From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Meaning Making

August 6, 2010

For the first week and a half in Amsterdam, working on our project felt like subjecting my head to a constant beating from the concrete walls of my apartment. As Rachel has already described, no matter how long we spent caffeinating and brainstorming, nothing seemed to click. Trying to unite both transportation and tourism into [...]

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Wordle from student blogs

August 3, 2010
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Catching Up

August 3, 2010

As might be obvious by now, I have failed to write one blog post per day. In order to play a little bit of catch-up, I’m going to throw together a few short musings. Running Had a really nice run … Continue reading →

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The "what" and the "so what?"

August 3, 2010

I think I have been getting ahead of myself in assuming the concept of livability is commonplace and self-explanatory. I’m not sure where to start in defining this concept, but the Mission Statement of the International Making Cities Livable website communicates the idea well (I will go into it further but please note:  this organization [...]

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The “what” and the “so what?”

August 3, 2010

I think I have been getting ahead of myself in assuming the concept of livability is commonplace and self-explanatory. I’m not sure where to start in defining this concept, but the Mission Statement of the International Making Cities Livable website … Continue reading →

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Video about biking in Amsterdam (for my group)

August 3, 2010

A summary about biking in Amsterdam:

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Ted Talk: When Ideas have Sex

August 2, 2010

This doesn’t really relate to my study abroad, but I figured this blog is a pretty good place to share this video. Most of you reading have probaby heard me talk about www.ted.com, a website about an ongoing series of … Continue reading &#8…

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Running Adventures

August 2, 2010

Since arriving in Amsterdam, I have taken a few runs around various parks in the Netherlands to escape the noise, crowds, and the smell of cannabis wafting out of coffeeshops. So far I have been very impressed! Not straying very far away from the city, I have found fantastic landscapes, impressive wilderness areas, and the [...]

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Bicycle Infrastructure

August 2, 2010
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Daily Diary, July 30th

August 1, 2010

The Video We spent Friday exploring The Hague, which hosts the Netherlands’ seat of government and is just a 50-minute train ride southwest of Amsterdam. Rob announced that the theme for the day was a mix of high and low culture – thoughts on this one, people? But first: we met in the courtyard at [...]

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Surprise, this blog isn’t just for class

August 1, 2010

To those of you who have been waiting for a blog post on my study abroad here in Amsterdam, I have finally found the time, and hopefully this will satisfy your curiosity. Things have been great from the start, as … Continue reading →

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This week is going to be AWEEEEEESOME

August 1, 2010

Reasons: Late start Monday Get to eat and talk about projects, which will be really helpful Research Tuesday, which will be entertaining and very useful as well as laid-back Rotterdam Wednesday, should be really fun John and Elisa are blogging, which should be quite entertaining to read Research again Thursday, more progress, refinement, and laid-back-ness [...]

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Exhibition on Urban Bike Culture

August 1, 2010

Wandering this afternoon in dérive fashion, I happened upon an exhibit of fixed gear bikes.

The curator of this exhibit, Mediamatic, a local software company and creative fixture in Amsterdam, engages also in material culture. In addition to a display of nearly 100 fixed-gear bikes, an indoor track for riding (bikes provided), the exhibit includes a [...]

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Revised Question, Getting Closer…

August 1, 2010

Once again, our group has a new question that is quite different from the last revision. Our new question is: Using Seattle as a reference point, what are the conditions in Amsterdam that make its bicycling infrastructure successful or unsuccessful? With help from our professors, we decided that this question most accurately describes what we [...]

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