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Without a doubt, I am a data whore. I love raw data. I love APIs. I love finding interesting ways to mashup data. With the new found craze in government for openness, led in no small part from the Federal level and work endorsed by the Obama Administration to work pushed forward by Sunlight Labs, [...]

In a story that we’ve been following in the past week, it seems the survey that was sent out to BART users last week is not simply a “feeler”. When BART users received the email from the Bay Area mass transit service requesting participation in a survey, it suggested that the organization was considering some [...]

Just a quick note as I’m getting ready for a meetup in my honor tonight in Boston. If you’re in the Boston area and don’t have any plans for tonight, would love to see you at Boston Beer Works across from Fenway Park. Michelle Wolverton gets all the credit for organizing and pulling the event together on my last night here in Boston (Yes, I did enjoy my first game at Fenway Park the Chapel of Awesomeness, last night!)

It may not come as a whole heap of a surprise but I love California. I’ve never been to Southern Cal but it strikes me as a little too non-fun for me. It’s full of upper crust people that are so full of themselves that anything less than People Magazine simply won’t do it.
I like [...]

I’m into quoting Mark Twain. Brian taught me how.
Dates are not set in stone yet and the purpose of the trip is forthcoming, but it’s looking like I’ll be in the Bay Area in January. Call it early January. I remember having to buy a jacket in August when I went. I can’t imagine how [...]

It’s really pretty disappointing to set foot back on Maryland soil. On a low humidity day like today, it still pales in comparison to the weather in San Francisco. Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he ever experienced was the summer in San Francisco and he’s right. It’s chilly. But beautiful.
I have so [...]