Comments on: Neighborhood Wide Web http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Lee http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-47479 Tim Lee Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:28:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-47479 <p>Joe: That's awesome! Thanks for pointing it out.<br><br>EF: I've been to the loop; a very nice neighborhood it is.<br><br>Luis: That's going to be pretty cool when they get it working, although I bet a lot of people will be paranoid about having web sites know their physical location.</p> Joe: That’s awesome! Thanks for pointing it out.

EF: I’ve been to the loop; a very nice neighborhood it is.

Luis: That’s going to be pretty cool when they get it working, although I bet a lot of people will be paranoid about having web sites know their physical location.

]]> By: Tim Lee http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-34528 Tim Lee Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:28:28 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-34528 <p>Joe: That's awesome! Thanks for pointing it out.</p> <p>EF: I've been to the loop; a very nice neighborhood it is.</p> <p>Luis: That's going to be pretty cool when they get it working, although I bet a lot of people will be paranoid about having web sites know their physical location.</p> Joe: That’s awesome! Thanks for pointing it out.

EF: I’ve been to the loop; a very nice neighborhood it is.

Luis: That’s going to be pretty cool when they get it working, although I bet a lot of people will be paranoid about having web sites know their physical location.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-47478 Luis Villa Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:14:02 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-47478 <p>Tim: for what it is worth, Mozilla is working on some geolocation stuff, so that your browser can report to websites where you are if you're on a mobile device that has GPS. Unfortunately, I can't find any links off the top of my head, but it should open a whole new round of competition around services.</p> Tim: for what it is worth, Mozilla is working on some geolocation stuff, so that your browser can report to websites where you are if you’re on a mobile device that has GPS. Unfortunately, I can’t find any links off the top of my head, but it should open a whole new round of competition around services.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-34527 Luis Villa Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:14:02 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-34527 <p>Tim: for what it is worth, Mozilla is working on some geolocation stuff, so that your browser can report to websites where you are if you're on a mobile device that has GPS. Unfortunately, I can't find any links off the top of my head, but it should open a whole new round of competition around services.</p> Tim: for what it is worth, Mozilla is working on some geolocation stuff, so that your browser can report to websites where you are if you’re on a mobile device that has GPS. Unfortunately, I can’t find any links off the top of my head, but it should open a whole new round of competition around services.

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-47477 eee_eff Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:21:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-47477 <p>Tim <a href="http://www.ucityloop.com/map.htm" rel="nofollow">University City Loop</a> is one place that has a good web presence. You are probably familar with the area, but if not you should be. It's a happen' place (and very close to my house too, so I can walk to all these great places)<br><br>But you are very right, the geographic information should be better organized and it is getting so.<br><br>The intersting consideration, when you consider the several trends are happening at once:<br><br>1. Street shopping is coming into its own--stores on streets now command both higher rents and higher sales volume per sq. ft than malls.<br><br>2. Long tail markets: the idiosyncratic shop can connect with its market. I recall when I lived in NYC there was a shop called maxilla and mandible that sold skeletons and skulls of different animals (presumably for those who "use antlers in all of their decorating" as the song goes) I can't imagine that shop existing anywhere than NYC (and really hope its closed by now--thought it actually was kind of disgusting)<br><br>3. Sustainability: As people strive to connect more, using less they will try to avail themselves of their local markets, stores, shops more and more.<br><br>I think all these issues will combine to push for much smarter and geographic context-sensitive information becoming available, and actually being used.</p> Tim University City Loop is one place that has a good web presence. You are probably familar with the area, but if not you should be. It’s a happen’ place (and very close to my house too, so I can walk to all these great places)

But you are very right, the geographic information should be better organized and it is getting so.

The intersting consideration, when you consider the several trends are happening at once:

1. Street shopping is coming into its own–stores on streets now command both higher rents and higher sales volume per sq. ft than malls.

2. Long tail markets: the idiosyncratic shop can connect with its market. I recall when I lived in NYC there was a shop called maxilla and mandible that sold skeletons and skulls of different animals (presumably for those who “use antlers in all of their decorating” as the song goes) I can’t imagine that shop existing anywhere than NYC (and really hope its closed by now–thought it actually was kind of disgusting)

3. Sustainability: As people strive to connect more, using less they will try to avail themselves of their local markets, stores, shops more and more.

I think all these issues will combine to push for much smarter and geographic context-sensitive information becoming available, and actually being used.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-34526 enigma_foundry Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:21:41 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-34526 <p>Tim <a href="http://www.ucityloop.com/map.htm" rel="nofollow">University City Loop</a> is one place that has a good web presence. You are probably familar with the area, but if not you should be. It's a happen' place (and very close to my house too, so I can walk to all these great places)</p> <p>But you are very right, the geographic information should be better organized and it is getting so.</p> <p>The intersting consideration, when you consider the several trends are happening at once:</p> <ol> <li><p>Street shopping is coming into its own--stores on streets now command both higher rents and higher sales volume per sq. ft than malls.</p></li> <li><p>Long tail markets: the idiosyncratic shop can connect with its market. I recall when I lived in NYC there was a shop called maxilla and mandible that sold skeletons and skulls of different animals (presumably for those who "use antlers in all of their decorating" as the song goes) I can't imagine that shop existing anywhere than NYC (and really hope its closed by now--thought it actually was kind of disgusting)</p></li> <li><p>Sustainability: As people strive to connect more, using less they will try to avail themselves of their local markets, stores, shops more and more.</p></li> </ol> <p>I think all these issues will combine to push for much smarter and geographic context-sensitive information becoming available, and actually being used.</p> Tim University City Loop is one place that has a good web presence. You are probably familar with the area, but if not you should be. It’s a happen’ place (and very close to my house too, so I can walk to all these great places)

But you are very right, the geographic information should be better organized and it is getting so.

The intersting consideration, when you consider the several trends are happening at once:

  1. Street shopping is coming into its own–stores on streets now command both higher rents and higher sales volume per sq. ft than malls.

  2. Long tail markets: the idiosyncratic shop can connect with its market. I recall when I lived in NYC there was a shop called maxilla and mandible that sold skeletons and skulls of different animals (presumably for those who “use antlers in all of their decorating” as the song goes) I can’t imagine that shop existing anywhere than NYC (and really hope its closed by now–thought it actually was kind of disgusting)

  3. Sustainability: As people strive to connect more, using less they will try to avail themselves of their local markets, stores, shops more and more.

I think all these issues will combine to push for much smarter and geographic context-sensitive information becoming available, and actually being used.

]]> By: Joe Gratz http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-47476 Joe Gratz Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:40:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-47476 <p>Review site Yelp has relatively recently implemented exactly the feature you're looking for, which allows you zoom in on a Google map and see all of the restaurants, divisible by cuisine, and sorted by user rating. I don't know if it has enough momentum in St. Louis to be useful, but it's extremely handy here in San Francisco.<br><br>The site is <a href="http://www.yelp.com/">http://www.yelp.com/</a> , and the map feature is accessible at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/maptastic">http://www.yelp.com/maptastic</a> .</p> Review site Yelp has relatively recently implemented exactly the feature you’re looking for, which allows you zoom in on a Google map and see all of the restaurants, divisible by cuisine, and sorted by user rating. I don’t know if it has enough momentum in St. Louis to be useful, but it’s extremely handy here in San Francisco.

The site is http://www.yelp.com/ , and the map feature is accessible at http://www.yelp.com/maptastic .

]]> By: Joe Gratz http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/comment-page-1/#comment-34525 Joe Gratz Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:40:09 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/08/15/neighborhood-wide-web/#comment-34525 <p>Review site Yelp has relatively recently implemented exactly the feature you're looking for, which allows you zoom in on a Google map and see all of the restaurants, divisible by cuisine, and sorted by user rating. I don't know if it has enough momentum in St. Louis to be useful, but it's extremely handy here in San Francisco.</p> <p>The site is http://www.yelp.com/ , and the map feature is accessible at http://www.yelp.com/maptastic .</p> Review site Yelp has relatively recently implemented exactly the feature you’re looking for, which allows you zoom in on a Google map and see all of the restaurants, divisible by cuisine, and sorted by user rating. I don’t know if it has enough momentum in St. Louis to be useful, but it’s extremely handy here in San Francisco.

The site is http://www.yelp.com/ , and the map feature is accessible at http://www.yelp.com/maptastic .

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