We went up and above and made use of our building’s untapped air rights with a Public Laboratory Balloon Mapping Kit. Liz Barry, Leif Percifield, and Jason Eppnik of Public Lab along with our friends at Vizzuality set up shop on our deck and together we assembled and launched the helium balloon and camera rig. We got it as high as Read more…
You’re all invited to the Streetsblog & Streetfilms Happy Hour! Join the Streetsblog and Streetfilms team at Red Lantern, Brooklyn’s premiere cafe bike shop, for an evening of fun and films. Celebrate the growing livable streets movement and meet the stars of the My NYC Biking Story Streetfilms. Drink specials courtesy of Red Lantern. Wednesday, May Read more…
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s space shuttle Enterprise! Friday morning, OpenPlans-ers gathered on the roof to watch Enterprise riding piggyback up the Hudson.
Streetsblog and Streetfilms have launched their spring pledge drive with a goal is to raise $30,000 by June 1. Give to Streetsblog, give to Streefilms, or give to ‘em both. Your giving ensures that your online voice for livable, safe and complete streets stays heard within the public conversation. Thanks to previous support from readers: Streetsblog has produced Read more…
Why is the shift towards open source smart, cost-effective and just plain evolutionary correct? OpenGeo’s Paul Ramsey points out why open source software is the better choice over proprietary software in his presentation “Be Not Afraid .. A Manager’s Guide to Open Source Software.” It covers the who’s, the how’s, and the why’s of the GIS Read more…
Can open source tools and approaches change how we do scenario planning? The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute today launched a new report, Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools. The report emerges from a series of workshops and conversations convened by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute in 2010 and 2011. Read more…
via The Linux Foundation Just what is open source software and how does the open source development process work? This video explains why the development approach for Linux is better, faster and produces a more stable kernel and operating system. There are some pretty eye-opening statistics for the sheer amount of code that is written for Read more…