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riordan
2,324karma·110submissions·September 29, 2009
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Mapbox is working on a really slick tool for guided feature extraction from satellite maps [1] that'll be part of the iD editor for OpenStreetMap. I'm hoping this will provide a HUGE help in…
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OSM's been pretty hardcore about their no import policy because of accuracy issues in validation. They want to map these places themselves and don't want to trust others for accuracy, let al…
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I'm part of the team at NYPL Labs that's been working on these historical geospatial projects for the past few years (The Vectorizer is the work of our own @MGA), and that's EXACTLY wha…
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Pretty sweet. The real-ish station status data's got to be pretty interesting in aggregate. I'm also looking forward to people competitively racing these things with the personal trip data a part of t…
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The return of FuckedCompany is upon us... sorta
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Let us know if you want contributions to help offset it. Count me in.
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Additionally, it appears Archive Team is on the case: https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/290097792838406145
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Considering Aaron's legacy of "full-time, uncompromising, reckless and delightful shit-disturb[ing]" as so eloquently put by Cory Doctorow, he probably wouldn't have wanted us to deal with the trivial…
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We're really looking forward to seeing what you've got in store on Tuesday. It's been a while since the Interactive News Team profile a few years back; I think we'd all like to know how a major night …
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I know the rules for headline changes, so I won't suggest one, but the real takeaway here is Valve's big move toward wearable computing.
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This is among the most brilliant digital preservation strategies I've encountered. You want to make sure your material lasts as long as possible? Get it out on bittorrent. End of story. We wonder what…
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Yet isn't this precisely DirecTV's point? One of DirecTV's core claims has been that online streaming of TV content undermines the value proposition of for-pay television [1]. I get that having your m…
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This is exactly it! And it's fundamentally a transformative concept for "cultural memory organizations" as libraries, archives and museums often (somewhat pretentiously) call themselves. Of course, th…
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Can't agree more. Having once been a publicist, the first rule of dealing with the press is to realize that they have ALL the power and that anything you do must be in service of that. The notion that…
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I don't say this to be snarky, but I will say that this post about yahoo is a link to yahoo's press release portal aggregating third party press releases kind of indicates where they're going. Yahoo N…
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The call is limited to the first 100 individuals to respond who also signed an ACTA or SOPA petition. Anyone know of a good tool to call in and rebroadcast the call so everyone can listen?
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The surprising thing is we already have this very program: Under the EB-5 program for investors, by investing $500k in a targeted high unemployment area in a capital intensive project that creates job…
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It's completely a generalizable solution. From upstart standups who tape their open night sets for YouTube to seasoned comics with tv shows and HBO specials like Louis CK and David Cross (who similarl…