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Makers and hackers: The Where Conference is looking for you
February 03 2012
The 2012 Where Conference is looking for makers, hackers, developers and do-it-yourselfers who are working in the geolocation and mapping spaces. read moreMay 10 2011
Ignite takes place at Google I/O on Tue. May 10 at 5 PM PDT in Room 11 at Moscone West. If you can't be there, you can watch live on the I/O Live site. read moreMay 10 2011
This October, O'Reilly is launching Android Open, the first "big tent" Android-only conference. Our goal is to give all the Android players a place to become a community. read moreGeolocated images reveal a place's visual identity
March 15 2011
Cartagr.am uses Instagram's new API to create maps out of geolocated images. The resulting visualizations reveal a location's different sides. read moreA perfect dystopian storm: Interview with "Flashmob Gone Wrong" speaker
November 12 2010
At Ignite London 2, Tom Scott told the story of a "Flash Mob Gone Wrong." It's struck a nerve and is gathering a lot of momentum on Reddit, MetaFilter and Twitter. Scott explains why and how he created the presentation in the following short interview. read moreJoin us for Global Ignite Week: February 2011
November 02 2010
Global Ignite Week returns Feb. 7-11, 2011. Last year, more than 600 Ignite talks were given in 67 cities on six continents. The bar is set even higher for round two. read moreWelcome Laurel Ruma to Where 2.0
October 21 2010
Laurel Ruma and Brady Forest will co-chair Where 2.0 2011, running April 19-21, 2011 in Santa Clara, Calif. read moreWhere 2.0 2011 call for proposals is open
October 14 2010
Google and other companies are jockeying for position in the location space, which makes the next Where 2.0 particularly intriguing. Here's a look at the planned topics, sessions and workshops -- and a reminder to get your proposals in before the Oct. 25 deadline. read moreThe Startups at the Expo Showcase
September 14 2010
We have selected 30 young, mostly unknown and some unlaunched companies to participate in the Startup Showcase at the Web 2.0 Expo NYC. We have a really wide range of companies including The Social Bicycle System (the bike lenders), Facebook-killer Diaspora, Twitter account manager SocialFlow and email manager SaneBox. As… read moreOpensource and Javascript: Polymaps Used To Make PrettyMaps
August 20 2010
SimpleGeo, geo cloud services and data provider, and Stamen, creators of many beautiful data visualizations, have teamed up to release Polymaps. Polymaps is an opensource Javascript mapping framework. It's been on Github for a while, but they are finally announcing it. Out of the gate, Stamen has also launched a… read moreFacebook Places Plays Nice with Yelp, Foursquare, Gowalla and Booyah
August 19 2010
Facebook just launched Places for the United States. In short it is a location check-in platform. They launched with four partners (Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and Booyah) all of whom are federating check-ins in some way. The Places API is currently Read-only, while the Write & Search API are in Closed… read moreStepping It Up With Transit Score
August 16 2010
Where you live has a huge impact on how much you drive. If your neighborhood has easy access to public transportation or there are a lot of amenities nearby then you can walk more and drive less (thus saving money while getting a little exercise). Front Seat's Walk Score has… read moreWaze: Using Groups and Gaming to Get GeoData
August 10 2010
Waze, the company behind the free turn-by-turn navigation app of the same name, is upping its game with their latest release. It has long made referred to itself as a community mapping app, but there was no really way to be apart of a community within the app - until… read moreStartup Showcase Submissions at the Web 2.0 Expo NYC Due 8/2
July 28 2010
We are looking for startups to show-off at the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC. We always find a place to showcase them and this year is no different. This year we’re hosting our first ever Startup Showcase. Highlighting the startup ecosystem’s creativity and variety, the Showcase will give you a… read moreIgnite NYC IX This Wednesday, 6/9
June 07 2010
Ignite NYC is returning for its 9th edition during the third Internet Week; I'll be co-hosting with Igntie NYC Director Tikva Morowati. We've got a great set of speakers and we'll be holding the event this Wednesday at Internet Week's Headquarters (Metropolitan Pavilion; 125 W. 18th Street - register). As… read moreAnnouncing The Emerging Languages Camp at OSCON
May 12 2010
As new problems in computing arise, new languages are being created to help tackle those problems. We want to bring together programming language creators, researchers, and enthusiasts to share goals, experiences, and challenges. Our goal is to advance the state of the art in programming language design and implementation. We… read moreHaiti Tech Meetup on Monday in DC
May 07 2010
The earthquake in Haiti became a testing ground for disaster relief platforms. Ushahidi geolocated tens of thousands of mobile messages and provided critical information. Open Street Map and Google Mapmaker provided much needed maps. Digital Globe (amongst others) provided free satellite imagery. This Monday the U.S. State Department is pulling… read moreIgnite Bay Area @ Web 2.0 Expo Tonight
May 03 2010
Ignite Bay Area is happening tonight to help kick-off Web 2.0 Expo. We will be returning to the Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street, SF). As always these will five-minute, 20 slide presentations on geeky topics. We will hear from the likes of Jen Bekman, Derek Dukes, Jesper Andersen, and Tobias Peggs… read moreWhere 2.0: The Big Conversations
March 30 2010
Where 2.0 is starting today. We have a full program with keynotes from Blaise Aguera y Arcas (Bing), John Hanke & Michael Jones (Google), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp), Danny Sullivan (Search Engine Land), Michael Arrington (Techcrunch), Dennis Crowley (Foursquare), Keith Lee (MyTown) and Josh Williams (Gowalla). Here are some of the… read moreWhere 2.0: Ignite & NAVTEQ's LBS Challenge Tuesday Night
March 29 2010
The Where 2.0 Conference starts tomorrow with workshops all day. In the evening we will have our kick-off event in the Ballroom at the San Jose Marriott. As always we start off with a series of Ignite talks. This year in the middle of Ignite we are going to host… read moreBase Map 2.0: What Does the Head of the US Census Say to Open Street Map?
March 26 2010
Ian White, the CEO of Urban Mapping, makes his living collecting and selling geo data. For next week's Where 2.0 has put together a panel of government mapping agencies (the UK's Ordnance Survey and the US's Census Department) and community-built mapping projects (Open Street Map and Waze). Crowdsourced projects like… read moreWeb 2.0 Expo NYC CFP is Open Plus Webcast For Submission Tips This Week
March 23 2010
The Web 2.0 Expo is returning to NYC this fall for a third year. The Call For Proposals (CFP) opens today and will remain so until 4/12/10. We are accepting talk proposals aimed at developers, designers, marketers and business folks. We are looking for Sarah Milstein and I will be… read moreLaunchpad SF Submissions Are Open Until 3/31
March 17 2010
Startups! The Web 2.0 Expo is in two months. We want to highlight your work. Each year we put five of you onstage in a Launchpad session. The deadline for submitting your company is 3/31. The criteria is below. Entrants do not need to launch their company or a major… read moreSkyHook and SimpleGeo Present SpotRank, Now You Can Always Find Where The People Are
March 17 2010
In an under-appreciated announcement Skyhook Wireless released a huge set of location trend data. SpotRank, as the data is called, shares out ranking trends for locations around the world. The maps above show the SpotRanks of those locations. Skyhook has been collecting look-ups for the past five years. CEO Ted… read moreGIW Day Five: We End with Lansing and Boulder
March 05 2010
Introduction to Hyperbolic Geometry by Amber Case | Ignite Portland 8View more presentations from Amber Case at Ignite Portland 8. Today is the last day of Global Ignite Week. We are still pulling together the number of speakers and attendees, but with over 60 Ignites in one week we know… read moreGIW Day Four: Bangalore, Boston, Jakarta, NYC, and Seattle
March 04 2010
The fourth day of Global Ignite Week is the strongest. There are 31 Ignites happening today around the world. I'll be hosting Ignite Seattle tonight. We have already posed the first videos from Global Ignite Week. First up is an Ignite talk on the creation of OK Go's latest video… read moreGIW Day Three: Bangkok, Beijing, Brussels, Budapest, Dallas, Toronto, Cincinnatti, Raleigh and PDX
March 03 2010
There are 13 Ignites happening on 3/3 (the daily total will peak on Thursday with >30 Ignites). The very first one starts soon in Bangkok at 6AM EST (for those of us in the US). Yesterday, I attended Ignite SMX in Santa Clara . Matt Cutts talked about Google's newly… read moreGIW Day Two: SF, Denver, New Mexico, Philly, Sydey, Melbourne, Montreal, Manila, Princeton and More
March 02 2010
Global Ignite Week (GIW) is in full swing. Yesterday there were 7 events and today there are 13. Thursday of this week has over 30 events scheduled. As you can see from this Crowdeye graphic there are a lot of people talking about GIW. The very first Ignite of the… read moreWhere 2.0: Early Registration Ending & Ignite Where
March 01 2010
Where 2.0, our mapping and geolocation conference, is at the end of March in San Jose and early registration is ending tonight. We are also opening the selection process for Ignite Where. Where has a full program. We've got a number of great thinkers returning. We are also welcoming first-timers… read moreGIW Day One: Germany, Los Angeles, Savannah, Milwaukee and Manchester
March 01 2010
Global Ignite Week (GIW) is kicking off today in Germany! From March 1-5 there will be >65 Ignite events happening around the world. Ignite is an opportunity for geeks to share their passions and ideas with local peers. Each speaker gets 20 slides that each auto-advance after 15 seconds for… read moreLessons From Haiti Will Aid Chile
February 27 2010
Earlier today Chile experienced a massive earthquake (you can see images of the damage on The BIg Picture). Now, just hours after the event online disaster relief sites are being spun up to aid the survivors. These are all variations on sites that were created to help Haiti survivors. Google… read moreGlobal Ignite Week: Starts Monday with 65 Cities, 6 Continents, 500 Speakers over 5 Days
February 24 2010
From March 1-5 there will be ~65 Ignite events happening around the world. Ignite is an opportunity for geeks to share their passions and ideas with local peers. Each speaker gets 20 slides that each auto-advance after 15 seconds for a total of just 5 minutes. The result is bite-size… read moreBlaise Aguera y Arcas' TED Talk on Augmented Maps
February 18 2010
Blaise Aguera y Arcas (creator of PhotoSynth, founder of Seadragon and now Architect of Bing Maps) gave a talk at TED last week. In it he showed off some of the latest Bing Maps has to offer. He demoed the fluid zooming capabilities based on Blaise's own Seadragon technology and… read moreWhere 2.0 Mapping : Mobile : Local
February 16 2010
The Where 2.0 conference program is almost complete. The focus is on the tech industry's advances in Mapping, Mobile and Local. Each of these areas are being treated equally and each will have its own afternoon track. Coming back this year we have great speakers such as John Hanke (Google),… read moreFor Valentine's Day think Intangible
February 14 2010
Broken Hearts: How Valentine's Day causes global warming View more presentations from Raffi Krikorian. On Valentine's day millions are spent on cards and candies. Last year Twitter engineer Raffi Krikorian gave an Ignite talk on where all of these goods (cards, chocolate, jewelry) come from and this day's impact on… read moreFlickr Photos In Google Street View
February 09 2010
Google Maps has added more user photos to its Street View (above). Now the Yahoo-owned Flickr is joining the Google-owned Panoramio and Picasa photo sites as a supplier of alternative street views. GeoBloggers reported it earlier today and also noted that the photos are available in the Panoramio 3D view… read moreiPhoning His Way To Retirement
January 22 2010
My friend Eugene Lin wanted some iPhone App Store money. So he made one iPhone app that was eventually accepted, then another that was rejected and then he found a hit with the racy Peek-a-boo. Along the way he learned the ins and outs of the App Store approva process… read moreHaiti: Tradui, Translation App for Android and (almost) iPhone
January 20 2010
Crisis Commons and Crisis Mappers have become major technology and data contributors to the Haiti Relief Effort. Many technologists and geohackers are donating hundreds of hours to common projects. This past weekend saw the release of a mapping app for the iPhone (with expedited App Store approval). Now there is… read moreOur Future World: Freedom (and Daemon)
January 19 2010
I just read FreedomTM the second and latest book in the Daniel Suarez's Daemon series. It was a fun, thought-provoking read and I recommend it to any technologist or sci-fi junkie (it would also make a nice Christmas gift for your favorite conspiracy theorist). This review will focus primarily on… read moreHaiti: OSM and Sat Imagery for Free iPhone App
January 16 2010
Crisis Mappers from around the world have been working around the clock to create maps and other tools for relief workers in Haiti. The earthquake caused tremendous damage to the road network and updated maps are necessary to enable food and volunteers to traverse the island. The volunteer-driven Open Street… read moreTwitter Acquires GeoAPI: Now a Messaging AND Location Platform
December 23 2009
Twitter has announced the acquisition of Mixer Labs the creators of GeoAPI. GeoAPI is a location services platform. They have been collecting data (like Flickr, Foursquare, YouTube, Weatherbug and of course Twitter) and made it query-able via their API. For any location you could reverse geocode it and for any… read moreDecember 21 2009
Foursquare is the new Dodgeball. Which is to say that it is my (and many other people's) method for tracking where we go (and in most cases our social activities). On a daily basis I use the iPhone app to announce some of my whereabouts to friends. I share specifics… read moreGlobal Ignite Week: 40+ Ignites Coming Next March
December 16 2009
Just over three years ago, Bre Pettis and I threw a geek night in our home town. We called it Ignite Seattle. About 200 people joined us for a hectic night of geek contests, five-minute talks, and beer. I've been hosting them ever since--we just held our 8th Ignite Seattle… read moreVisualizing and Categorizing the 911 Wikileaks Data Set
December 10 2009
On November 25th, Wikileaks released 500,000 text pager intercepts from the 24 hours surrounding the horrific 9/11 attacks. The personal, corporate and governmental come from the Washington D.C. and New York City areas. These can be found on their own subdomain at http://911.wikileaks.org/ and are released under the CC-BY-SA license.… read moreDecember 09 2009
Google is releasing v2 of GWT (pronounced "Gwit") tonight at a Campfire One in Mountain View. The open-source Google Web Toolkit enables developers to code Ajax web apps in Java. This latest release is focused on speed (just like the latest iPhone) and improved dev-designer collaboration. I was on a… read moreIgnite Seattle on 12/1 (tomorrow): iPhone Apps, Ben Franklin and Rubik's Cube
November 30 2009
The 8th Ignite Seattle is this Tuesday, 12/1. We've got an amazing set of speakers and fun opening activity. We are once again at the King Cat Theatre in Downtown Seattle. Doors open at 7PM. The contest will start at 7:30 and the talks will begin at 8:30. You can… read moreTonight: Radar/Ignite/Laughing Squid Meetup in Philadelphia
November 23 2009
Scott Beale of Laughing Squid and I are going to be in the Philadelphia area today. We want to meet up with people while in town, so we're having a Drinkup at Triumph Brewing Company in the Old City area of Center City starting at 7PM. Facebook has the details.… read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
Webcast: Web 2.0 Expo Preview
April 22, 2010
Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. In this webcast, we'll provide insight into the big themes...
Insider Tips for Submitting a Winning Proposal to Web2Expo
March 29, 2010
Back by Popular Demand! Web 2.0 Expo is one of the biggest tech conferences in SF and NY every year--making it a great show for exposure and conversation. Because it's an appealing event, we generally get at least 10 session proposals for each available...
Webcast: Where 2.0
March 10, 2010
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Presented by Diann Eisnor of Waze, Joe Stump of SimpleGeo, and Kara Nortman of CitySearch Maps have moved from flat and static creations to rich representations of the world. And now maps are moving...
Leaving Sticky Shadows with Michael Sharon
Publish Date: Jun. 9, 2006
Brady Forrest interviews Michael Sharon about leaving notes, pictures, or audio messages about places you've visited from your mobile phone in this Where 2.0 conference preview. (11 minutes, 34 seconds)
Mobile Gaming with Greg Trefry and Kevin Slavin
Publish Date: Jun. 6, 2006
Brady Forrest interviews Greg Trefry and Kevin Slavin about some of the mobile games that they've been working on developing and launching, in this Where 2.0 conference preview. (10 minutes, 48 seconds)
Josh Peterson from the Robot Co-Op
Publish Date: May. 26, 2006
Brady Forrest interviews Josh Peterson, CEO of The Robot Co-op, in this Where 2.0 preview podcast. Josh talks about his "network of networking sites," which includes 43 Things, 43 Places, and 43 People. At Where 2.0, Josh will be presenting 43 Places, where a user can list up to 43 places they'd like to go during their life. The site allows people to share stories about places they've been and read stories about places they'd like to visit. (13 minutes, 38 seconds)
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