Crowdsourced Sarcasm. Focused Nerd Wrath. "A talent for mixing malevolence with professionalism"
Joined May 2009
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6 Mar 2025
would be good if the people running the OSM twitter account started “bringing it up to current marketing standards”
5 Mar 2025
We're so pleased about our partnership with Sovereign Tech Fund. Their investment will help update #OpenStreetMap’s codebase, bringing it up to current software standards, and improve the contribution process through better documentation and testing. (1/2)
#opendata #FOSS4G
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20 Oct 2024
Geospatial thought leaders are moving to @OvertureMaps because @OpenStreetMap hasn't been updated in two years dekart.xyz/blog/why-we-stopp…
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22 Feb 2024
I added GCPs to my yard when I realized this. For the future 🫡
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26 Jan 2024
Finally CloudMade shareholders get a return!
"The acquisition – as an asset deal"
…oh wait
24 Jan 2024
Enhancing personalized #mobility experience! #Stellantis acquires the #artificialintelligence framework, machine learning models and intellectual property rights and patents of @cloudmade. This will support the mid-term development of STLA SmartCockpit. stellantis.com/en/news/press…
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26 Jan 2024
Just as well CloudMade is the only example ever of a map services company founded as an OSM shop which then pivoted to automotive in a failed attempt to chase the big dollars
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31 Jul 2023
SCENE: what3words boardroom
CMO: in.ft.today!
CEO: is.it.good?
CMO: it.says."staggering..."
CEO: way.to.go!
CMO: "...and.continued.losses"
CEO: "oh.holy.f—k"
x.com/Louis_Ashworth/status/…
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4 Jul 2023
looks like what3words is raising money once again, because the £100m they've raised so far isn't enough to fund a glorified lookup table. I guess "crowdfunding every year" is kind of a business model? crowdcube.com/early-access/w…
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5 Jul 2023
what3words "only" lost £31.5m last year, vs £43.3m the year before. profit is just around the corner! uktech.news/saas/what3words-…
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30 Jun 2023
Get a few more retweets and MapTiler might even give you a discount on their open data downloads, just $4800 for the planet #bargain x.com/canunen/status/1674451…
29 Jun 2023
If I get 10 retweets @MapTiler will donate this cool tshirt to me. Please help @openmapping_ap @hotosm @YerCizenler @foss4g #foss4g2023 #maptiler #osm #hotosm
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16 May 2023
Also thrilled to announce Pope Francis has been appointed as Executive Director of the Catholic Church and Fozzie Bear has been appointed Executive Director of the Bears Defecating In Woodland Foundation
16 May 2023
We are thrilled to announce that Marc Prioleau @mprioleau has been appointed as the Executive Director of Overture Maps Foundation (OMF) by the @linuxfoundation.
Read our interview with Marc on his experience and the vision for OMF.
hubs.ly/Q01Q0Tk50
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28 Apr 2023
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12 Dec 2021
Using the same password for your online accounts? It's time for an update 🔑
You can use @what3words at a known location to generate a password.
If you forget the password, simply return to that location and obtain the what3words!
#SMSSecurityAdvent
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4 Apr 2023
FUN GAME! How far can you get into editing with rapideditor.org before seeing the word "OpenStreetMap" anywhere? Tell us your top score!
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8 Feb 2023
Google Maps state of the art, 2023: hastily rushed out ChatGPT-alike showing Starbucks near you #literallythebarddemo #cantmakethisshitup
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28 Nov 2022
this is not necessarily a bad thing but "2022 design trends" look very much like "Google Maps circa 2016"
Check out the latest redesign of our Core Style base maps based on 2022 design trends. Learn about these improvements and the rich experience that they create: buff.ly/3tHa59n
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19 Nov 2022
Going forward, to build a breakthrough OpenStreetMap 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. If you are sure that you want to be part of the new OpenStreetMap, please click the link below.
tinyurl.com/yjcx7ukn
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