The Information Architecture of Cities
Cities can be viewed as information architecture systems. The term makes sense not in reference to the the design of buildings, but rather to the components of a complex system that interact with each other. In a paper written by L.A. Coward and N.A. Salingaros in 2004, the authors explore this topic. They argue that a city is less like an electronic computer, but more like a human brain. 'A city heuristically…
Berlin Open Data Hackathon
We're organizing the Berlin edition of the global Open Data Hackathon. It will happen on December 4th and starts at 09:30 in the office of Your Neighbours, at the…
Berlin Open Data
We are currently reviewing the data offered by the city of Berlin. The results are surprisingly good. Even though open data in Germany isn't as widely available as it is in…
Big data and agency
Data is hot. In the Economist, James Cortada of IBM explains: “We are at a different period because of so much information,”. Joe Hellerstein, a computer scientist at the…
City Crawlers Berlin
Information has become ubiquitous. And the difference between information and data has started to become vague. One of the most interesting effects of this is seen in cities,…