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Reading the article “What if You Could Choose Between the Fastest Rout and the Most  Beautiful?” by Lex Berko, she first talk about the mapping tool and how it takes us from point A to point B. Berko contines in to detail explaining how the rout is a “garbage-stream.” She states “… how could a mapping service know how to take science value of a rout into account…” Berko is expelling how the maps we use today gives us the fastest rout from point A to point B but the rout does not take scenery to consideration. She continues in the following paragraphs talking about the calibration of  Yahoo Labs and the  University of Torino  and the research they created, the research paper that released stated that mapping apps could with time provide a route that is more  “beautiful or quit”. They concluded that if a large enough group participate in the experiment they see a general agreement between the locations. The author completes his article by giving the reader some advice in taking a detour and how is could help the day become more enjoyable.

Fastest Route or Most Beautiful?

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In the article ” What If You Could Choose Between the Fastest Route and the Most Beautiful” written by Lex Berko, the author discussed an experiment that may eventually take the form of an app. The app would allow people to chose whether they would take a different route to their destination, if it was an enjoyable experience. The reasoning for this experiment was the idea that”mapping apps are fantastic but are also a little soulless”, which is the sentence the author opened the article with. This claim was then supported by the idea of how quickly the mapping apps gets you from one place to another but along that route it may be an unpleasant experience. The text further discussed the results from a survey that the researchers gave to people that lived in London and discussed the differences between each area they seemed to think was more happy, beautiful or calm. In this article the author had a tone of optimism, because they discussed having hope that in the future there will be something that would allow people to have the opportunity of choosing the most beautiful based on their preference.

A Literary Visitor Strolls in From The Airport summary

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In The article A Literary Visitor Strolls in From The Airport an author named Will Self who was originally from London wanted to explore New York. He surprisingly walked 26 miles from his house in London to Heathrow which is fascinating . Will Self is a former drug addict and alcoholic and has been clean for 8 years. In his spare time he runs for miles on miles, he feels that walking for miles makes him feel better than drugs and alcohol ever did. Will Walked from JFK airport to Manhattan his reason for doing this was to explore and actually see the different parts of our city. Throughout the rest of the article Will explores the different parts of our city and explains how communities change on his journey to Manhattan.

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In the article “A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the Airport” by Charles McGrath something that was pointed out was that a man named Will Self came to New York to discover the city life. The way he explores New York is interesting. The fact that he walked 26 miles from his house to the airport is amazing. The fact that  a lot of people don’t do that or have the same mindset as Mr.Self. As well something that this article covers is the fact that he enjoys exploring New York. Mr.Self likes getting to know what New York is all about. What this article covers most is how Mr.Self goes everyday walking in New York. Which makes readers question whether or not he is obsessed with walking.  The amount of walking he does from certain areas and describes his interactions with other people around the area shows he is trying to react something. As well it ties on how Mr.Self overcomes his challenges which is walking. It states in the article “Alcohol and drugs tend to keep you from taking walk…But I’m not addicted, he said. I don’t need to score a walk”. So what this shows is that how some people are addicted to drugs where in Mr.Self situation he isn’t addicted to walking. It’s the fact that it’s a goal of his to achieve and it happens to be in New York that he achieves it at. The key point from this article is Mr.Self walking. The fact that he walks 20 miles and 26 miles shows that he wants to accomplish something big.

City Limits Summary

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In the article City Limits by Colson Whitehead, he explains his lifestyle living in New York. He first talks about his first ever experience “Building his New york” which was on the No.1 Train looking out the window on the way to 125th st. Whitehead goes on to tell us that you should never listen to what others have to say about New York, you should go out and experience it for yourself. He then goes on to say That New York is always changing, nothing usually stays the same. The movie theaters, restaurants, stores, etc wont be here in a couple years from now. Whitehead then goes on to tell the readers that we neglect a lot of the things that we have now and regret them later. He says that we can never make proper goodbyes. I Completely agree, even now a lot of things are changing in the neighborhoods that we live in today. I learned a lot from Colson, you should enjoy and appreciate your “New York” and never take anything for granted.

Colson Whitehead “City Limits” Summary

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“City Limits” is a post from The Colossus of New York written by Colson Whitehead, the entire article is about their experience living in New York City. The entire article has a very conversational tone, like the author is talking to a friend rather than millions of people on the internet. Whitehead goes into detail about his initial thoughts of New York City, he remembers looking out the subway window as the train left the tunnel and thought that everything is filthy and he still calls a building he saw the Pan Am building simply because that is what he grew up with. New York City is a city that never stays the same after a day, there is always some old building being torn down for a new coffee shop or some random new open space that appears out of nowhere. This article is talking about the differences between tourists in New York and natives of New York. Tourists always come to New York City for the many different fun things to do and fantastic places to see, however, to a native of new york some new shopping center used to be an old park or the old and dirty sidewalk you used to walk down is now new and sparkly. In New York City there are a lot of nameless cities in new york city, filled with people who have different versions of what their new york city is like. However, it doesnt change the fact that one way or another new york city people are all neighbors. I think that is the point that Colson Whitehead is trying to make at the end of his article, despite the many, many differences there are in the city everyone is still close to each other one way or another.

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In the article “City Limits”, Whitehead said that everyone became a New Yorkers when they first land their steps on this states. He wasn’t born here, in fact, his first home was on the uptown No.1 train. Whitehead said no matter how much the environments or the buildings changed, it will still be the same as he first saw it. One part I really like is “never listen to what people tell you about old New York, because if you don’t witness it, it is not a part of your New York and might as well be Jersey.” I totally agree to it. You can never experiences the place just by listening to the descriptions of the others, you have to witness it yourself to truly know what New York looks like. Everyone has different views and opinion about something, what they said about New York could be different from what you thought. What I learn from Whitehead is that, as time flies, our neighborhood changes. The views you see today can changed by tomorrow, the deli or the restaurant you eat in today can be vanished the next time you visit. Enjoy and appreciate everything around because you never know when is the last time you’re going to see them.

“City Limits” Summary

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In the essay written by Colson Whitehead titled “ City Limits” he discussed the overlapping of New York, which he called his home and how each person has a different perspective of it. The essay involved the changes in the city, regardless of the new buildings and things they create it will always bring back the feeling of nostalgia for him. One way he portrays that feeling is by repeating the name that he knew a place once was called, although someone would correct him he would continue calling it that because that’s what he saw. Also he stated that there are “eight million naked cities in this naked city” which goes to show that although this may be his norm, it could be your unusual in terms of views on the city. He goes very detailed on supporting his ideas using examples from things he encountered during his time such as changes made to buildings name. His tone is very nostalgic because he is reminiscing on an important time period that will continue to change and his idea of New York will continue to dwindle away. His overall message was that there are hidden things underneath what we see now in New York City but it could also be related to anywhere and that we may have encountered one another without even knowing due to overlapping.

Why Collaborate?

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The article “Why Collaborate” is written by Ellen Lupton who is a curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design museum in New York City and a director of the Graphic design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.

In the article Lupton talks about their experience in collaborating with other people, initially he says “I’d love to collaborate, as long as I can work alone”. The tone for this article starts off a bit stand-offish because of past experiences with working with other people. “It can be frustrating, however, when a few people are doing the heavy lifting and others are there only to ‘insure consensus’ or ‘weigh in’ on concepts”. The ideal goal of working in a collaboration is to collectively work together to achieve a specific goal, it can only happen when all members of that group are doing their fair share of the work but Lupton has had a bad experience with collaborating.

Lupton then goes on to talk about their situation in school, “in my own experiences as a student, I have enjoyed voluntary informal collaborations with my friends”. In school, students are generally in a place where collaboration is always happening. Students can provide each other a healthy amount of challenges, inspiration and life hack information that pertains to every day life. Lupton was surprised upon hearing of a group of young architects who have come together with their own unique skills and put them all together to create one spectacular thing. Through out the rest of this article from that point on, the tone changes into something inspiring as Lupton realizes that collaborating doesn’t stop at kids but continues on throughout life.

To give a short synopsis, this article is about the pros and cons of collaborations and why they’re important.

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In “Why Collaborate?” an essay written by Ellen Lupton in 2005, she talks about the types of group work she enjoys. She likes voluntary and impromptu collaborative efforts in the classroom, but frowns upon arbitrary forced group work. She goes on to talk about how the friends and social networks you create can stick with you for life. These social networks can be a source of artistic inspiration, healthy competition, and informal education. All of which could be more useful than anything you learn in school. She talks about how outside of forced group work and school, many groups of people have voluntarily worked together to do amazing things. New software designers such as the team behind Open Office, are able to create amazing products by pooling together their financial, social and intelligence resources. These young teams of creators are collaborating to create great things. They are able to achive far more than the individual. They also allow the individual to achive much more by giving them exposure. An example is a group of MICA students who collaborated to create a book full of DIY (do it yourself) instructions. They were able to collectively release a book, but also give every author an individual spotlight. So collaborating is one of the skills that actually transend the classroom. Successful collaborations are essentially small democracies. Collaborations help people come to consensus. They help to create greater thinkers and better things