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  • We launched a beta today of our mobile potholes map, which features extensive use of geolocation using the user’s Web browser. This has been on my and James Wilkerson’s plate for a long time, and it feels really good to...

    Location-aware potholes map lives!

    We launched a beta today of our mobile potholes map, which features extensive use of geolocation using the user’s Web browser. This has been on my and James Wilkerson’s plate for a long time, and it feels really good to...

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  • This week I’m getting to sink my teeth into one of my big priorities for the year: building mobile websites. Yes, websites and not apps. I’d love to be building phone apps as well, but for now in the interest...

    Frustrated with all things BlackBerry

    This week I’m getting to sink my teeth into one of my big priorities for the year: building mobile websites. Yes, websites and not apps. I’d love to be building phone apps as well, but for now in the interest...

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  • Location awareness, Facebook Connect and the first time we've ever sent data TO a local government.

    New project: Killing potholes with user input, local government support

    Location awareness, Facebook Connect and the first time we've ever sent data TO a local government.

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  • Lots of photos from my trip to Denmark are now posted! Highlights include Koldinghus: Tivoli at Jul, with København city hall in the background: Smørrebrød in Amagerbro:

    Denmark photos!

    Lots of photos from my trip to Denmark are now posted! Highlights include Koldinghus: Tivoli at Jul, with København city hall in the background: Smørrebrød in Amagerbro:

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  • I’m waiting groggily (not the Tivoli kind of grog) and a bit grumpily for my flight out of København. I’ve had a great time in Denmark and will have a lot more to say in the next few days, but...

    Danmark, farvel

    I’m waiting groggily (not the Tivoli kind of grog) and a bit grumpily for my flight out of København. I’ve had a great time in Denmark and will have a lot more to say in the next few days, but...

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  • Hello, Denmark visitors! I can see some traffic coming in from the GeoForum site, and rest assured, I’m plugging away and putting the finishing touches on my presentation for Kortdage 2009 in Kolding next week. I’ll be talking about the...

    Danmark, her kommer jeg!

    Hello, Denmark visitors! I can see some traffic coming in from the GeoForum site, and rest assured, I’m plugging away and putting the finishing touches on my presentation for Kortdage 2009 in Kolding next week. I’ll be talking about the...

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  • I haven’t done a full project posting for this one yet (it’s a bit older than this site), but clearly I’m going to have to now: The Des Moines Register’s Guatemala: Hope At Any Cost project is a winner of...

    Guatemala project wins national APME award

    I haven’t done a full project posting for this one yet (it’s a bit older than this site), but clearly I’m going to have to now: The Des Moines Register’s Guatemala: Hope At Any Cost project is a winner of...

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  • It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I can’t forget to mention the biggest news of late: The Des Moines Register took home two regional Emmy awards last month! Buddy Holly: 50 Years After the Crash That Changed...

    Buddy Holly, Parkersburg projects win regional Emmy awards

    It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I can’t forget to mention the biggest news of late: The Des Moines Register took home two regional Emmy awards last month! Buddy Holly: 50 Years After the Crash That Changed...

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  • Andy Woodruff is a cartographer and developer who has been helping me out immensely with some shapefile functionality I’ve been struggling with for a long time (hope he’s not tired of me yet!). I just checked in on his site,...

    The map that plays music

    Andy Woodruff is a cartographer and developer who has been helping me out immensely with some shapefile functionality I’ve been struggling with for a long time (hope he’s not tired of me yet!). I just checked in on his site,...

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  • Neocartography. It’s what I do (at a relatively low level). Just didn’t have a word for it. Thanks, Internet! See also: http://highearthorbit.com/sxsw-interactive-panel-neocartography/ http://neocartography.com http://indiemaps.com/

    New favorite word

    Neocartography. It’s what I do (at a relatively low level). Just didn’t have a word for it. Thanks, Internet! See also: http://highearthorbit.com/sxsw-interactive-panel-neocartography/ http://neocartography.com http://indiemaps.com/

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