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The amount of open data available right now can be dizzying and overwhelming. When looking thr...
In February I’m spending more time building, what I’ve dubbed the CityGrid Local, Mobile, Social Stack, a list of APIs, platforms and tools that you can use in your local-mobile applications.
Of course CityG...
I’m working on several prototypes for building CityGrid local directories, demonstrating best practices when building web and mobile apps using CityGrid APIs. One question I’ve gotten a lot lately is how are developers supposed to...
When I started working with the CityGrid Places API I needed a project to help me learning about how to use...
I’m a web application developer. I can efficiently build web applications, but when it comes to the UI, I know what looks good, but I struggle to actually implement a consistent look ...
I am sitting at the Wash Tub Laundromat in Manhattan ...
Last week during the Hackathon for Social Good in New York City, I was fortunate...
A recent image from ProPublica.org demonstrates the power of the people via the Internet, when it came to influencing our Government. The image shows which members of Congress changed their position after the blackout protest of January 18, 2012.
I was at the Facebook Mobile Hackathon at a hotel in Boston today, and during the event the Internet started going in and out, and eventually stopped working.
Since every demo was using the Facebook platform...
With Urban AirShip shutting down SimpleGeo there are many developers left with the decision of where to go ...
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Just three months after Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo, they are 
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I needed a way to tell the story of the CityGrid API from the perspective of cities across the United States. The way I tell stories is th...
To kick-off my role as API Evangelist at CityGrid, I took a
As the Iowa caucuses, the first official vote of the 2012 primary season, come to a head, the republican candidates are working are to make their case to communities across the state.
Whether via local cafes, truckstops, social networks, web sites, newspapers or polls everyone want to get their finger on the pulse of how ...
LinkedIn has just open-sourced the technology behind IndexTank under the Apache 2.0 License.
The IndexTank technology has three separate toolsets:
PyLadies, an organization that works to bring women to the forefront of the open source world is now offering a grant program for women in the Python community.
The grant aims to make the conference more affordable for women of all levels of experience from all over the world. With an increasing focus on...
I needed to learn more about theCityGrid APIs. What better way than to actually build a prototype.
I thought it would be good to have a 
