Motorcycle Parking at NYC Muni-Meters

by jpreardon on May 24, 2010

There is some confusion among New York City motorcyclists and scooterists about how to legally park (e.g. avoid parking tickets) at a muni-meter. Some think that motorcyclists should pay and attach the receipt to the bike, others hold that one (…)

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Habit Fields

by jpreardon on May 17, 2010

Do you believe in Habit Fields? After reading Jack Cheng’s recent post on A List Apart, I do. He does a better job of explaining what he is talking about than I can ever hope to do here. So, just (…)

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Diaspora* in the Times

by jpreardon on May 12, 2010

Diaspora* got some ink today in the New York Times. Who new they had a publicist already? This will spark even more interest in what looks to be a great project. Let’s hope they can keep this momentum going.

Diaspora*, the open source social network

by jpreardon on May 11, 2010

It sounds like the call for an open social network may get answered soon. Diaspora* seeks to be “the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all distributed open source social network.” There seems to be plenty of interest out there for this (…)

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Has Facebook Gone Rogue?

by jpreardon on May 8, 2010

Facebook? Rogue? Ryan Singel, on the Epicenter thinks so. In his post, he calls for an open alternative: It’s time for the best of the tech community to find a way to let people control what and how they’d like (…)

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John Leguizamo’s Urban Cycling Tips

by jpreardon on May 7, 2010

In this video, John Leguizamo gives us a few pointers on how to keep the rubber side down on the mean streets of New York. In the process, he almost gets doored by one of New York’s Finest. via Streetsblog

Google Analytics Application Gallery

by jpreardon on May 5, 2010

The Google Analytics Application Gallery showcases applications that extend Google Analytics. These applications are typically built by third party developers. At the time of writing, there are over 30 applications in the gallery. This number should grow steadily as more (…)

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NYC Tasting Tour

by jpreardon on May 2, 2010

There is no shortage of good food in New York–there is also a lot of crap. Those unfamiliar with the city may have trouble separating the wheat from the chaff when it comes to all of the choices available. To (…)

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