Simon Willison’s Weblog

Data Is Journalism: MSNBC.com Acquires Everyblock. Congratulations Adrian, Wilson and the team! Brady Forrest reports the acquisition within the larger context of the rise of data-driven journalism.

# 18th August 2009, 12:10 pm / adrian-holovaty, wilson-miner, everyblock, msnbc, brady-forrest, data-journalism

A List Apart: Issue 256. The EveryBlock issue. Paul Smith on EveryBlock’s tasty custom maps, and Wilson Miner on EveryBlock’s tasty accessible data charts.

# 9th April 2008, 12:21 pm / maps, paul-smith, wilson-miner, everyblock, a-list-apart

Introducing EveryBlock. EveryBlock launched! Adrian Holovaty, Wilson Miner, Paul Smith and Daniel X. O’Neil’s startup which answers the question, “What’s happening in my neighborhood?” Cities covered by the launch are Chicago, New York and San Francisco.

# 23rd January 2008, 9:56 pm / everyblock, django, adrian-holovaty, wilson-miner, paul-smith, daniel-x-oneil, san-francisco, chicago, new-york

Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid. Wilson Miner introduces a smart, methodical approach to well proportioned Web typography.

# 11th April 2007, 12:08 am / wilson-miner, typography, a-list-apart, css

The problem with pixels. IE7 lets users resize pixel-based fonts. Is it finally time to stop avoiding pixel sizing in CSS?

# 2nd April 2007, 2:11 pm / wilson-miner, css, ie7