A recent article from The Verge talks about how Twitter may be more accurate than NOAA in terms of identifying flooded areas. MIT Media Lab also came up with an app that allowed crowdsourcing storm and flooding data. But that required downloading and installing the
I've been trying to follow several companies now that marry urban planning, data science, and software engineering. What I find super interesting about them is that I believe these new companies are also part of a new trend. There really haven't been too much like
One of my favorite books is Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum. We like to think of the Internet as this ethereal, intangible thing. But the reality is the Internet is very much tangible. Cell towers, fiber optic lines,
Wired article This article has a lot going on. Especially things I have a great interest in. First and foremost is bus network redesign. It seems it is a popular new strategy among cities, particularly Houston. Bus routes haven't been reassessed in decades and urban forms and
I love flying and airports. one of my most favorites things is walking through a terminal, looking at each gate, and seeing all the different destinations. it's exciting, seeing all those possibilities. airports are such a great example of the the built environment of infrastructure
seanandrewchen Trains as symbols I love trains. Not just as a wonderful technology, but also what they represent and how they are represented in our culture and minds. In one sense, I see trains as a technology that connects us. But in another sense, that connection can