving and/or attractive places to live.

One of the best travelogues of pictures i've seen. <a href="http://www.escapelab.com.au/#">Escape Route</a> provides a unique method for organizing and viewing photos. The site also offers dphoto - a kind of ophoto with pizazz. This is one step away from what could be a great application for organizing and documenting change at the scale of a neighborhood, city and region. <br /> <br /> <img src='http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//escapelab_02_01.jpg' alt='' />

<img src='http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//coolspacelocater.jpg' alt='cool space locater' /><br /> <br /> One of students was kind enough to forward this to me. The <a href="http://www.coolspacelocator.com/index.html">Cool Space Locater</a> is designed to match innovative and creative firms to spaces that may not traditionally appeal to businesses looking for office space. I could have used this in Philadelphia when I really needed office space that wasn't overpriced nor in Center City. The only resource we really had was Craig's list as there are few coordinated resources for finding office spaces for rent - particularly small, non-traditional spaces.

<a href="http://murmurtoronto.ca/">murmur</a> is one of those inexpensive but creative ways of combining technology with space. to me, its exciting to see public art move into this realm - dealing expressly with communications rather than focused solely on physical beautification. potentially so much more than a mural.... <br /> <br /> "[murmur] is an archival audio project that collects and curates stories set in specific Toronto locations. At each of these locations, a [murmur] sign will mark the availability of a story with a telephone number and location code.