Monthly Archives: July 2012

New Discovery… Google Public Data!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

I am writing an article on Myanmar and how social enterprise can *hopefully* ease some of the socio-political growing pains the country is going to go through as its borders open up to foreign investment. I found this awesome tool … Continue reading →

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Untangling data, untangling complexity

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

“The internet is the nervous system for an organism that is in the process of being born,” says John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in talking about “vibrant data.” I was introduced to Intel’s Vibrant Data project … Continue reading →

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Designing a better Brooklyn

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

I found this video this morning on a green collaboration between Mexican nonprofit VerdMX and Nissan Mexicana. The project is a series of “living” sculptures around Mexico city that are meant to improve air quality, bring art to the masses and just make … Continue reading →

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Voter Rights, the Latino Vote + the Constitutional Query

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Despite my decision to not practice law, I love me a good constitutional law debate (I owe it to my ACLU days). Voter ID laws are undoubtedly going to be a *huge* issue this election, especially given this infographic I … Continue reading →

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Big Data – A new human centric design tool?

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

I love the UN Global Pulse. In a recent report “Big Data for Development,” the organization chronicles how Big Data—call logs, mobile-banking transactions, online user-generated content such as blog posts and Tweets, online searches, satellite images, etc.— can be turned into actionable information. … Continue reading →

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Human rights frameworks, the free market, and the spaces in between

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

A couple of years ago, I began working on a project called the Center for Live Capital with two friends. It began with a thought that economic growth in slums and “informal” settlements could be stimulated by assigning property titles … Continue reading →

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