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  • AJ Ashton
    Aug 19, 2010
    4 comments
    Fast and Simple Color Customization with the World Glass Map Tileset
    Transparent elements leave the color decision to you, and with textures there are infinite design possibilities
    Today on Mapbox.com we released a new world map tileset - World Glass. The main goal and unique feature of this map is fast and simple color customization. With its use of 24-bit PNG transparency, users can make the map fit well with the rest of...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Jun 16, 2010
    2 comments
    TileMill 2.0 Wins Knight News Challenge Grant to Improve Hyper Local Mapping in Washington, DC
    Making it easier to build beautiful maps with open geo data
    The Knight Foundation just announced that MapBox's TileMill, our toolkit for rendering beautiful map tiles, is a Knight News Challenge winner! This is key funding that will turn TileMill into TileMill 2.0, allowing us to incorporate feedback and...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    May 6, 2010
    6 comments
    Open Data at Monday's DC Drupal Meetup
    Monday, May 10 at 7:00 pm at Stetson's in Washington, DC
    The next Washington, DC Drupal meetup - happening this Monday, May 10 - will focus on open data, with the recent launch of Data.WorldBank.org on Drupal. Data.WorldBank.org is part of a huge open data initiative that the World Bank is undertaking to...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Apr 20, 2010
    15 comments
    Data.WorldBank.org Launched Today on Drupal
    This is just the start of the World Bank's open data initiative
    Signaling the most aggressive open data push in the international development community to date, World Bank President Robert Zoellick launched Data.WorldBank.org this morning ahead of the organization's spring meeting. All of the World Bank's 2,000...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Mar 12, 2010
    11 comments
    SXSW: Selling Your Milk When the Cow is Free
    Looking at Open Atrium in the light of open source business models
    This afternoon I am speaking on the SXSW panel Selling Your Milk When the Cow is Free about what it has been like to make the transition to selling products with Open Atrium. We only have one way to sell milk right now, and it ain't scaling, but...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Mar 11, 2010
    2 comments
    Offline Mapping Visualizations with Maps on a Stick
    A simple tool for offline mapping and custom data overlays
    We just released Maps on a Stick, a simple client-side mapping tool that lets you access map tilesets and mash them up with information while you're offline. Maps on a Stick runs on either a USB drive or directly from a hard drive and allows you to...
  • Bonnie Bogle
    Feb 26, 2010
    3 comments
    Focusing on Exportables + Features, Aggregation + Feeds, Open Atrium, and the Aegir Hosting System
    We are sharing our latest work @DrupalconSF - vote for the sessions you would like to see
    Our presentation proposals this year for DrupalCon SF focus on the processes and tools we use in our products like Open Atrium and Managing News. A lot has moved in the last six months. Here is a run down of what we are planning on sharing. If you...
  • Eric Gundersen
    Feb 15, 2010
    4 comments
    Resources for Shops Selling Open Atrium Services
    Growing the Open Atrium Developer Base
    We just launched the Shop Resources group on Community.OpenAtrium.com. It's a space designed to help businesses provide better Open Atrium services. As Open Atrium adoption continues to increase, we want to help grow the base of businesses that are...
  • Ian Ward
    Feb 5, 2010
    7 comments
    Open Atrium for Disaster Response
    Helping field offices collect data and produce reports
    We just deployed a custom micro-distribution of Open Atrium for the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) Emergency Operations Center network, the World Health Organization's main arm in the region. This Spanish-only package ships with custom...
  • Tom MacWright
    Jan 22, 2010
    SlingshotSMS 0.2 Released: Now Providing RSS 2.0 and Modem Autodetection
    Today SlingshotSMS has a new release for Mac and Windows and a lot of new documentation. Most importantly, it now produces RSS 2.0, works with a larger variety of modems, and can auto-connect to new devices. Using SlingshotSMS is a lot smoother now...