phildini

Hi friends. I like making websites and tracking data, so I made stayinghome.club This is the list of the tech events and companies I know about who changed their plans due to #COVID19. It is incomplete. PRs and RTs gladly accepted to get a better list.

Hello. I have returned to bad site to inform you all: The coolest person on earth, @rosemaryforyou, has released an indie emo EP, and you owe it to yourself to buy it and listen to it: fennelflowers.bandcamp.com/album/down I can't get these songs out of my head, and I want that for you.

Time for my regular reminder: friends don't let friends use counter-dot-social. That instance's owner is untrustworthy, racist, gleefully disregards software licenses, tracks every click his users make on the site. Ok good talk, send your friends to me if they need help

People who worked in the bay area in 2000 / 2001 tonight:

It would be so nice to live in precedented times. You know, as a treat.

Wowow did not know #django has kept up to date with postgres development and now has search built-in. ✨ @pauloxnet #djangocon

The fact that every coffee shop on Park St is closed at 530 on a Thursday afternoon is an act of violence against the parents of newborns. What’s #alamtg doing about the real issues, hmm???

In case y'all are curious what it's like to work with @drewdil at @burbteam #startuplife 🤣

Hello #berkeley folks! (I don't know if there's a #berkmtg?) Here's my last civic data drop for a bit, and it's a big one: data.berkeley.place/city_minutes/p… 56,951 pages of minutes from city meetings, full-text search, going back to 1905. We're well beyond microfiche at this point.

For the past couple weeks I've been working on digitizing 55,000 pages of civic meetings minutes (starting with #alamtg and #oakmtg) to give residents visibility into what their governments are doing. I wrote about my process and next steps: phildini.dev/digitizing-55-…

Hello #oakmtg and all the folks who care about #oakland govt. I have a gift for you! At data.oakland.works/oakland_minute… you will find a searchable database of 37,172 pages of Oakland civic meeting minutes, going back to 2003. Full-text search. Microfiche on steroids. (RTs appreciated)

Ok #alamtg I'm back with another gift, and this is a big one. If you go to data.alameda.one/alameda_minute…, you'll find a searchable database of the minutes of every @CityofAlameda govt meeting, going back to 2005. Yes, I mean full-text search. Think of it like microfiche on steroids.

Hello #alamtg! I am back with another gift: A queryable database of every public session vote taken at the Alameda City Council, going back to 2010ish. data.alameda.one 1/5

Has someone written a script to automate pulling voting history for #alamtg Minutes PDFs? Yes. Someone has.

Tagging some folks who might find this _particularly_ interesting: @laurendo @jasonbiggs @gaylonparsons @brianrmcguire @Rasheed_Shabazz

Want to know what was said about bike lanes or rent control a month ago? We got you, and the data will keep improving over time. If you want to help me on data correctness, I would love the help! You can reach me or, leave issues on the repo. 3/n

Hey #alamtg folks I have a gift! councildataproject.org/alameda/#/ This is city meetings from mid-April to now (I'm adding more over time), with videos and transcripts, searchable and broken down by topic. 1/n

Hi folks! It sucks I have to mention this, but: if you track menstrual cycles and you're worried about data subpoena, Apple Health data is encrypted on-device! This aint perfect, but using their built-in tracker will be much more resilient to the data slurping. Feel free to RT.

the "No on B" campaign is going great! #alamtg

@djbaskin_images I couldn't resist

Welcome to Xerox Park 📠🌲 #dalle