May 2012
9 posts
“I don’t like New York. I just think it’s the best place for my business.”
–  Josh Miller,  describing why he moved Branch to NYC after a brief time in San Francisco, cited by Joshua Brustein, in For Tech Start-Ups, New York Has Increasing Allure via  NYTimes.com
May 29th
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May 25th
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“New data highlight that bicyclists in the United States save at least $4.6...”
–  A quote from the Forbes article, ‘Pedaling to Prosperity: Biking Saves U.S. Riders Billions A Year’. Related: ~ Bicycling Magazine’s new ranking of ‘America’s Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities’. (Photo credit: Bicycling Magazine)
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 15th
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CITY BREATHS: The Science of Cities: Today's... →
citybreaths: Geoffrey West, educating us about how cities work. According to Geoffrey West, distinguished professor at Santa Fe Institute, we need to develop a “science of cities”. West compares contemporary urbanists to the Wright brothers, who are credited with inventing and building the world’s…
May 14th
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May 8th
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Why Has New York Become a Paradise for Tech... →
May 5th
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Christopher Butler: Networked Cities and Crumbling... →
chrbutler: I’ve been following the ongoing conversation around the internet of things and the networked city and have enjoyed it very much. (To follow along, check out—in no particular order—Really Interesting Group, mammoth, City of Sound, frog, The Infrastructurist, Berg, Dentsu, …
May 2nd
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