Adam Beck
Episode 5: Park futures, a mixed tape
You can listen to this episode of the Urbanism.Live podcast via our website, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. In our...
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Field Notes
Some call them articles, some call them blogs. I like to share field notes - short, sharp observations about what's happened, what's happening and what's emerging. You will also find summary transcripts of the Urbanism.Live podcast episodes here. Enjoy!
Adam Beck
- May 15, 2022
- 1 min
Quick take: If our parks had ears
Want to know what's happening in the public realm? Want to maintain the health of your living infrastructure? Want to validate the user...
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Adam Beck
- May 8, 2022
- 6 min
Episode 4: What is the future for last mile urban freight?
You can listen to the Urbanism.Live podcast via our website here, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. In this episode of the...
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Adam Beck
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
Digital Twins 101: Data, ignited
I wanted to share some notes from my recent presentation to the members of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) on...
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Adam Beck
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Quick Take: Five things to note in the Aotearoa Infrastructure Strategy
New Zealand has just released its 30 year infrastructure strategy, setting the conditions for how it wants its infrastructure systems to...
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Adam Beck
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
Quick take: How we feel about our community - what the socials have to say about it
I've been there and done that. Authentic face-to-face, cup-of-tea-in-hand community engagement. When I was in my community engagement...
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Adam Beck
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Episode 3: Digital by default, infrastructure's next move
In this episode of the Urbanism.Live podcast we look at the 'digital by default' narrative building around the infrastructure sector in...
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Adam Beck
- Apr 18, 2022
- 4 min
Quick take: Should cities matter, to the nation?
At the time of writing this in April 2022, we sit on the eve of an election. And in the digital, data and cities world it's hard not to...
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Adam Beck
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
Quick take: Those smart cities images!
Seriously. Take a look at that image above. What does it even mean? It means nothing. It's nonsense. This has grated on me for years, if...
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Adam Beck
- Apr 16, 2022
- 5 min
Episode 2: What is Digital Urbanism? (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of the two-part series "what is #digitalurbanism?" What is digital urbanism? In part 1 I shared my interpretation of...
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Adam Beck
- Apr 2, 2022
- 1 min
Quick take: This is NatureTech
You will be familiar with FinTech, ClimateTech, PropTech and PlanTech (among others). The [blankTech] agenda is one that see's the...
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Adam Beck
- Jan 14, 2022
- 3 min
Episode 1: What is Digital Urbanism? (Part 1)
This is the first of a two part series on the Urbanism.Live podcast, breaking down the idea of #digitalurbanism. What is digital...
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Adam Beck
- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Preamble: Welcome to Urbanism.Live
Welcome.. to Urbanism.Live, the podcast that explores the edges of digital, data and urbanism. I would like to start by acknowledging the...
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