EveryBlock
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News in Context
At EveryBlock, we’ve talked a lot about “context”. It’s one of the things that people– especially people in the journalism community– say that the site is missing. They’re right, of course, in that we collect and present an immense amount of data without textual analysis or narrative history. It’s one thing to note that a…
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What EveryBlock Means To Me
Today I helped launch EveryBlock, a Web site that filters an assortment of local news by location so you can keep track of what’s happening on your block, in your neighborhood and all over your city. We’re launching today in the first three of many cities– Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. My job at…
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GreenBean For Crazy Detail on Green Buildings in Chicago
Erik Olsen, a colleague of mine who I met in the context of work for the City of Chicago, runs GreenBean, a "news and discussion forum dedicated to reporting on built, in-progress, and unbuilt green building projects in Chicago". From the site: GreenBean is written and maintained by Erik Olsen, PE. Erik is a mechanical…