Comments on: Urban Planning With Digital Tools

By: The Need for a Social Mapping - The Goodspeed Update

The Need for a Social Mapping - The Goodspeed Update — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:34:39 +0000

[...] a reason I told Planning magazine I’m excited about “more accessible and interactive approaches to the [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:34:47 +0000

Cyburbia (http://www.cyburbia.org was the very first online community related to urban planning, but there was no mention of it in the otherwise comprehensive “Building Cities in the Virtual World” article in the April 2008 edition of Planning. Not including Cyburbia was a glaring omission, especially considering the activity and membership of the Cyburbia Forums compared to the relatively sparse and inactive Facebook groups that earned several paragraphs. This comment is just a reminder to those in the planning community that, yes, Cyburbia still exists, and it’s doing quite well.

Cyburbia, founded in 1994, is the Internet’s oldest continuously operating planning-related Web site. Cyburbia has served the planning community for nearly 14 years with very little funding or financial remuneration. The Cyburbia Forums (http://www.cyburbia.org/forums) went online in 1996, and today remains a vibrant virtual third place for planners, students and others interested in the built environment; 5,800 members, 400,000 posts, and still growing.

By: Cathy B

Cathy B — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Congratulations Rob on your latest accomplishments!!!

By: Will

Will — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:58:06 +0000

Actually, he mentions it in the first sentence. What a boring article! I think I’d enjoy it if I’d never heard of blogs (they allow comments? Whoa!) or Youtube (I can see planning students babble about small towns? Neat!), but since I have, I didn’t.

You’re still cool though, Rob.

By: Matt L

Matt L — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:38:06 +0000

You forgot to mention that the article quoted you. Congrats on getting some good press!