#countabike

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Tomorrow's Cities: Singapore's plans for a smart nation - BBC News

Smart bus stops and virtual hospitals are all part of Singapore's smart plans but what do citizens think?

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Countabike will be much more fun than this!

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Tumblr told me off.

Inbox this morning, message from Tumblr; Mark, where have you been?! (interrobang need, right there) It was early, I hadn’t slept, I think I told it to fuck off. And yet, it had a point. Where had I been? After the crescendo of the pitches and then straight into super busy end of trimester hand ins, it became obvious how easy it is to fall out of interacting online. Countabike proposal is in full flow which should be, and is my focus, but as we’ve learned elsewhere lines of communication and connections are important, essential actually.

Over the last three months I’ve discovered the value and variation of interactive media and want to get all I can from it in the years to come but I guess the clue’s in the title, interactive. And that’s up to me.

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Last one before the pitch.

Feels like the first solo project blog in a while, and even this one is short. I was just thinking as to why that might be?

With my first idea which changed and changed again I was unsure, not super enthused and wary as to how to proceed with the particular details of my ‘choose your own adventure story’, and yet I blogged quite regularly.

Honestly, I’m wondering if this was a way to feel a sense of accomplishment without having accomplished much? A way of saying I’d worked on my project that day, when my project hadn’t developed much at all?

I suppose it’s all part of the natural development of an idea, how it will change and build from start to finish, but still.

So, I can sort of feel OK about not blogging as much… because I’ve actually been doing it, for real, and enjoying it.

 Good luck tomorrow all!

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Citibikes in NYC use lasers to project a bicycle on the street roughly 15 feet ahead of them. This warns pedestrians who are looking down at their phones or otherwise not paying attention • r/mildlyinteresting

517 points and 38 comments so far on reddit

Deep into R&D for Countabike, I keep coming across cycling related articles and new technologies that tie-in with what I’m trying to do with Countabike regarding a more efficient, easy to navigate/enjoy city space.

This was one of my favs.

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Just a quickie

Group presentations today, and a lot to think about for solo pitching. Key questions, what is it, how will it work, who will want it?

Like with Flat Broke, I hope Countabike will be multipurpose.

Fun but useful.

A way to kill time, but with a purpose.

Statistics and data which to the player is cause for competition and celebration and improvement... if we just sit here and play one. more. time.

For those in charge of running our cities, statistics and data which provide invaluable information, allowing them to make better informed decisions.

Time to design/imagine how the UI will look, how exactly will data be recorded, and who, if anyone would be interested in it?

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Countabike.

TITLE: Countabike

PLATFORM: Mobile

STRAP-LINE: If you enjoy the city and watching the world go by, Countabike is for you. A game that is great fun for the player but also records real world data for city leaders to make the movement of traffic and people safer and more efficient.

Okay, so the strap-line is little dry sounding, I know what it is, now I have to make it appealing and exciting to someone who might think about downloading it.

Countabike by the way is a game my wife, Alison and I invented in Amsterdam, in fact, she’s watching me right now, wondering if she’s been correctly credited. We think it’s fun, and it now seems an ideal combination of fun, people watching, mobile gaming, gamification and improving the city for both inhabitants and visitors, whichever method of transport they use, but particularly cyclists. Just a pleasant and useful way to spend half an hour in a city environment.

Things to now consider and develop: How will the game look? Why will you want to play again? What are the practicalities of its necessary features, gps, wi-fi, camera? How will the experience be different (or even possible) from city to city?

More to follow...