Monthly Archives: August 2010

Increased US engagement in Somalia – it’s a trap!

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Ethan

This week featured ferocious clashes in Mogadishu between Somalia’s fledgling federal government and Al Shabab, an Islamist militia with ties to Al Qaeda. Al Shabab has declared a “massive, final” war on the fragile government and struck Tuesday with a … Continue reading →

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links for 2010-08-25

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Ethan

Trapped in the Anglosphere, we've lost sight of next door | Martin Kettle | Comment is free | The Guardian Powerful essay on "the anglosphere" and the ways in which the English language is limiting the political interests of UK … Continue reading →

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links for 2010-08-19

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Ethan

YProductions Interesting mapping essay, with a good example on constrained urban environments by Chombart de Lauwe, who tracked the movements of a student in 19th century Paris (tags: cartography design mapping research paris qs) Articles / Personal Informatics Lab Bibliography … Continue reading →

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Airplanes, Faith and Latent Networks

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Ethan

Earlier this week, I met with Evan Paul, a smart urban planner just out of a master’s program at MIT. He’s working with colleagues on a new idea – “Global Planning Partners”, a nonprofit intended to help urban planners in … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping and shameless self promotion

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Ethan

You may have noticed that I’ve done some housekeeping on the blog. It was about time – I can’t tell when I last updated my blogroll – best guess is sometime in 2006 – but my homepage was evidently last … Continue reading →

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Kate Crawford: mobile media and the art of noise

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Ethan

Kate Crawford of the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is two years into conducting a massive study of mobile phone use amongst 18-30 year olds in Australia. The study, supported by … Continue reading →

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