Albert R Carter

Building a Carshare

Albert R Carter — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Do you want a shared car, or do you want to share your car?

I recently re-structured a car sharing group, together with 9 other people and two vehicles. I can now drive a car as much as I like for less than I would have otherwise pay to own …

A Bank.Green Recap

Albert R Carter — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Being good at doing good

Say you've just graduated college, bright, starry-eyed, and passionate about doing good in the world. Your first move may be to join a mission-driven organization where you'll spend a few years working on issues you care about, maybe visiting an orphanage or two, maybe surviving …

Structure and Governance for Intentional Communities

Albert R Carter — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200

I was recently involved in designing a governance structure for the intentional ecological community in which I live. This is an overview of that structure followed by a translated and heavily edited version of the structure itself.

Edit from June 2026, roughly 3 years after publication: This structure continues to …

parcelLab

Albert R Carter — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Managed large-scale data ingestion from customers and carriers at parcelLab.

Defunding Putins War

Albert R Carter — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Are you feeling upset but helpless as Ukraine’s war rumbles on? It might not be realistic to suddenly stop buying gas and you’re probably not in a position to pick up a gun and join the fight. And as you’ve found your way here, you were probably …

Learning Dutch the Slow Way

Albert R Carter — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200

The world's full of pithy headlines: How to stop procrastinating. "Learn to code in 15 minutes." "7 Emails you should send every week." "How to Learn any Language in 3 Months."

They're needy. They overpromise. And they underdeliver. They always do.

This is post about learning Dutch the slow way …

A Conquistador, the Climate Crisis, and the Finances of Atrocity

Albert R Carter — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Content warning: violence, sexual assault

Hernán Cortés' greed knew no bounds. Even after he and his 600 soldiers landed in present-day Mexico, toppled the Aztec Empire, murdered some 100,000 people, raped and enslaved uncounted others, and looted its precious stones, gold, and silver, he wanted more.

He went on …

Closing The BikePoints Project

Albert R Carter — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100

"BikePoint" wayfinding is an innovative system of wayfinding in widespread use in Western Europe, but practically unknown and unheard of in the United States. A BikePoint wayfinding system is made of many "bike points," which are of numbered intersections connected by well-labeled bike-friendly routes. They simplify bicycle navigation while routing …

October Update

Albert R Carter — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100

As chill winds descend from the north and leaves turn to yellow and red, fall, and crunch underfoot, I wish we could huddle together, sharing hot drinks and thoughts, and feeling comfort in one another’s presence. Instead, we congregate over Zoom calls and emails, seeking connectedness in the harsh …

A Dutch Import We Can All Love: Bike Points

Albert R Carter — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200

by Albert Carter and Alex Crompton.

Update, November 4, 2020: a BikePoints website is now live.

Update, October 15, 2020: The City of Cambridge, MA is showing some interest in this, since it fits well into the Cambridge 2020 Bicycle Plan. If you're also interested in this, please encourage them …

3. Amplifying Corporate Dissent: A Tactic to Take Down Fossil Fuels

Albert R Carter — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200

This is one of a series of potential tactics to use against fossil fuel companies, meant to limit their ability to supply fossil fuels.

1. Phishing for Leaks | 2. Crashing the Roadshow | 3. Amplifying Corporate Dissent (you are here)

This campaign is presented in draft form. It would be helpful …

2. Crashing the Roadshow: A Tactic to Take Down Fossil Fuels

Albert R Carter — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200

This is one of a series of potential tactics against fossil fuel companies, meant to limit their ability to supply fossil fuels.

1. Phishing for Leaks | 2. Crashing the Roadshow (you are here) | 3. Amplifying Corporate Dissent

This campaign is presented in draft form. It would be helpful to know …

1. Phishing for Leaks: A Tactic to Take Down Fossil Fuels

Albert R Carter — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200

This is one of a series of potential tactics against fossil fuel companies, meant to limit their ability to supply fossil fuels.

1. Phishing for Leaks (you are here) | 2. Crashing the Roadshow | 3. Amplifying Corporate Dissent

This campaign is presented in draft form. It would be helpful to know …

June-July Update

Albert R Carter — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200

📢 June - July Update

It's the end of July, and time for an update on my activist strategy and activities. Because this is only for own audience (distribution via email and the website), it's much rougher than other pieces I may put online.

I'm curious to know what you notice about …

6 Ways That Pandemics and the Environment Are Inseparable

Albert R Carter — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200

Pandemics, ecology, and climate are hopelessly intertwined. The climate and ecological crisis sickens and displaces both wild animals and human beings. It creates excellent conditions for pests like ticks and mosquitoes to breed as well as for deadly bacteria to multiply. And it literally thaws ancient pathogens from the ground …

Why a blog?

Albert R Carter — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200

I'm departing on an activist adventure.

I've worked on the fringes of environmental activism for years. Among my projects, I started a well-reputed Extinction Rebellion group, and worked with friends to map inconsistencies methane leak reporting.

Many of the skills that I've acquired through work and my personal life (agile …

Shipping Vessel Prediction

Albert R Carter — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Predicted cargo vessels' next ports of call and arrival times.

Transcript Transcription

Albert R Carter — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100

A project to extract structured data from messy university transcript images.

Auto Tuning Models (ATM)

Albert R Carter — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0200

A scalable application for selecting and tuning machine learning models.

Trane

Albert R Carter — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0200

A library for automatically generating prediction problems from structured data.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Albert R Carter — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Worked on research and management projects at MIT's CSAIL Big Data Initiative and Living Lab.

Industry Outlook

Albert R Carter — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100

A data science project analyzing automation across industry sectors.

Robot Studio

Albert R Carter — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100

A web app allowing end-users to train ML models without labeled data.

Aurum

Albert R Carter — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0100

An application for large-scale data discovery with query algebra.

LostLeaks

Albert R Carter — Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00:00 +0200

Analyzed natural gas leaks in Eastern Massachusetts to identify anomalies.

BigDawg

Albert R Carter — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0100

A data polystore and query system for searching across multiple database types.

DataHub

Albert R Carter — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0100

A data collaboration and sharing ecosystem developed at MIT.

GetFit

Albert R Carter — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0100

An iOS app for motion data collection in a fitness competition.

OpenPDS

Albert R Carter — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0100

A distributed system to preserve user privacy while collecting and sharing data.

Northeastern University

Albert R Carter — Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 +0200

Earned a Master of Science in Information Systems while working full-time at MIT.

OpenSensing

Albert R Carter — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0100

An open-source library for collecting sensor data from iOS devices.

BikeTrace

Albert R Carter — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

An iOS application for recording and displaying bicycle trips.

Open Source Soylent

Albert R Carter — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

An open-source project to create a meal replacement formula.

Brown University

Albert R Carter — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Earned a BA in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (now known as BEO).