In facebook page of media studies, I stumbled upon an interesting project which creates a sonic map of Alexandria. I did not yet check into
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A History of the World in Twelve Maps, on NPR
From NPR (via my colleague Laura Auricchio): World maps help us make sense of the world around us, and our place in it. While mapmakers
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Google Data Centers
An awesome look at what Google’s data centers look like. There sure are a lot of tubes in the Internet! http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/ Sorry for
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An article about "Geographical History" in New Yorker
Adam Gopnik, “Faces, Places, Spaces: The Renaissance of Geographic History” The New Yorker (29 October 2012).
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Sanctioning Satellites: Iran + Hotbird
via Farnaz Fassihi & Paul Sonne,”A Top Satellite Provider Cuts Off Iran State Broadcaster” Wall Street Journal (October 15, 2012): One of Europe’s leading satellite providers on
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The World through Apple Maps
via Mad magazine
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Power, Pollution + the Internet
Apropos of our “walking tour of the Internet” last Wednesday… Yesterday’s Times featured an article about energy needs of data centers.
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How Google Makes Its Maps
There’s a fantastic article by Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic about how Google makes its maps. Just as with Andrew Blum’s Tubes, there’s a lot of
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Spontaneous Interventions
Spontaneous Interventions: design actions for the common good is the theme of the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale (Fall 2012). In
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