http://www.wikio.com/search=Adrian Holovaty Wikio - Adrian Holovaty http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68363481 There has been a fascinating thread going on over on James Fee’s site about a web mapping application built by Morris County, NJ to view their public geodata. James’ blog post and the comments to it all decry the lack of usability and shortcomings of the site, and how it is “par for the [...] Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:30:41 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68363481 2008-08-20T13:30:41Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68341046 By Steve Johnson, Reporter, Chicago Tribune In its day-to-day workings, EveryBlock.com, Adrian Holovaty’s Web 2.0 startup, is about as far from colorful as a business can get. And Holovaty, one of the nation’s hottest computer programmers, isn’t afraid to tell you so. “It’s generally just a bunch of guys typing into their computers,” says Holovaty, with [...] Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:00:32 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68341046 2008-08-20T07:00:32Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68271968 Yesterday Adrian Holovaty announced three new cities on EveryBlock. While I am very happy that they are growing, I’m still nervous that Phoenix might not be added anytime soon. If Craigslist is any gauge, Phoenix will be added some time between Erie, PA and Cedar Rapids, IA. For those who aren’t familiar with EveryBlock, you want [...] ShareThis Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:33:25 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68271968 2008-08-19T17:33:25Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68218918 Andrian Holovaty, the founder of web 2.0 startup EveryBlock.com, was profiled in this weekend’s Chicago Tribune along with his fascinating local/neighborhood exploration tool EveryBlock: The action, though, around EveryBlock.com is hot and heavy. A means of painting a portrait of your own neighborhood by delving into the site’s constantly updated databases-crimes, housing inspections, news stories and [...] Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:20:26 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68218918 2008-08-19T11:20:26Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68209444 I’m not a data expert like journalists Adrian Holovaty , Matt Waite and Derek Willis (to name only a few), but I deeply appreciate the work they do. I see a great potential for a better-informed public — if journalism organizations could make certain kinds of large data sets easier to understand. I’ve been watching a variety of newspapers adopt Caspio for their online data presentation needs, and I’ve been listening to people in the inner circle of data-driven journalism talk about this. I’ve also listened to our students talk about how they used Caspio during their internships, or on their first job. I’ve gathered there are concerns that today some news organizations might be throwing bunches of data onto their Web sites, but without the context necessary to make the data comprehensible, or even useful (see Matt’s post about data ghettos ). Now Derek has written a brief, clear post (which even a dabbler such as I can understand) about why using Caspio might NOT be the ideal long-term strategy for a news organization’s data needs. The post could be useful in newsrooms where some editor (or publisher) is talking about how great Caspio is. It also might be helpful to journalism educators trying to teach the kids some basic Excel, when some wise guy in the class says, “In my internship, I learned to use Caspio. So I don’t need this.” It’s also a post you should consider reading if you ever felt annoyed at Adrian’s answer to the question, “How can we get this kind of data on our Web site?” Adrian’s answer is: “Hire a programmer.” He’s not disrespecting the question (or the questioner) — he’s giving the answer that, in the long term, makes the most sense for a news organization. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:01:58 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68209444 2008-08-19T10:01:58Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68153146 Everyblock is rolling out the new markets fast. It just added Boston, Seattle and DC. A few weeks ago, it added Philadelphia and Charlotte. Everyblock and founder Adrian Holovaty were just profiled in the Chicago Tribune. “I’m just amazed at how much the news industry does because other people are doing it,” Holovaty [...] Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:16:43 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68153146 2008-08-18T20:16:43Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68111215 Chicago Tribune Adrian Holovaty "recognizes that papers have had a model that funds a lot of public-interest work and there is, currently, no model in sight to replace that," reports Steve Johnson . But the man behind ChicagoCrime.org and EveryBlock.com tells the Tribune reporter: "I'm just amazed at how much the news industry does because other people are doing it. There's no sense of individuality or entrepreneurship." Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:42:38 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68111215 2008-08-18T13:42:38Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68105934 Fellow Chicagoan, great programmer/journalist, creator of the Django framework, talented guitarist , and genuinely nice guy Adrian Holovaty and his Everyblock hyperlocal news and information site grace the cover of this Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Magazine . Adrian, his site, and his crew deserve all the ink they can get. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:10:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68105934 2008-08-18T13:10:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68166005 It's in the Chicago Tribune . The company is based in the Windy City. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68166005 2008-08-18T11:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68136793 Chicago Tribune Magazine cover story on Adrian Holovaty , who I interviewed earlier this year. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68136793 rex@fimoculous.com (Rex Sorgatz) 2008-08-18T06:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68024675 Adrian Holovaty is as red-hot as a techie can get. His EveryBlock.com tells you all about your neighborhood-including who's taking bribes. In its day-to-day workings, EveryBlock.com, Adrian Holovaty's Web 2.0 startup, is about as far from colorful as a business can get. And Holovaty, one of the nation's hottest computer programmers, isn't afraid to tell you so. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=68024675 2008-08-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=66770418 Geographic visualizations of crime data are already old hat. At least since 2005, when peerless journogeek Adrian Holovaty created chicagocrime.org, people have been mashing up public crime data with various maps to illustrate where, in a manner of speaking, the bodies are buried. [Chicagocrime.org has since been swept into Holovaty's latest adventure, Everyblock.com.] UCrime.com, a Baltimore [...] Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:56:02 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=66770418 2008-08-05T18:56:02Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=66315638 I’m a little late to the announcement party, but I’ll be attending DjangoCon and sitting on a panel about Django in Journalism with Maura Chace and Matt Waite. The panel will be moderated by our own Adrian Holovaty. I think the panel will be pretty fantastic but I can’t help be just as terrified as [...] Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:28:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Adrian+Holovaty?rinfoid=66315638 2008-08-01T06:28:42Z