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Google Shows Me How to Bike from My House to My Mom’s (Brooklyn to San Francisco)

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

I decided to check out how extensive is the new "bicycle directions" tool on Google Maps by putting in my address in Brooklyn and having it plot a bike route from there to my mom's house in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here's what Google suggested. I find it super useful to know that if…

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RidetheCity.com: Google Maps meets crowdsourced biking data

Posted on November 30, 2009 by

I'm really digging the new RidetheCity.com website, a service that debuted in 2008 to help bike commuters find the best route from A to B in the city.  Let's face it: it's a jungle out there for New York City bikers. We need all the help we can get. The new site integrates elevation data…

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Bronx Rhymes: Documenting the history of hip-hop using new media

Posted on January 11, 2009 by

"Bronx Rhymes" is a project to preserve and present the history of hip-hop culture from its roots in the South Bronx.  It combines several forms of new media in ways that honor the culture: Bronx Rhymes uncovers the history of Hip Hop in the borough by tagging historically important locations with rhymes. These rhymes illuminate…

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A History of the Jazz Split

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