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Chris Whong

@chris_whong

Urbanist, Technologist, Datahead. Into #dataviz, #opendata, #webmapping and making cities better. Dev Evangelism @mapbox Teach @nyuwagner On @BrooklynCB6

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Wear the City! Announcing Brooklyn Streetworks, an online shop for streetscape-inspired prints, art, and clothing. Here's a manhole cover pulled right off the sidewalk in Brooklyn. brooklynstreetworks.com/products/short…

Wear the City!  Announcing Brooklyn Streetworks, an online shop for streetscape-inspired prints, art, and clothing.  Here's a manhole cover pulled right off the sidewalk in Brooklyn.  

brooklynstreetworks.com/products/short…
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I've been at Google 12 years today. Here are 10 lessons I've learned that may help others: 1️⃣ Embrace lifelong learning Continuous learning is the heartbeat of a thriving career. Stay endlessly curious. Write about what you learn - the process of explaining concepts to

I've been at <a href="/Google/">Google</a> 12 years today. 

Here are 10 lessons I've learned that may help others:

1️⃣ Embrace lifelong learning 

Continuous learning is the heartbeat of a thriving career. Stay endlessly curious. 

Write about what you learn - the process of explaining concepts to
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I made a Mapbox GL JS plugin to show a little globe minimap to show the main map's center point. Made with D3.js. github.com/chriswhong/map…

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Working on a mobile app that combines POPS, Street Plazas, Parks, and Waterfront Public Access Areas into one consolidated public space map. I’m probably a few weeks away from needing beta testers if anyone is interested!

Working on a mobile app that combines POPS, Street Plazas, Parks, and Waterfront Public Access Areas into one consolidated public space map.

I’m probably a few weeks away from needing beta testers if anyone is interested!
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Dogfooding my new public space app, found a nice spot to eat lunch that o otherwise would not have known existed. Here is how this space looks on my app, on Google maps, and in real life:

Dogfooding my new public space app, found a nice spot to eat lunch that o otherwise would not have known existed.

Here is how this space looks on my app, on Google maps, and in real life:
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This is the understatement of the millennium. And we have known it was coming for 8 years. The trouble is that no one gave a shit. And now we’re about to have a peaceful transfer of power, in one final act of handing over the keys.

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NYC Bike Lanes Streetsblog New York Transportation Alternatives This should get way way more press coverage. You were able to break this awful behavior, going back apparently over 15 years. Here you can see a streetview image from 2011 with sidewalk parking on both sides leading this woman to walk in the street!!

<a href="/NYCBikeLanes/">NYC Bike Lanes</a> <a href="/StreetsblogNYC/">Streetsblog New York</a> <a href="/TransAlt/">Transportation Alternatives</a> This should get way way more press coverage. You were able to break this awful behavior, going back apparently over 15 years.  Here you can see a streetview image from 2011 with sidewalk parking on both sides leading this woman to walk in the street!!