allan tear
About: parallel entrepreneur
current affiliations | aptus collaborative | business innovation factory | hackable city | summit neighborhood association
interested in:
- applying open source and hackability to social contexts and environments (cities and neighborhoods, for example)
- technology-enabled innovation
- virtual organizations
Blog Posts
HIOW: How cool is Hub2 ?
--I'm a sucker for trying to find valid crossovers between virtual worlds and our real world, where the interplay adds to our face-to-face interactio...
City News: Daniel Yem, Year Up Apprentice
--From the City News interview series...Young Apprentices Get a Year to Seize Their Future CareersIn August, when most graduating students have moved...
Providence #5 for Block Parties
--Best Places just named their top ten cities in the US for block parties, and Providence ranked #5. I'm not sure how valid the research methodology ...
HIOW: Guerilla Drive-In
--Hackable Idea of the Week has been on a bit of a hiatus, but a story on NPR's Weekend Edition caught my ear.Across the country, citizen-run guerill...
City News: Ronnie Young, Greater Elmwood
--From the City News Interview Series...GENS Community Building Director Ronnie Young: “The only way we’re going to be able to build a livable, comfo...
Citizens for Responsible Parking
--Some folks in south Providence have started a grass-roots organization called Citizens for Resident Permit Parking (CRPP), to advocate for a reside...
Bookmarks:
Tarpipe begins to tackle personal content overload
very cool data piping service.
Owen Johnson and Wayne Franklin on Providence Innovation Economy
Owen and Wayne go toe-to-toe with skeptical interviewers on the potential for Providence to succeed as an innovation economy hub.
Greening the data center | Tech News on ZDNet
good summary of current data center trends around green, including reducing power consumption and virtualization.
RIPEC: Policy Area - Education in Rhode Island
source document for the RIASC (Tim Duffy) argument that consolidation won't get RI what we think - turns out to be a bit more nuanced than the RIASC presentation.
Woonsocket Call - Would consolidated school districts save taxpayer dollars?
I don't buy this math, but I'll look it up. This Tim Duffy guy seems like he is protecting the status quo at every turn.
Principal selected for Nathan Bishop | Education |
michael Lazzareschi from mlk named as principal for our new middle school.
