How can we make planning more open and inclusive? Inspired by a cat poster, SeattleMonkeys asks community residents to call a number to share their ideas on local affairs and transportation. This summer, I’m in Seattle as an intern for Microsoft research FUSE Labs with Andrés Monroy-Hernández (whose work on […]
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The Codesign Studio concluded on Tues May 14. This year we had 8 enrolled students, a mix of graduate and undergraduate students from around the institute, from Computer Science, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Mechanical Engineering and from other universities — Boston University, Harvard’s Kennedy School, and Wellesley. Our […]
This is part 2 in a series on a public art project to create a space for dialogue between a concerned community and the owners of a dilapidated Cambridge property. Bigger picture in part 1. I was enamored with the weight of postcards: How does the sender’s selection of a […]
Qualcomm Spark has offered the following response to my previous blog post, Hackathons don’t solve problems. My name is Michelle Kessler, and I’m the editor-in-chief of Qualcomm Spark. First, we want to thank Charlie DeTar, J. Nathan Matias and the MIT Media Lab for participating in our most recent video, […]
I recently worked with Nathan Matias on a project that I think reflects the modern relationship between journalism and social media: tracking the number of times Twitter accounts are quoted by news stories. For example, during the Arab Spring, journalist Andy Carvin used Twitter as a source to cover […]