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I've always found bridges interesting. This one is called "Slauerhoffbrug," and it is located in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It actually lifts the section of road up and out of the way of the river traffic. This got me thinking, wonder if I can find it on Google Maps? After a quick search I easily found it, complete with Street View. I find myself learning about a place and quickly turning to Google Maps Street View to learn more about that place.
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However, the study notes that, "computers have had major effects on some aspects of information consumption. In the past, information consumption was overwhelmingly passive, with telephone being the only interactive medium. Thanks to computers, a full third of words and more than half of bytes are now received interactively. Reading, which was in decline due to the growth of television, tripled from 1980 to 2008, because it is the overwhelmingly preferred way to receive words on the Internet."
Saw this study mentioned by several folks tonight on Twitter. Interesting to think about the amount of information we now read compared to before 2000. Also the post notes that in the past information consumption was passive (television, radio...) but now it more interactive...
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Kind of cold, but no rain.
Can you imagine several hundred of this capital city’s policy wonks turning out for a two-hour discussion of bicycling?
A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable. But last week it happened, sponsored by the esteemed Brookings Institution, at a prime U.S. Capitol-view room of the fancy new Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue.
It may have helped that the program included musician-artist-cultural innovator David Byrne, whose decades of observing cities worldwide–often from the seat of his bicycle–is reflected in his book, “Bicycle Diaries” (Viking).
An article by Neal Peirce about a recent transportation policy meeting about bicycling...
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The error that online champions make decade after decade (recall that distance learning goes back to the 1960s) is that they forget that schools have multiple responsibilities beyond literacy. Both parents and voters want schools to socialize students into community values, prepare them for civic responsibilities, and yes, get them ready for college and career. Online courses from for-profit companies and non-profit agencies cannot hack those duties and responsibilities.
Larry Cuban looking ahead to 2020...
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Brian Eno & Steven Johnson
Brian Eno2 November 2009
Brian Eno, musician, artist and author of 77 Million Paintings and Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for You and The Invention of Air, come to the ICA to talk about how innovations happen and new platforms for creative thinking.
An interesting talk about innovation between Brian Eno and Steven Johnson recorded in November 2009 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
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Found this picture this morning while waiting for everyone to get up... I would like to visit Copenhagen some day...
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