yes - and it was also ok. The concept is still important to delineate as the users & use cases are sufficiently different.

Giving a name means being able to reason what geography means for personal use and perspectives vs. planning & operations.

@migurski @matth @bdon

@RobynCaplan I can leave my house and be at DCA gate in 18 minutes!

Caveat: early morning, but still!

I love living in a city where you can walk to get Christmas trees from local youth organizations and your kids carry them back to the house.

@jcarlson usually lunches are provided, and breaks have coffee - maybe a snack. Breakfast & dinner usually on your own (including if you buy Gala ticket)

There have been variations over many years, but that’s the usually AFAIK.

Καλό Πάσχα (happy orthodox Easter) to those who celebrate (or are traveling through Greece)

that’s a wrap on a week of geeks at @Esri DevSummit

Several thousand Geo devs
hundreds of live-code, hands on technical sessions lead by core devs

20+ hours of meeting people doing amazing work with @ArcGISHub and our open-source projects

what if, as a society, we reconsidered "time-off" as a balance of both health and enjoyment.

HR could advise
- 1-week of physical 'time off'
- 1-week of mental 'time off'
- and 2-4 weeks of you-cation

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2013/04/benefits-slumber

pouring some new energy into Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajturner/albums/72177720306262103

Last week, I heard from many organizations sharing open data and collaborating to address Climate Resilience, Disaster Response, Conflict Accountability, and local policies

I highlighted a few and you can watch their stories

https://highearthorbit.com/articles/highlight-government-hubs-at-fedgis-2023/

“All geographers are doing data science, but most data scientists are not learning geography. They shouldn’t be different. Geographers have to bring themselves to the table to make analysis better.”

Lauren Bennett of @Esri

I love working at a company that tracks employee hours with the mindset of "if a colleague is working more than 40 hours a week the manager should balance their work assignments to maintain a life balance"

did the U.S. House elected a new Pope?

@elipousson awesome! Let me know if they want any help setting it up. It likely needs some changes to be more flexible such as configuring a theme other than @ggwash green

some companies have snack bars and cookies.

We have a fridge full of oranges thanks to our southern California heritage

finally wrote a short summary of the DC Fantasy Council game I created with @ggwash for the upcoming 2023-2024 Council.

Built for re-use by other municipalities!

https://highearthorbit.com/articles/civic-council-game/

@crschmidt I didn’t know before how it worked. Agreed there was some ingenious engineering - particularly when deploying consumer hardware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Zapper?wprov=sfti1

@cyklista @BrentToderian I agree it’s too fast, particularly for a 1-lane residential block and only a painted “bike lane”

@dmfenton @BrentToderian agreed this data should be shared preemptively.

I didn’t even get all the data - so I have to follow up.

I will commend DDOT FOIA team are fast, about 5 day turn around.

(Cut off from http://nullisland.social)

Ultimately this TSI failed. It’s unacceptable to only get another speed limit sign when cars ignore stop signs, painted bike lanes, and crosswalks.

We need physical infrastructure.

How to ask DC to add #VisionZero safety in residential neighborhoods

1. File "Traffic Safety Investigation" (TSI) 311 request for a raised crosswalk or speed-bump
2. Wait 6 months until request closes 7 days before required date
3. Fille Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to get the data

The Data:
- 33% of vehicles exceed the 25mph speed limit, some 65mph!

The Response:
- a new 25mph speed limit sign

This is not going to change outcomes https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/23-158

/cc @BrentToderian