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jamesturk

ok i'm not the only one- click the gear in the lower right, a whole suite of options i never knew existed, including "Dock to Right" 7:48 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
embarassingly just realized you can move the chrome inspector to the right instead of bottom, this changes everything 7:44 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
sunlightlabs great writeup of how MinnPost is using @openstates data to create interactive tools minnpost.com/data/2012/05/h… 9:02 AM May 17th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by jamesturk and 3 others
zzolo Hey @openstates, check out our MN Bill Explorer which is mostly powered by Open States API. minnpost.com/data/2012/05/2… 7:49 AM May 15th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by jamesturk and 4 others
coding teaches you how to solve problems & more importantly gives you a playground to learn logic, how technology around you works, etc. 7:22 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
by the metric of "you don't need to do it to do your job better" we can eliminate foreign languages, most math > grade 6, etc. from schools 7:21 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
KathleenLD As someone who DOES want to learn, this makes me feel pretty unwelcome. RT @codinghorror Please Don't Learn to Code codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/p… 6:52 AM May 15th via web Retweeted by jamesturk and 7 others
Boston Sunlight Meetup is TONIGHT @ 6pm! meetup.com/SunlightFounda… 8:38 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
@BillTrack50 implication is that you all are scraping primary sources, unless things have changed, that isn't true right? 12:33 PM May 11th via TweetDeck in reply to BillTrack50
@BillTrack50 interesting discussion for sure, but pretty sure that @grantcv1 is wrong about your use of @openstates? 12:29 PM May 11th via TweetDeck in reply to BillTrack50
sunlightlabs w/ today's affirmation that states will be defining marriage, a reminder: Scout's a great way to stay on top of it all scout.sunlightfoundation.com/search/all/mar… 2:07 PM May 9th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by jamesturk and 2 others
@BillTrack50 yep, sorry we didn't connect- hope you had a good tcamp though! 7:49 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to BillTrack50
Was really good to be back in DC thanks to everyone I got to see, I'll be back soon but right now I just want to sleep in my own bed 4:00 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
@hiteak on the plus side you can stop doing laundry and just wear that around for the next 3 weeks 8:21 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck in reply to hiteak
@hiteak @elle_mccann info @ pad.transparencycamp.org/p/VIP_Hackathon but no github repos for most projects yet 9:05 AM Apr 30th via TweetDeck in reply to hiteak
RT @kev097 At the "It's 2012, I can't believe we're still talking about this shit" session, the focus has inevitably turned to PDFs #tcamp12 12:38 PM Apr 29th via TweetDeck
@ashleydijon meet near info desk? 10:17 AM Apr 29th via TweetDeck in reply to ashleydijon
@ashleydijon 2 works for me 10:14 AM Apr 29th via TweetDeck in reply to ashleydijon
RT @drewpvogel Like churnalism.com from @churnalert? Come to the Super Fast Match session room 1D @ 3:30! #tcamp12 @ryansibley 8:15 AM Apr 29th via TweetDeck
@ariherzog sorry didn't see your tweet yesterday, today after two looks less busy for me if you'd like to chat 7:46 AM Apr 29th via TweetDeck in reply to ariherzog