Something remarkable happened last night at the Hub2 Honan Library Park design session. People were laughing — laughing because they were having fun and enjoying an open design process.
Nine residents of North Allston sat down with our staff, experienced the space virtually on both the big screen and their own laptops, and brainstormed […]
Eric Gordon had an extensive interview with the public radio show Smart City last week to discuss Hub2 and “the new meaning of community.” Listen now.
We also had a very fun and productive chat with Tufts’ Civic Engagement Research Group on Friday. What interests me is that after so many years of Blizzard, Linden […]
Eric Gordon and I will be presenting on Hub2 tomorrow at Tufts’ Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG) tomorrow, 12:00-1:30 in the Rabb Room at Tisch College. The event is free and open to all. More details here.
Virtual tool puts residents in the planning process
Too often, the neighborhood planning process turns into an us-versus-them face-off between developers and residents.
But two local educators are hoping to change that by inviting Bostonians into the virtual world of HUB2, a 3-D online depiction of Boston in which the public can help design the neighborhoods […]
Looks like Eric and I are on the docket to present Hub2 this Friday at Northeastern’s 4th annual Technology, Knowledge, and Society conference. Problem is that I’ll be on my way to South Carolina, so I guess Eric is on the hook:
Friday, 18 January 2008
Northeastern University
Curry Student Center (building 50)
360 Huntington Ave
Boston MA 02115
Got a small mention in the Weekly Dig last week on the Hub2 launch event. I’m quoted as noting that the key handoff was a “symbolic” gesture — hope that doesn’t make the whole thing sound, well, symbolic, because we’ve been having serious and fruitful conversations with the BRA and City since then.
Despite the first epic snowstorm of the season, we had a great turnout at Emerson College and on Boston Island yesterday for the Hub2 pilot wrapup and Phase II launch. We successfully handed over the “Deed” to Boston Island over to the City of Boston in real life and the key to Boston Island in […]
The collaboration team in Eric’s day class at Emerson did a great machinima video of their project that also serves as a good overview of their entire class’s overall goals:
Re-Imagining Boston City Hall Plaza Using Second Life
This blog doesn’t allow posting of video objects
More links to final video projects to come…
Here’s the PowerPoint presentation for the talk I gave this afternoon at Immersive Education Day at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
[ EDIT: Link fixed. Sorry about that! ]
[ UPDATE: The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on this event, and I’m mentioned near the end. ]
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BOSTON, MA – Hub2, a project involving the City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), Emerson College, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, will showcase virtual models created by Boston residents to improve the city’s public spaces and present Mayor Menino’s office with […]
