A hobby journalist

18th March 2010

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Formspring.me news confirmed →

Impressive list of funders, too.

11th February 2010

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Chris is gone ... Chris isn't here →

I’m not planning to update this blog any more. I’ve started new over at chrisvannoy.com and you’re welcome to join me (or not).

All the archives will stay here, so no links should be breaking.

19th November 2009

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Fun with look-alikes (and pot) →

So that explains Belichek’s weird behavior …

11th June 2009

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Recent Projects: Reporters →

Over the next week or so, I’m going to try to go into a little detail about some of the things the team at The Indianapolis Star has been working on lately.

First up: Reporters, our aggregation…

1st May 2009

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Fun things with the FollowIndy API: A code swarm visualization of Twitters mentions of “flu” over the past month. Each day is one second of video.

Anything else you’d like to see charted? Shoot me a note at chris@followindy.com and I’ll try to whip it up.

11th February 2009

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What I've been working on →

Just copy-n-pasting the README from my current work project to whet your appetite:

AutoFocus

Taking photo and gallery management at large media organizations to a new level

AutoFocus is a photo…

6th November 2008

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Turning Indiana Blue →

StarFiles: Obama in Indiana - More IndyStar Galleries
View this gallery at IndyStar: StarFiles: Obama in Indiana

I woke up Wednesday morning to a better America and a blue…

15th August 2008

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Start spreading the news (photos) →

Downtown rescue - More IndyStar Galleries
View this gallery at IndyStar: Downtown rescue

Obviously, photos and gallery management systems have been per projects of mine for a while…

9th July 2008

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Aggregation: To Link or Summarize →

So, as I mentioned in the last post, we’re working on a massive content aggregation project right now, with the plan to allow folks to include sources from all over the internet (essentially,…

4th July 2008

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Not hyperlocal ... Hyper-Me →

So, the Wall Street Journal finally came out and declared LoudounExtra.com to be a “flop” … and I say, let this be the death-knell for hyperlocal.

LoudounExtra has a lot of issues: leaving out the…