Archive for July, 2008
Packaging Utopian Sustainability
This month marks the release of Volume #16: Social Engineering, and with that the publication of my essay Packaging Utopian Sustainability.
[Image: Cover for Volume #16: Social Engineering.]
I have included the full text below, along with the introductory question posed by the editors at Volume.
Are carbon neutral cities, Eco-cities and sustainable cities discursive cover ups […]
Eco-Luxury is the New Black
Nothing is more American in spirit than the latest trend in mashups - eco-luxury. The idea, of course, is that you can still have your lavish lifestyle of excess without the guilty conscience. Or simply put, you can have your cake and eat it too.
[Image: Landing page for the new SKY development in […]
Citysense - GPS For Your Social Life
For those lazy or inexperienced socialites, Sense Networks has the solution to a problem you never knew you had. Citysense brings urban mapping to your cell phone as a new mobile application for social navigation. In real-time, their system “senses” activity of other mobile users and displays them on a heat map.
[Image: Citysense […]
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