omnitopia

I've been thinking about the idea of "omnitopia" again: basically, Andrew Wood at San Jose State put a name to the absolute same-ness of American suburbs, and furthermore, to most stores and shops that dot the country.

no I said I want it WITHOUT pickles goddamit 2005

I've been thinking about the idea of "omnitopia" again: basically, Andrew Wood at San Jose State put a name to the absolute same-ness of American suburbs, and furthermore, to most stores and shops that dot the country.

the charm of the highway strip 2005

It's more evidence of what Andrew Wood at San Jose State calls "omnitopia," which are workplaces of "ubiquitous, ever-present environments" - we've all seen people make the same damn coffee drinks in about 4000 locations all over the country.

5/30/02 We're back up in 2002

It's more evidence of what Andrew Wood at San Jose State calls "omnitopia," which are workplaces of "ubiquitous, ever-present environments" - we've all seen people make the same damn coffee drinks in about 4000 locations all over the country.

5/1/02 I read this today: 2002

It explores Wood's definition of "omnitopia," a place and state fueled by the sameness of experiences in modern public places and enabled by personal technology.

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I wonder how omnitopia relates to the concept of a "transit village," several of which are proposed around New Jersey, Calif, and a few others places ...

recant buy me love 2005

Has our omnitopia chit chat made her homesick, or is she glad to be oceans away from the nearest Hardee's (or as my daughter calls it, Stardee's)?

players only love you when they're playin' 2005

I think that the whole concept of omnitopia is ingrained in all of us at this point.

the charm of the highway strip 2005

I just thought I'd toss in my five cents for anyone wanting to learn more about omnitopia as it expands (and meets its edges).

the charm of the highway strip 2005

Nothing gives off the sheen of safety more than the identical omnitopia of America's fast-food joints, Home Depots and acres of asphalt around strip malls, and now those havens even in the whitest of breads known as Northern Virginia – have been turned into hotbeds of fear.

10/20/02 In an interesting discussion 2002