digital city planning

DIGITAL CITY

PLANNING

Clay Parker Jones

Alexander Chung&

DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

AS WE MOVE FROM THE ERA OF

COMPUTING INTO THE ERA OF THE

INTERNET, WE NO LONGER NEED TO

WORRY ABOUT COMPUTER-HUMAN

INTERACTION...

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DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

...WHAT WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS

HUMAN TO HUMAN INTERACTIONJoel Spolsky

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DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

LONDON, EN, 1600s

200K

TOPEKA, KS, 2011

122K

Great Authors vs. City SizeVarious reputable sources

ShakespeareMarlowe

BaconJonson

etc.

None to speak of

DIGITAL CITY PLANNING????

WHY IS THAT?

DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

We seek to answer some fundamental questions about our digital environment using tested indicators of human behavior from city planning.

&DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

How is 4Chan like 17th century London?

How are brands like 21st century Topeka?

&DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

What’s the bounce rate of a place like Grand Central?

Who is the George Eugéne Hausmann of the Internet?

DIGITAL CITY PLANNING

OUR TALK HAS VALUEKEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

PLANNING FOR EFFECTIVE

DIGITAL WORLDS

CREATING ANDUNDERSTANDINGPATTERNS FORSUCCESS

DEVELOPING CONTINGENCIESFOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

UNDERSTANDINGAND ACCOUNTING FORDIGITAL SCALE

THE TYPES OF DIGITAL

ENVIRONMENTS

HOW DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS

ENCOURAGE OR INHIBIT

BEHAVIOR

HOW TENETS OF

CITY PLANNING

CAN APPLY TO THE

INTERNET

CASE STUDIES AND

DATA FROM OUR

WORK

HOW A CITY

PLANNING LENS

CAN IMPROVE

E-COMMERCE

DIGITAL CITY

PLANNING

Thanks!