Signage on MLK in East Austin (via ≈ ☼ ≈ giamarie≈ ☼ ≈)
Shane's Blog
Fundraiser for austin pbs, nyc ex-pat, apple/mac addict, mobile blogger, coffee-junkie, radiohead fan, originally from iowa.
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2010-02-09
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The iPhone has become an obsession. If we don’t pay attention, we’ll have a mobile web that only works on the iPhone. And then we’ll have the real mobile web that wasn’t made by us and doesn’t give a shit about web standards and best practices. Worse, it seems web developers are happy with this state of affairs.
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Conjunctured: A Co-Working Company - East Austin (via DustyReagan)
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Why You Should Start a Company in… Austin | Fast Company
It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. Here, part five of our series.
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Justine’s in East Austin (via Mr. Wright)
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Making community problems community problems, not individual complaints
The City of Milwaukee (when they get it right) snail mails residents within 250’ of an establishment seeking some type of new license, renewal, zoning change, etc. There is also a self-subscribe system for receiving notifications like this by email, based on a certain geographical radius you can select. It’s not a well-advertised system or easy to use, so I have always promoted it and redistributed the information on neighborhood websites, email groups, and more recently facebook and twitter where the notices can be more contextually meaningful to people.
SeeClickFix makes the process much easier, and much more prone to being an informal ad hoc group effort as people are moved to post their own issues or respond to the official municipal notices I post, which may also include significant crime and property nuisance issues from time to time.
While not widely used yet in Milwaukee, SCF has had the ability in some cases to attract some productive information sharing and discussion leading to a more cohesive and civically engaged community. I hope many little instances of this type of activity will occur in the future and empower citizens citywide.
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(via hsmt : coolsurf : eyeslit : deviantART » etrehadluysalumk)
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On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map - NYTimes.com
When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely available and affordable, by emphasizing tax incentives and state innovations, with no new federal mandates and only a modest expansion of the federal safety net.
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Apple Open to iPad Price Cuts if Demand Lags? - Mac Rumors
The Wall Street Journal reports on a research note from Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope based on meetings with Apple executives revealing that the company has apparently left the door open to future price cuts on the iPad should customer demand not meet expectations.
