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The secret weapon in developing cool towns… ‘You: What does Web 2.0, the most intelligent communities of 2007, the beta
The most intelligent communities in 2007?: The NY-based Intelligent Community Forum recently announced their Intelligent Communities of 2007
Web 2.0 and why your city needs it to attract the creative class (2 of 2): Continuing the previous entry introducing the two economy-generating factors, Web 2.0 with
Web 2.0 and why your city needs it to attract the creative class (1 of 2): First of all, what is Web 2.0? In a nutshell, Web 1.0
Reader Q&A: “Can you give sources for your photos? I always love ’em and want to follow up.”: Let’s do one better. Why don’t we all pool our most inspiring
Cities prosper with open-source approach to development: Continuing yesterday’s entry, what happens when a city takes a more open-source
There’s hidden gold in your city: The talent and assets (or at least access to them) for building
SF increasingly pro indie, NYC becoming pro chain?: According to the NY Times, the word on the street is that
Small town of Renton smartly evolving from industrial to knowledge economy: The city of Renton, just south of Seattle, has long been synonymous
SF the first to transition from asphalt to digital infrastructure: Above: Patrons of People’s Cafe in Upper Haight, San Francisco. Soon they’ll
Cool towns: Stories – How to get people to act: We’ve come to the final entry in this series of Made to
Cool towns: Emotion – Do people even care?: Part five in looking at Made to Stick’s Six Principles of Sticky
Cool towns: Credibility – do people believe you?: Part four in looking at Made to Stick’s Six Principles of Sticky
Cool towns: Concreteness – do you understand and remember it?: Continuing a review of Made to Stick’s Six Principles of Sticky Ideas
Cool towns: Unexpectedness – does it get and hold your interest?: Continuing our look at Made to Stick’s Six Principles of Sticky Ideas
Cool towns: Simplicity – the core message: As introduced in the last entry, this week we’ll be communicating how
Beta community designs a neighborhood their way in Germany: We recently answered the question How can a City establish a ‘beta
Springwise’s Top 10 Eco Business Ideas 2006: So you want to think global and act local? Check out Springwise’s
Wow – City to establish significant fund to invest in local venues?!: A local institution on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, Las Manitas, a
Give me walkable or give me death: Those people who think they’re more likely to die from sharks than
The Long Tail’ city – ‘Netflixing’ it into profitability (4 of 4): As explained with this graph, The Long Tail represents the present and
The Long Tail’ real estate developer/investor (3 of 4): Understanding The Long Tail, the way it’s evolving our economy, and its
Applying ‘The Long Tail’ to real estate (2 of 4): As explained in the previous entry, much of what is built today
The future of real estate is in the Long Tail (1 of 4): “For too long we’ve been suffering the tyranny of lowest-common-denominator fare, subjected
A blog on the creative class, a source for place-making: People often ask me what I read on a daily basis as
Evolving a retail center into a community center: Retail seen as ‘the Achilles’ heel’; of some TODs (transit-oriented development), reads
Mortgage Helpers’ to the rescue: Condos with built-in rental suites: Does this sound familiar? “I (or we) would love to buy a