release often
A few code-like things I’ve been working on lately.
Polymaps
Polymaps is a result of our summerlong collaboration with SimpleGeo. We’ve been working on it for some time, but yesterday we announced it for realsies and saw an amazing response from all over the internet. This one’s been doubly rewarding for us, since it’s also the result of a summerlong collaboration with Mike Bostock of Protovis fame. Mike’s been on our radar since he showed off Protovis when Tom and I visited Stanford a while back. It was a week-old at the time and already full of promise. This Javascript thing, I think it will go far.
presenting tilestache
Named in the spirit of the pun-driven life, TileStache is a response to a few years of working with tile-based map geographic data and cartography, and an answer to certain limitations I’ve encountered in MetaCarta’s venerable TileCache.
Getting Started with HTML5 Local Databases
Starting with Safari 4, iPhone/iPad OS3, Chrome 5, and Opera 10.5 (Desktop), HTML5 Local Databases are now supported. I’ve been reading about local databases for quite some time and decided to do a write up with some basic examples on how to get started.