Sketch of real-time utilisation indicator on fictional Federation Square bike garage, produced for our work on Melbourne smart city strategy in 2009

On the smart city

Or, a ‘manifesto’ for smart citizens instead

Dan Hill
Dan Hill
Feb 1, 2013 · 44 min read

Ed. Originally published at cityofsound.com on 1st February 2013, based on a couple of essays written, and talks given, during the closing months of 2012.

The smart city. I have “previous” here, over about a decade of writing about the interplay between cities and technology. And particularly, having written about The Street As