Crowds in Grant Park
People demanding change, a museum fixed in time.
Protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Supporters on election night, 2008
Posted on November 9, 2008 to the category called America Chicago .
etc., recall the word
resoldered here
in a pane of sand.
— R. Kenney
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towards a smarter city
What if you could simulate possible outcomes for a metropolitan region and it wasn't a game?
projects
- Meedan
Bringing Arabic and English speakers together in conversation about world events using emerging machine-assisted translation technology. - The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time
A 3D, multi-user virtual world of the Qing-era palace complex. - The National Museum of African American History and Culture
Smithsonian's latest embraces the bottom-up web to build out its collection. - Jobs4Recovery
Aggregated employment opportunity for disaster victims. - World Community Grid
Distributed computing meets volunteerism. Falls in love. - The Museum of Modern Art (NYC)Specifically this wee bit.
- Eternal Egypt Good things from the Middle East.
- State Hermitage Museum Last to the pageant; first with the judges.
in to africa
I spent part of the summer of 2008 in Kumasi, Ghana lending technology and business assistance to traditional artisans as part of IBM's Corporate Service Corps.
an italian adventure
In 1903 my great-grandparents left Italy for America. In July 2007 I returned to their village in southern Italy for an extraordinary homecoming.