Holes at UW

Current Research Projects

The Participatory Geoweb: Web 2.0 for land use decision making in rural Quebec

Computer Models for Social Change: My postdoctoral advisor, Dr. Renee Sieber at McGill University

Tourism Simulation and Modeling: My doctoral dissertation research site

 

General Geography Interest

The university of the future: a relevant, interdisciplinary institution

Spacing Montreal: An excellent blog on urban issues

Geospatial Revolution: Videos produced by Penn State on why location matters.

Economic Change in Waterloo Region

Meaghan and Pete's big ride

Buzztracker-World News, Mapped (see what is happening, and where)

Geosimulation.org

Journal Publishing for Geographers

NASA's Visible Earth (Satellite Imagery)

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS): A fantastic way to disseminate computer-based research findings.

 

Tourism, IT, and Community Development

University of Illinois Extension

CSIRO Tourism Futures Simulator

Kiwitrails New Zealand

Ontario's Rural Economic Development Data and Intelligence (REDDI)

Canadian Social Economy Hub

Communautique, a Quebec social economy and IT project

Bridging the Divides, a 3 year project in BC that focused on innovative learning strategies for community development

 

Academia

The End of Theory essay by Chris Anderson

Facebook for academics: academia.edu

Yellow Book Guide to Academic Life

Tim McDaniels Sustainability "Manifesto"

Strunk and White On-Line

 

Fun Stuff

One of the most addictive on-line games ever: Planarity

Contagious Media

Laboratory of Experimental Tourism

MENSA Workout

PhD Comic Strip

Make your own Powerpoint themes

The classic pro-bicycle book, Energy and Equity, by Ivan Illich.

Where's my $5 bill?

Actor, writer, and poet extraordinaire: Abby Paige

The coolest custom bicycle *ever*

Boxcar Fred and his stories of train hopping

What could a $100 Laptop accomplish?

Live in Guysborough County

The Standford Prison Experiment

Insane Home Bouldering Wall

The Cuba Diet

Cooking for Engineers