Patent Madness
Want to see what patent madness looks like? The mobile battlefield: lawsuits in progress or completed over mobile patents. Some suits have been settled. Source: The Guardian and New York Times What I get out of this*:
Google Introduces WebP Image Format
Google has created a new image format called WebP, based on the VP8 codec that Google open sourced as part of WebM. Google tested a million images (it’s nice to be Google) and found WebP reduced image size by an average
Sintel - New Blender Movie
Blender is the premier open source, cross-platform 3D content creation suite. If you’re a talented artist and brave enough to tackle the software, there’s nothing you can’t do with Blender. There have been a number of gr
News Roundup - Esri REST Specs Released, OpenOffice Forks and Live Spaces Punts, Dream Theater Blues
First up, via Slashgeo, James Fee and others, Esri’s GeoServices REST Specification has hit the streets. This is a great development, and it will help make AGS more relevant to folks who are leery of vendor lock-in. It i
Don't do it Twice - Customizing Your Mapping Site for Small Devices
Note: Recently updated with a few fixes. Most notably I switched mobile device detection from CSS width/height to JavaScript navigator.userAgent. It feels like cheating, but it so much easier. Thanks for the feedback! I
Google Launches 2010 Election Ratings Map
Via Lifehacker, Google has rolled out a 2010 election ratings map. It tracks 4 top polling sources for predictions for senate, house, and governor and updates the map as polling data changes. My prediction: The Panthers
Make Smarter - OpenGeo Workshops, John Resig, and the Geospatial Revolution
There was a lot of stuff in the make smarter category this past month. If you’re not smarter after going through some of these, it is not my fault. First up, OpenGeo has been kind enough to release their workshop materia
Internet Explorer 9 Beta and 64bit Flash Preview
There were some big announcements from Microsoft and Adobe today. The first beta of Internet Explorer 9 has been released. Ars Technica has posted an in-depth review. We get our first look at the UI, and it isn’t bad. Ev
Making a Data Portal With WordPress
I’ve been toying with the idea of making an open data portal for Mecklenburg, ala DataSF or Vancouver, for a while now, but I didn’t get around to starting one until last month. It’s pretty much done now, and you can see
The Waldseemüller World Map
If you’re into cartography, you’ll want to check out Toby Lester’s Google Tech Talk on the Waldseemüller world map, recently purchased by the library of congress for $10 million. ...the map's main claim to fame is that i