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<\/a><\/p>\nRestaurants post favorable reviews in their windows. Beyond advertising and good press, what other civic information from newspapers can be added onto the places they describe?<\/p>\n
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- Schedules of events that happen regularly. Or if the event is well known, list the deviations instead.<\/li>\n
- Reminders of what’s coming to the space. X marks the development site. <\/li>\n
- Reminders of what’s been in the space. Each of these silhouettes represents a cyclist hit at this intersection. This footprint marks where the demolished building stood.<\/li>\n
- Highlight a path: this way to Davis Square.<\/li>\n
- Post who’s in charge, how to contact them, and what they’ve done in the past. The Alderman for this district, X, is responsible for: …<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
RFID promises to make place-specific information accessible on a large scale. But “soon” has been “soon” for over 4 years now, and we aren’t seeing any widespread adoption in civic settings. And it won’t be a technology accessible to those who would benefit the most from that type of annotation.<\/p>\n
For now, it’s the arrows spray-painted on the ground and the fliers taped on telephone poles that are the most relevant and useful. Decidedly low-tech, but the methods of getting them up don’t have to be.<\/p>\n
“Pay Attention,” says this guerilla crochet project.<\/p>\n
— Matt Hampel<\/p>\n
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