Are you a web developer with Python and Geo chops, looking for a fun side project? Even better, are you also a resident of Greater Boston, interested in city planning and civic engagement? Do you know someone who is? If so, let us know. The Open Planning Project is partnering with the Somerville Community Corporation Read more…
We’re still in the process of collecting all of the material from the DevCamp, structuring it on the wiki, and recharging the mailing list to coordinate next steps for developing the API. For now, this video provides a good summary of some of the things that were covered at the event. The video is broken Read more…
I hope it was no surprise that my keynote at FOSS4G this week was partly about open source business models and the whole product, because that’s what I’ve been thinking about (and to an extent, blogging about here) for the last six months or so. And the good news (to me) is that the concept Read more…
A while back I started using Chrome, and it has this clever little feature where if you type in “amazon” and hit tab it will search the Amazon site with Google Search. I’ve always found Amazon’s search to be really poor. I’m not sure what it should be doing, but whatever it is doing it Read more…
On Wednesday, Phil Ashlock of TOPP Labs appeared on Brian Lehrer Live. Along with Chris Schoenfeld of StationStops.com, Phil spoke about transit applications, Open 311 and opportunity for open government initiatives to "unleash an unlimited number of ways that data can be used." The video is available here, and Chris and Phil appear starting at Read more…
Tonight at 7:30 EST, tune in as Brian Lehrer interviews Philip Ashlock of TOPP Labs. You’ll be able to view the webcast here. 6:30pm update from Philip Ashlock: I just came back from the studio taping and thought I’d mention a few things I didn’t have a chance to cover during the interview. One good Read more…