EveryBlock source code released
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EveryBlock source code released
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#2Congrats! this is great!
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#3Truly amazing - giving away the source code!
This will encourage many others, using this system, to start local micro-news channels in their own communities. Instead of the local newspaper/TV channel owning the regional media turf, this could enable discussion culture in a more democratic way. The question is... aside from hackers: who is ready for this? I remember the cartoon from Gaping Void - "the future belongs to the geeks, nobody else wants it" - http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003301.html
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#4They really seem to have gone beyond the terms of their funding and tried to extract the code into useful standalone pieces. Thanks for that, guys.
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#5It's up on Github: http://github.com/brosner/everyblock_code/tree/master
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#6Truly amazing - giving away the source code! This will encourage many others, using this system, to start local micro-news channels in their own communities. Instead of the local newspaper/TV channel owning the regional media turf, this could enable discussion culture in a more democratic way. The question is... aside from hackers: who is ready for this? I remember the cartoon from Gaping Void - "the future belongs t…
> Truly amazing - giving away the source code!
They had to as part of the terms for the Knight Foundation Grant. Not that it's any less amazing, or anything. Just saying.
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#7what a great news!
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#8I wonder if they are going to release their iPhone app code as well.
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#9Truly amazing - giving away the source code! This will encourage many others, using this system, to start local micro-news channels in their own communities. Instead of the local newspaper/TV channel owning the regional media turf, this could enable discussion culture in a more democratic way. The question is... aside from hackers: who is ready for this? I remember the cartoon from Gaping Void - "the future belongs t…
> Truly amazing - giving away the source code! They had to as part of the terms for the Knight Foundation Grant. Not that it's any less amazing, or anything. Just saying.
Knight Foundation, as in the people behind KITT?
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#10what a great news!
Mamma mia! That's-a some great-a news!