It seems that more often the various rankings that compare life style across countries or cities use at least some metric related to the connectedness of their populations. Whether they measure adoption of mobile technology, Internet infrastructure or number of servers hosted, their attempt reflects an important reality of our times: the success [...]
Entries from August 2007
most broadband users
August 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: City · Statistics
facebook for global citizens
August 25th, 2007 · No Comments
One of my first posts in this blog described a simple method to exchange valuable information among global citizens. The method suggested in global citizen was never adopted by anyone but the idea didn’t die. This past week our team released a Facebook application called My City, which has the potential to accomplish [...]
Tags: City · Cosmopolitan · Global Citizen · social networks
the economist on liveability
August 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’m sure is not because Monocle released their most liveable cities report just a month ago, but now is The Economist releasing their Liveability rankings with the article Where the grass is greener. While Monocle’s report came in the form of a wonderful edition, perfectly written and documented, the Economist Intelligence Unit barely [...]
Tags: City · Cosmopolitan · Global Citizen · Globalization · Statistics
memorable experiences
August 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Half-drunk with a bottle of Casillero del Diablo, sitting on the floor in the middle of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, having had a great lunch at Museo Del Jamon, and enjoying a spontaneus “Concierto de Aranjuez” interpreted by an anonymous street musician, it felt very close to the most perfect vacation moment I’d ever had. [...]
Tags: City · Cosmopolitan · Culture · Tourism · Travel