Ray Berger
@rayb.bsky.social
Urbanism + tech (for the people)
Currently in SF.
Founder: @urbanismnow.com
Publishing with: thelabofthought.co
Currently in SF.
Founder: @urbanismnow.com
Publishing with: thelabofthought.co
Why is West Virginia's forest cover so much more complete than other states in Open Street Map?
One dedicated mapper is behind it all!
#OpenStreetMap
www.reddit.com/r/gis/commen...
One dedicated mapper is behind it all!
#OpenStreetMap
www.reddit.com/r/gis/commen...
From the gis community on Reddit: Why is West Virginia's forest cover so much more complete than other states in Open Street Map?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Why is West Virginia's forest cover so much more complete than other states in Open Street Map?
One dedicated mapper is behind it all!
#OpenStreetMap
www.reddit.com/r/gis/commen...
One dedicated mapper is behind it all!
#OpenStreetMap
www.reddit.com/r/gis/commen...
Anyone know why #SFWifi in #SanFrancisco #California dropped from 39 locations, including Dolores, (as of September) offered to just 21? I can't find any press coverage or statements by the city. web.archive.org/web/20250925... @sfgate.com @missionlocal.org @sfexaminer.bsky.social
#SFWiFi | SF.gov
Free wireless internet access in selected areas and parks around San Francisco
web.archive.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Anyone know why #SFWifi in #SanFrancisco #California dropped from 39 locations, including Dolores, (as of September) offered to just 21? I can't find any press coverage or statements by the city. web.archive.org/web/20250925... @sfgate.com @missionlocal.org @sfexaminer.bsky.social
Yesterday I created two #wikipedia articles!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_... (fun pop star)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_... (sad crypto scam)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_... (fun pop star)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_... (sad crypto scam)
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yesterday I created two #wikipedia articles!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_... (fun pop star)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_... (sad crypto scam)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_... (fun pop star)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_... (sad crypto scam)
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Ride @bart.gov @sfmta.bsky.social @rideact.bsky.social or other Bay Area transit agencies ? You're about to save a bunch of money with Clipper 2.0! Our trip saving calculator built w/ @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social & @tsch.uy will show you how much. See for yourself > clipper2.hikingbytransit.com
Clipper 2.0 Savings Calculator
clipper2.hikingbytransit.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Ride @bart.gov @sfmta.bsky.social @rideact.bsky.social or other Bay Area transit agencies ? You're about to save a bunch of money with Clipper 2.0! Our trip saving calculator built w/ @seamlessbayareaca.bsky.social & @tsch.uy will show you how much. See for yourself > clipper2.hikingbytransit.com
Game-changer for California urbanism! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, a landmark law that greenlights denser housing near major transit stops. This is a massive win for creating more connected and sustainable cities.
October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Game-changer for California urbanism! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, a landmark law that greenlights denser housing near major transit stops. This is a massive win for creating more connected and sustainable cities.
Creator of pandoc merged a fix to my bug report in less than 24 hours!
I appreciate this philosophy professor maintaining a great piece of software and responding to bug reports in such a timely manner. He's awful generous with his time.
github.com/jgm/pandoc/i...
#foss #OpenSource #pandoc
I appreciate this philosophy professor maintaining a great piece of software and responding to bug reports in such a timely manner. He's awful generous with his time.
github.com/jgm/pandoc/i...
#foss #OpenSource #pandoc
August 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Creator of pandoc merged a fix to my bug report in less than 24 hours!
I appreciate this philosophy professor maintaining a great piece of software and responding to bug reports in such a timely manner. He's awful generous with his time.
github.com/jgm/pandoc/i...
#foss #OpenSource #pandoc
I appreciate this philosophy professor maintaining a great piece of software and responding to bug reports in such a timely manner. He's awful generous with his time.
github.com/jgm/pandoc/i...
#foss #OpenSource #pandoc
@merfishcomics.bsky.social fyi, your website still links to your Twitter instead of bluesky
July 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
@merfishcomics.bsky.social fyi, your website still links to your Twitter instead of bluesky
NYC has a very impressive Open Data portal. Every single day, a new dataset of all the 311 calls are made available for anyone to to dig in and analyze. This is just one of hundreds of datasets available from the city. 🧵
#urbanism #opendata #urbanplanning #nyc
#urbanism #opendata #urbanplanning #nyc
June 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NYC has a very impressive Open Data portal. Every single day, a new dataset of all the 311 calls are made available for anyone to to dig in and analyze. This is just one of hundreds of datasets available from the city. 🧵
#urbanism #opendata #urbanplanning #nyc
#urbanism #opendata #urbanplanning #nyc
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Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?
April 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?
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If DOGE were serious, it would also eliminate the nickel, which costs 13.78 cents to make. It was first issued in 1866, when it had roughly the same purchasing power as a dollar today.
January 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If DOGE were serious, it would also eliminate the nickel, which costs 13.78 cents to make. It was first issued in 1866, when it had roughly the same purchasing power as a dollar today.
Fun to see #Wikipedia 's most viewed articles of 2024!
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2025-01-15/Traffic report - Wikipedia
2024 marked the return of death to the top spot of this list, but it certainly didn't happen because things were uneventful. Nothing was more inescapable than the American election and sure enough,…
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January 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Fun to see #Wikipedia 's most viewed articles of 2024!
Can anyone in the #Vue #VueJS or #Vite worlds tell me if there's a better way to build multiple web components? Can't use the lib option because then we can't inline dynamic imports with multiple inputs and multiple outputs.
#OpenSource
#OpenSource
Upgrade to Vue 3 by RayBB · Pull Request #10298 · internetarchive/openlibrary
Closes #7547 Overview This PR upgrades Vue. Due to Vue's architecture, this requires upgrading all Vue-related dependencies simultaneously. Changes Needed Fixed styling issues in Library Explo...
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January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can anyone in the #Vue #VueJS or #Vite worlds tell me if there's a better way to build multiple web components? Can't use the lib option because then we can't inline dynamic imports with multiple inputs and multiple outputs.
#OpenSource
#OpenSource
New blog post about cleaning up some #Wikipedia links on #OpenLibrary to replace them with #Wikidata
Cleaning Up Legacy Data: From Wikipedia Links to Wikidata IDs in Open Library
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January 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New blog post about cleaning up some #Wikipedia links on #OpenLibrary to replace them with #Wikidata
Happy that PocketBase has a new little guide out for importing and exporting data!
Suggestions and recommendations for import/export of old data into PocketBase · pocketbase pocketbase · Discussion #6287
Since there were several posts related to importing old db data into PocketBase, this post attempts to combine in a single place the previously discussed possible approaches for doing that. As ment...
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Happy that PocketBase has a new little guide out for importing and exporting data!
A recent paper about NYC says upzoning reshuffles gentrification: some neighborhoods feel relief, others feel the heat. As such, a regional approach should be taken.
Source: Upzoning and gentrification: Heterogeneous impacts of neighbourhood-level upzoning in New York City (2024).
Source: Upzoning and gentrification: Heterogeneous impacts of neighbourhood-level upzoning in New York City (2024).
January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A recent paper about NYC says upzoning reshuffles gentrification: some neighborhoods feel relief, others feel the heat. As such, a regional approach should be taken.
Source: Upzoning and gentrification: Heterogeneous impacts of neighbourhood-level upzoning in New York City (2024).
Source: Upzoning and gentrification: Heterogeneous impacts of neighbourhood-level upzoning in New York City (2024).
January 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Audiobook recommendations? Fiction or non-fiction but having a good narrator is a must!. Finished Crying in H Mart this week and need something new.
January 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Audiobook recommendations? Fiction or non-fiction but having a good narrator is a must!. Finished Crying in H Mart this week and need something new.
Made my first PR for Super Productivity!
#FOSS #OpenSource #GitHub #Productivity
github.com/johannesjo/s...
#FOSS #OpenSource #GitHub #Productivity
github.com/johannesjo/s...
add GitHub token validation by RayBB · Pull Request #3873 · johannesjo/super-productivity
Description
Add validation.
I'm just facing one problem with the translation strings.
Perhaps you can fix it up and merge? 👍
Issues Resolved
Closes #3864
Check List
New functionality include...
github.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Made my first PR for Super Productivity!
#FOSS #OpenSource #GitHub #Productivity
github.com/johannesjo/s...
#FOSS #OpenSource #GitHub #Productivity
github.com/johannesjo/s...
In December, I joined the celebration of 50 years of Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia.
Three astonishing aspects caught my attention:
1. At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.
Three astonishing aspects caught my attention:
1. At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In December, I joined the celebration of 50 years of Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia.
Three astonishing aspects caught my attention:
1. At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.
Three astonishing aspects caught my attention:
1. At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.
@kickstarter.com might know I'm a Cory Doctorow fan
January 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@kickstarter.com might know I'm a Cory Doctorow fan
Just added ~100 #EckerdCollege faculty profiles to Wikidata using QuickStatements! Fun first project with this tool. Now their research will be more discoverable 🔍 #Wikidata #OpenScience
blog.rayberger.org/eckerd-quick...
blog.rayberger.org/eckerd-quick...
My First Wikidata QuickStatements Project: Documenting Professors at Eckerd College
I love my alma mater, Eckerd College, and I recently discovered EC Scholar, a website that showcases faculty research profiles and publications. This seemed like a good opportunity for me to learn about QuickStatements, a Wikidata tool that particula...
blog.rayberger.org
December 29, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Just added ~100 #EckerdCollege faculty profiles to Wikidata using QuickStatements! Fun first project with this tool. Now their research will be more discoverable 🔍 #Wikidata #OpenScience
blog.rayberger.org/eckerd-quick...
blog.rayberger.org/eckerd-quick...
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LETS TRY THIS:
Quote-post this with a “picture worth a 1000 words” of a scene from another city that exemplifies what you’d like YOUR city to achieve on the way to becoming a much better #CityForPeople. The only word you get to include is the name of the city the scene is from.
Quote-post this with a “picture worth a 1000 words” of a scene from another city that exemplifies what you’d like YOUR city to achieve on the way to becoming a much better #CityForPeople. The only word you get to include is the name of the city the scene is from.
December 29, 2024 at 5:55 AM
LETS TRY THIS:
Quote-post this with a “picture worth a 1000 words” of a scene from another city that exemplifies what you’d like YOUR city to achieve on the way to becoming a much better #CityForPeople. The only word you get to include is the name of the city the scene is from.
Quote-post this with a “picture worth a 1000 words” of a scene from another city that exemplifies what you’d like YOUR city to achieve on the way to becoming a much better #CityForPeople. The only word you get to include is the name of the city the scene is from.
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I went on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the open streets movement. Here's what I learned: slate.com/business/202...
Bogotá’s Open Streets Program Is the Most Successful in the World. I Went to Find Out Why.
If you ask a Bogotáno where they learned to ride a bike, they all have the same answer.
slate.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I went on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the open streets movement. Here's what I learned: slate.com/business/202...
TIL it's nearly impossible to export highlights/notes from Apple Books 🙃
December 5, 2024 at 10:32 PM
TIL it's nearly impossible to export highlights/notes from Apple Books 🙃