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The future of the World Wide Web is local. As we spend more of our lives on our mobile phones, local data and apps become critical in helping us find the restaurant for a lunch meeting, the bar where our be...

The open data platform Socrata just released a new cloud mapping software called  Read more →

I pushed an  Read more →

I just pushed an update for the  Read more →

Urban Airship came out with some new push notification tools this week, including services that allow you to slice-and-dice your mobile application au...

I’m spending more time building, what I’ve dubbed the <...

I’m doing more research for my Local, Mobile, Social Stack, and spending some...

I finished the first version of a business directory WordPress plugin that you can use to deploy a local directory for your Wordpress site or blog. I wanted to make an easy way for non-developers, to launch a local directory for one or multiple busi...

I wanted a way to make the rich content available via CityGrid APIs accessible to anyone, even if you weren't a developer. CityGrid has some great  Read more →

The best of the blog posts and tweets from Localeze, Acxiom, InfoGroup, Verizon, YPG.com, Yahoo GeoPlanet, Foursquare, Facebook, Google Places, Google Mobile Ads, Google Geo, Simple Geo, Factual, Yelp, Fwix, Infochimps, PlacesIQ, HyperPublic and Placecast for the week. In an effort to keep track of whats going on in the local and geo landscape I track on all of the tweets and blog posts from these providers. From the  Read more →

From the Facebook Blog Join the Facebook Platform team at GDC in March - (02/06/2012) - We're excited to announce Facebook Developer Day at Game Developer Conference in San Francisco on Monday, March 5th. Conference attendees are invited to join the Facebook Platform team for interactive discussions thr...

I am working to define a CityGrid Local, Mobile, Social stack, to help CityGrid developer...

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 ...

From the Foursquare Blog From Starbucks to Sports Authority find your favorite places, even in a new city! - (01/27/2012) - Love Starbucks? On Starbucks foursquare pageyoull see a map with all the locations nearby, so you can pick the closest one to visit. Plus, when youre on aparticular Starbuck...

Last week during the Hackathon for Social Good in New York City, I was fortunate...

From the Foursquare Blog Hey LA, now its your turn to save $5 on every Restaurant Week meal! - (01/23/2012) - New York Restaurant Week partnership with American Express, saving Card members $5 on every lunch and dinner they have at over 300 New York eateries. Today, we're excited to ...

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.     Read more →

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 ...

Just three months after Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo, they are  Read more →