js-vector-maps on github
I've been experimenting with some javascript classes that mimic the structure of mapnik's Layer/Style/Rule classes and render OSM data (via GeoJSON) to a <canvas> element. I've also finally taken...
View ArticleInterviews! Everything!
This week, Eric and Geraldine updated the Stamen homepage to include a list of Everything, Everything and Kicker Studio's Jennifer Bove posted an interview with me and Boris Anthony from Dopplr about...
View ArticleIf I Had More Time
"Mr. Micawber was waiting for me within the gate, and we went up to his room (top story but one), and cried very much. He solemnly conjured me, I remember, to take warning by his fate; and to observe...
View ArticleHelp Me Think Through Multi-touch Events
We're lucky enough to have a big ass table in the office for a client project. Not a MS one, but an Ideum one that speaks the TUIO/OSC protocol. I have a GestureWorks license available to me if I need...
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Curling is Project Management
Curling is unexpectedly popular again. We're measuring this. Continuing a four and half year old seed of thought that Matt Webb planted about sporting metaphors, I'm imagining that Curling is project...
View ArticleMore Multi-touch Links
Here's a nice overview of how touch events are modelled in mobile Safari on the iphone. Here's a student paper detailing some multi-touch code architectures and actual code too. Here's a nice article...
View ArticleAh right, the blog.
It's been a while. Hello again. A few months ago I left Stamen after almost 4 awesome years. I planned to review the work we did together here but I've been procrastinating on that for long enough so I...
View ArticleGreetings Tube Fans
Thanks to some curious emails and a couple of dormant Google Alerts, it's come to my attention that the Travel Time Tube Map I made a few years ago has had a sudden resurgence of internet fame. My...
View ArticleBloom’s first iPad app: Planetary
Quick post for those wondering what we've been working on at Bloom. Now available in the App Store, our new app Planetary. And here's a teaser video for those without iPads: Planetary from Bloom...
View ArticleBounce
Yesterday we announced the closing of Bloom Studio, Inc. A little bittersweet but not an unlikely outcome for a start-up like ours. We tried a lot of things out, had a popular hit with Planetary and a...
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Square Payments in New Orleans during the Super Bowl
At Square I've primarily been working on internal tools and explorations of potential new customer-facing features. This week it was nice to change focus and collaborate with Faryl Ury from our...
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