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Aug. 11th Daily Diary: Utrecht

August 14, 2010

Meeting in the courtyard at 8:30 this morning, we prepared for our final “excursion”, that to the city of Utrecht. A few lost and mostly recovered souls later (one was not yet destined to cross paths with the rest of … Continue reading →

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Some quick thoughts from a miserably infrequent blogger…

August 14, 2010

Learning by doing… an abstract ideal that I’ve never understood more clearly than now. My time in Amsterdam has been the most entrepreneurial educational experience I’ve ever had. There is a wonderful immediacy to cold-calling professionals and experts,  biking through … Continue reading

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Daily Diary: Utrecht

August 14, 2010

Dear Blog, It’s finally my turn to write the Daily Diary. And I’ve had the good fortune to be assigned the day we went to Utrecht, our last scheduled day of adventuring. Hoorah! We began with the familiar 8:30 meet up and scenic route to Amsterdam Centraal, which is always a brilliant way to start [...]

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Human Subjects: New Video on Bicycling

August 13, 2010

Here is a video of selected clips from interviews that I recorded. I took the advice from the professors and edited the material to make it easier to understand and visually appealing. I plan to use this in our presentation and in our wiki to help portray our analysis of the interviews. If you watch [...]

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Daily Diary: Monday, August 9, 2010

August 10, 2010

Today, our activities and discussion focused on Bijlmermeer, a former ghetto in the south-east of Amsterdam.  We began our morning meeting at 8:30, as per usual, but as it had been a few days since our last scheduled early morning activity, I and many of my comrades seemed a bit out-of-sorts.  Nonetheless, we listened attentively … Read more

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Post: Project Update

August 10, 2010

Our project took huge leaps and bounds this weekend which involved several interviews, working on the Google map tagging, and a discussion about our project. On Friday, we met with our professors and illuminated a whole new area in our research project. Ever since the beginning, we were focused on the materialistic values of our [...]

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In the words of Daniel Powter: I had a bad day

August 9, 2010

Let this be quick, as my Monday blues don’t need to be relived in length. Let me also say, Jenny, I am doing this for you, as something in this blogging process helps me articulate what I am unable to … Continue reading

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In the words of Daniel Powter: I had a bad day

August 9, 2010

Let this be quick, as my Monday blues don’t need to be relived in length. Let me also say, Jenny, I am doing this for you, as something in this blogging process helps me articulate what I am unable to while you patiently sit through my mumbles. Cross your fingers some wiki-worthy jargon will be [...]

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Da Daily Diary

August 9, 2010

I woke up a little before my alarm, my feet stinging slightly from the cold. Some nights, my feet slide from the cozy confines of the duvet cover and sniff the twilit air. A shower would warm them up. I did my 450 sit-ups and fried a couple eggs. I thought for a moment about [...]

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Daily Dairy: Den Haag — VIDEO, part 1

August 8, 2010

The “making of” process for this video is actually much more interesting than the video itself, but, nevertheless, I’ll give you the video first: Now, the more interesting and painful details for why it’s taking me so long to get these videos out there. 1: The Beginning “Booms” In taking everyone’s picture, I had envisioned [...]

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My tipping point?

August 7, 2010

I think I hit it. I would hope it I hit it, it is almost my fourth week here… There was a point, sitting in French 103 during winter quarter of freshman year at UW, while Jillian was expressively chattering in … Continue reading

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My tipping point?

August 7, 2010

I think I hit it. I would hope it I hit it, it is almost my fourth week here… There was a point, sitting in French 103 during winter quarter of freshman year at UW, while Jillian was expressively chattering in French that a lightbulb literally could have illuminated above my head. I was understanding spoken [...]

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New Question and Possibly the Last Revision

August 6, 2010

The revision this time was relatively small and addressed the specificity and clarity of our previous question. Our new question is: What are the most important conditions that allow bicycling to be a viable form of transportation in Amsterdam? Although we decided not to included Seattle in the question, we still intend to compare Amsterdam [...]

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Daily Diary: August 4th

August 6, 2010

If you don’t feel like reading the whole passage the most important facts of the day can be found in the video embedded at the bottom.  Enjoy! (specifically 1:13) Our second big group outing outside of Amsterdam was also our … Continue reading

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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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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 … 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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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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