Relevant Blog Entries
Select Restaurants Are Now Archiving Your Dining Habits (Yes, Really.)
Wed, 2012-09-05 18:13 — capetrozThere's lots of organization principles implemented in restaurants. From the table layout to the menu to the staff, a restaurant can be viewed as an organizing system with many different resources depending on the perspective. But organizing patrons' tastes, tics, habits and foibles? There's that, too. (Didn't you know?)
Hopper: The Startup in Pursuit of Organizing Travel Data for Consumer Discovery
Mon, 2012-09-03 23:01 — capetrozBetween investigating the best restaurants, safe travel routes and must-see destinations, planning a trip can be downright time-consuming, and above all else, frustrating for the user. Even worse? Often times, users must hop from site to site in search of the travel information they need. Hopper—the startup trying to impose structure on the scattered landscape of consumer-travel data—aims to streamline the travel discovery process in one place. (In INFO 202 speak, essentially a library comprised of travel-related content from around the web.)
Big Data on Campus - data driven academic advising
Mon, 2012-09-03 23:07 — kmparkA novel organizing system for travel buffs
Mon, 2012-09-03 22:24 — mgutmanIt’s March 1st and you’re looking at your calendar. You start to panic, not because midterms are looming, but because you have not made any plans for spring break. The possibilities are endless, and with the Internet at your fingertips you start thinking of ideas: San Diego, Cancun, Vancouver, Sydney? You quickly realize, however, that planning travel online is extremely challenging. There are literally thousands of sites with hotel information, trip ideas, and deals.
Art Curators Redefine Curating
Mon, 2012-09-03 22:35 — andrewCorporate Garb and Garbage
Mon, 2012-09-03 22:19 — sydneyFrom: "Want to be a Corporate Archivist? It Sure Helps to be a Pack Rat" by Emily Glazer, Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2012
Clipper Card A Hit Across Bay Area Transit Agencies
Mon, 2012-09-03 21:17 — BMurphyOver the past two years, Bay Area transit agencies have rolled out the Clipper Card system. The single plastic card allows riders to travel across over 20 transit systems throughout the Bay Area, including AC Transit, BART and SF Muni. Though not without it's technical glitches and implementation criticism, the Clipper Card has successfully attracted commuter support and adoption. This success has been, in part, due to the use of critical design elements outlined in McGrath and Murray's "Principles of e-Government":
AADHAR - India's gateway to effective governance
Mon, 2012-09-03 19:24 — rohansThe article reiterates the importance of the "AADHAR" initiative to succeed for the country to achieve effective governance with a huge social impact.
When Kids Play Across Gender Line: Harrods Introduces A Gender Neutral Toy Store
Mon, 2012-09-03 16:34 — shaohan