Over on the Gypsybandito blog, my social networking buddy, CT Moore, has posted details of a cool give-away that he just rolled out. The “gypsy” is giving away an Akoha VIP Starter Deck to one lucky commentor – just check out this blog post, make a comment, and you could score a cool prize. Big deal you might think.. well, read on and I’m sure you’ll change your tune! [Read more…] about Tales from the Gypsy and your chance to score the Akoha VIP Starter Deck and Pay it Forward!
Archives for December 23, 2008
Holiday Wishes From Spatial Media (GISuser.com)
Before I get too busy and forget all about this, I want to share our best wishes, seasons greetings, Happy Holidays etc… to all of our readers, sponsors, supporters, and well wishers. Happy Holidays from all of the Spatial Media Team (GISuser, LBSzone, Amerisurv)
My 7 Cool Things Of The Day – PointAbout, Blackberry JDE, MoneyLite, AndNav, Tweet O Day, Brightkit, 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Continuing on with the tradition, my new collection of 7 Cool things continues (thanks to the great feedback from the first piece!)… and so, enter my 7 Cool things for the day… enjoy!
- iPhone App of the day – PointAbout, the 2009 Inauguration Guide – The application, introduced by Qorvis Communications, a strategic communications firm, and the law firm Patton Boggs, provides location-aware (GPS) information about all inaugural galas and events and delivers details in real time about where to eat, what Metro line to take, and how to find museums and other places in Washington, DC. See more http://blog.gisuser.com/?p=3356
- Blackberry app of the day – New BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) and BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators –The developer tools include new versions of the BlackBerryr Javar Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) that enable the streamlined development of mobile applications, as well as desktop simulators for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones that accelerate mobile application testing. The new BlackBerry JDE versions and simulators are available as free downloads at www.blackberry.com/developers
- S60 App of the day – MoneyLite –Symbian s60 ver.3 freeware application for personal expense tracking. With this app, users can always have up-to-date information on your financial situation, easily track your personal and business expenses, incomes and transfers and assign categories for the future finance activity analysis. See more http://www.lbszone.com/content/view/4094/2/
- Google G1 (Android) App of the day – AndNav –The first mobile navigation system for the Google Android Platform. This project by Nicolas Gramlich uses maps from OpenStreetMap (OSM) and the range of OpenLS services provided by the OpenRouteService LBS platform (Routing, POI-Search, Geocoding/Reverse Geocoding, Accessibility analysis, AvoidAreas, etc) from Department of Geography, Chair of Cartography. University of Bonn (main developer Pascal Neis). See more at http://www.andnav.org/index.php/features
- Tweet of the day – @2drinksbehind: whoever was on the left side exit row, god bless him, was johnny on the spot an.d instantly had the door open – people crowded out in a mass (RT @BreakingNewsOn Boeing 737 has crashed near DIA)
- Twitter Add-on of the day – Brightkit – If you own or manage several Twitter profiles (for example, I have @gletham, @gisuser, @lbszone, and @symbianone) then Brightkit is for you as it does an amazing job to help consolidate all your Twitter accounts in one handy place. From the dashboard you can send a new tweet, browse replies sent to you etc.. all without having to login in and out of your various user profiles… handy! See http://brightkit.com/
- Free GIS Data Pick of the day – 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles from US Census Bureau –The TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracts containing selected geographic and cartographic information from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGERr (Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) database. See more details here
Special mention… something I heard that I simply can’t believe… from a recent industry research report by IDC “Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009, Says IDC”
Going to Washington DC For the Obama Presidential Inauguration? Load your iPhone or Blackberry with PointAbout
An interesting mobile designed specifically for those headed to DC in January for the inauguration… The application, introduced by Qorvis Communications, a strategic communications firm, and the law firm Patton Boggs, provides location-aware (GPS) information about all inaugural galas and events and delivers details in real time about where to eat, what Metro line to take, and how to find museums and other places in Washington, DC. It even provides walking directions to the Inauguration. The application currently available features evolving content – which will include RSS feeds on inauguration events and services and other related information closer to the event date. Plans also include a polling component to gauge real-time user sentiment about the Inauguration. FortiusOne will be analyzing and visualizing the results through their GeoCommons platform. Current services include:
Zagat Restaurant Guide
Walking directions to the Inauguration
Metro train and bus schedules
News and alerts
Free Wi-Fi zone locations
Local weather, traffic, and news
Starbucks locations
ATM-bank search
See more here or see PointAbout on the iPhone App Store
