This week a special Open Data Summit took place in Vancouver, B.C where about 120 government folk and stakeholders took part in the discussion around the topic of OpenGov and Open Data. In a report from the event, it was good to see that the topic of standards was quite important and discussed from the […]
10 Must Have Gadgets and Technologies for the Remote Worker
Chances are good that if you happen to work in technology or you’re a consultant, that you may be working remotely or from a home-based office at some time soon – or perhaps you already do. If so, there’s loads of cool technology around these days that will make your life much simpler and make […]
How Many of Your facebook Friends Are Located? MapSocial Knows
The gang at CloverPoint in Victoria BC, Canada is doing some really cool stuff with facebook via their resource known as MapSocial. The latest addition to the service is a fun infographic building tool that lets users create a Social Graph of their friends based on location parameters harvested from their settings. Users can quickly […]
Announcing Weekly US Census Data Visualizations
I’m a HUGE fan of data visualizations and I’m always glad to see when awesome companies are working hard to create beautiful, meaningful data visualisations to generate a buzz or tell a story – case in point, just check out what Jon and the gang at IDV have been doing in order to show off […]
Something for the Geo She Geek! How to make a map purse
Here’s something fun for the GeoGeek (she) who has everything (or perhaps a satchel for the man geek!) a stylish map purse. You’ll need an old map(s), some sewing material, tape, and a little creativity… simply follow the 23 simple steps and enjoy! See more in this wikihow Source: wikihow.com via Tracie on Pinterest
How to Tip – Removing a Pesky Virus from Your PC
Oh the joy of it… out of the blue your PC presents you with a scary screen, locks you out of everything and renders your machine (and productivity) useless – yes indeed, the virus! It happens to everyone at some time, even with protection, or apparent protection. That’s what happened to me a couple of […]