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xkcd: University Website
xkcd: University Website – I couldn’t have said it any better
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MapQuest Dev Blog – MapQuest Opens Up – in the UK
MapQuest Dev Blog – MapQuest Opens Up – in the UK – people’s eyes tend to gloss over when I explain that it won’t be that many years before most online maps and GPS devices use OpenStreetMap as their data … Continue reading
Tagged aol, mapnik, mapquest, opensource, openstreetmap
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Colours In Cultures
Colours In Cultures – there’s some neat data in here, although the graphic is quite poorly designed. Despite that, you can still pick out a few interesting points of what are semi-universal colour conventions: red: heat, passion (and to a … Continue reading
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The Democrats Are Doomed, or How A ‘Big Tent’ Can Be Too Big « OkTrends
The Democrats Are Doomed, or How A ‘Big Tent’ Can Be Too Big « OkTrends – I’ve had this open for over two weeks with the intention of blogging. I think I remember what I wanted to say. For one … Continue reading
Tagged graphs, okcupid, uspolitics
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Freebase Gridworks: A power tool for data scrubbers « Jon Udell
Freebase Gridworks: A power tool for data scrubbers « Jon Udell – I’ve been a fan of Freebase, it’s Parallax, and SIMILE, but I had no idea that they were all created by the same couple of people. I just … Continue reading
What If Everybody in Canada Flushed At Once? | Pat’s Papers
What If Everybody in Canada Flushed At Once? | Pat’s Papers – pretty neat graph
An Idea for the TTC
I’ve oft-critisized the TTC (well, its management) in private for practices such as not opening up their data (in GTFS). Toronto’s transit agency is now the main holdout in the area. Actually, only one of the agencies has made their … Continue reading
Quizify blog
I announced Quizify recently, but I won’t usually be writing much about it here. I’ve created a separate Quizify Blog for anyone interested.
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