Cool Stuff

• September 22, 2011Cool Stuff

  Another Threadless classic

  It has been a while since I have posted one of the awesome Threadless t’s hocking geo awareness. I think this one definitely makes up for the gap. Sharing the […]

• September 14, 2011Cool Stuff, General, Human Geography

  Transportation… OF THE FUTURE!

  If you’ve ever heard me chatting with Elvin of the ArcPad team, you’ll know that I can wax poetic about cars almost more easily than I can about GIS. I […]

• August 10, 2011Cool Stuff

  Intro to Culture, Space and Place

  Dr Jon Anderson of Cardiff University has created a fun video that ties into a class he is teaching. It shows how a short video can lead to many thoughts, […]

• August 4, 2011Cool Stuff

  Architect or Grad Student?

  With many popular sites picking up on Barbie’s new architectural design (the house) I finslly took a look at this year’s “I Can Be…” Barbie. You may recall that last […]

• August 3, 2011Cool Stuff

  Group Me and Group Texting

  The Wall Street Journal has an article on GroupMe, an Android application that allows multiple users to text together at the same time as a group. According to the article, […]

• July 9, 2011Cool Stuff, Education, ESRIUC, Events, WebMapping

  ESRI EDuc Plenary Session – ArcGIS Online Improvements

  At the ESRI Education User Conference Plenary this morning a few things struck me as significant for GIS use in the classroom.  Bern Szukalski reviewed some of the ArcGIS.com revisions […]

• July 6, 2011Cool Stuff, Gadgets

  They had me at ‘Help Me Obi-Wan’

  Engadget has a link to this really cool video demoing using iOS’s String Augmented Reality SDK and the Microsoft Kinect together. The video mentions a few potential uses, but it […]

• June 24, 2011Cartography, Cool Stuff, ESRIUC, Events

  Must – Have – Coffee!

  Where you live might decide where you get your AM cup of joe (unless you get your fix from a local favorite).  Numbers Run has a neat series of maps […]

• June 17, 2011Cool Stuff

  How the states originally got their stories

  We have tweeted about and talked about and shown the History Channel’s How the States Got Their Shapes often since the original 2 hour special aired and have sat entranced […]

• May 29, 2011AugmentedReality, Cartography, Cool Stuff, Education, general, Human Geography

  Animated Maps on Memorial Day Weekend

  On this memorial day weekend the History Channel is kicking off a week of Civil War themed shows.  While watching I thought I’d see if there were any interesting maps […]