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Re: Why PRX, Knight Created an Accelerator for Public Media

johntynan — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:19:04 -0000

@PublicMediaX Feel like I'm coming late to the Accelerator party, but I'm excited about thinking disruptively! I think the introduction of startup culture to pubmedia holds much promise both practically and culturally. Excited to see what great changes and companies come out of this.

Re: Public Media Should Mind the Developer Gap

johntynan — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:01:42 -0000

@publicmediax Mike, I think your post speaks volumes about pubmedia culture and promoting change. There is so much to appreciate in your proposal. I especially like the part that beginning with "The creation of ... a safe psychological spacewhere change is encouraged and rewarded" and on. Bravo!

Re: Public Media Should Mind the Developer Gap

johntynan — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:56:33 -0000

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Re: Knight-Mozilla Learning Lab Final Proposal - Locovidi (DRAFT)

johntynan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:25:36 -0000

@juliendorra and @dudarev Following up on Julein's suggestion you may find this interesting "Text geotagging with OpenCalais" http://gvlt.appspot.com/ope... and http://gvlt.wordpress.com/2...

Re: Why Isn't the Public Radio Player App on Android? Let Us Count the Ways

johntynan — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:03:26 -0000

Is it possible to create a browser-based Public Radio Player mobile app and address more operating systems and devices with one codebase?

Re: Talking to Plumbers in French

johntynan — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:09:15 -0000

Update: It turns out they sent the plumber anyway. I don't know if this is a commentary on my ability to communicate successfully or on French bureaucracy or both. Either way, it was another chance for me to say, "Je ne peux pas un rencontre aujourd hui" which seemed to do the trick.

Re: What a Great Family Portait!

johntynan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:44:06 -0000

Disneyland in CA is tops. Disneyland Paris has one issue, which is two sided: you can buy beer in the restaurants (yay!) you have to deal with people smoking cigarettes all over the park (boo!). I like the grounds better, the details in the stagecraft around the rides (although Raiders of the Lost Arc is way better in CA). There are some parts of the park that are showing some wear, but on the whole, I like the park and I like that we are able to enjoy it fairly regularly. $6 euros a piece gets us from our side of town directly to the park via the Metro.

Re: What’s real?

johntynan — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:23:09 -0000

I've been thinking about this further, and while this stirs up both desires for tactile, artistic expression along with data portability questions... I realize too that it is possible to merge the digital with the tactile... perhaps gluing tweets/blog posts into a journal, or even sketching the digital experience as an artistic response (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photo... ).

Re: Time to fill the blank page

johntynan — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:02:36 -0000

Here's an idea. Quick! Draw a picture of your "best self". What are you doing? Post it to the bog ;) See if it evokes any goals, ideals, you'd like to live up to.

Re: Change

johntynan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:42:25 -0000

Congratulations! Horray for the Petro Family! An inspiring post as well. I look forward to seeing where your passions take you and to support you and Tracie in your new adventure in new and novel ways!

Re: Call for Topics: #pubmedia Chat on Mon, Feb 15

johntynan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:07:19 -0000

How about a monthly "book club" chat? 1st up: "Proposals for Investments in New Media" http://bit.ly/cl3WUt or other notable reports.

Re: Blissing Out on the Details

johntynan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:05:19 -0000

Stephen, I'm not sure why all the blog entries are repeated. I just changed the theme for my blog, and this is a residual issue that I'm going to have to look into.

I appreciate the offer of the information on book design. Last Christmas, my father-in-law took me to a bookstore in downtown Los Angeles and I picked up the book:

"Typography & Typesetting" by Ronald Labuz:
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL...

as well as "More Making Books by Hand":
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL...

which have helped to get me started, but I'm sure I may have a few questions that will come up, in context.

The idea of using LaTeX arose from a long-time friend telling my how great TeX was for typesetting several books that he had written, so I had that in the back of my mind. But really, the issue was more that I wanted to write on any number of devices (mobile or laptop) using a simple markup language, specifically ReStructuredText, and pair this with version control software (in this case SVN) to track revisions. This works great, by the way, it is really simple and allows you to keep track of all revisions as well as keep online backups.

I went through several ambitious tests with a programmer friend where the process evolved into converting the plain text files into LaTeX using the python module docutils. This sounds more convoluted than it really is, but once it's set up, it's a breeze.

I found that only have to maintain the index file in LaTeX. And this index file's syntax is really intuitive.

So there's not a ton of working with the programming language, the only time I delve into code is when I do the conversion, and this is simply a batch command that rarely changes.

I'll send you the information for accessing the repository so that you can look at it online (or even download it to your computer) and have a closer look.

Thanks!

Re: Blissing Out on the Details

johntynan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:41:19 -0000

I wish to God my blog archive were back up, as there's a lot on book design there & some might be of use to you. But it isn't just yet.

How come each of your blog entries is repeated? That asked, I'm curious why you chose LaTeX, simply because it's free? Were you familiar with it before this project? If not, how you finding the learning curve? I mean, it IS more of a programming language than software.

Re: Battle of the Cupcakes

johntynan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:20:20 -0000

I liked the fun, found art at Urban Cookies too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntynan/3746227767/

Urban Cookies was great place to go after lunch for a sweet, perfect, little desert.

Re: phodroid | dannabug

johntynan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:56 -0000

Now THAT is precious! Beep! Beep!

Re: Challenges Face Flagstaff Mayor - KJZZ 91.5 FM - Your NPR News Station

johntynan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:14:39 -0000

I never knew that Flagstaff had such a bad rap... the meanest city. Ouch! Nice point about renewable energy. It would be great to see windmill farms in the outlying meadows and forest service land around mount humphreys.

Re: Don’t Miss: Sedaris and Crumpet the Elf

johntynan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:50:39 -0000

Thanks so much for pointing this out! I so remember hearing this for the first time... what a classic!

Re: Breaking the silence; looking back, looking forward

johntynan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:34:26 -0000

I am glad that APTI will continue to have such a passionate and knowledgeable person on their staff. You bring a lot to the discussion of public media that I, for one, appreciate. Congratulations on your decision! And best of luck to you and to all of APTI in your renewed work together.

Re: IMA 2008 conference audio posted

johntynan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:31:00 -0000

Great work! You really owned a valuable part of the discussion lately. In addition to your participation at the conference, and to you blog posts, I had no idea you had volunteered to get all the audio online. I, for one, and most grateful.

Re: Amazon to Acquire Audible.com

johntynan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:43:39 -0000

Thanks Todd! I just received a kindle for Christmas (actually it came late, but that's another story). I am keenly interested in seeing how this technology evolves. Already, I've enjoyed curling up in my favorite reading spot with the device. Thanks for the tip! JT