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Access to Full Twitter Archive of Public Posts Now Available

futurejournalismproject:

Gnip, a social data delivery company that offers the full Twitter firehose, announced the release of Historical PowerTrack, a tool for accessing Twitter’s complete public history.

Via Gnip:

This level of access has never been available and we know it is really going to accelerate the rate of innovation going forward. We think there are new products and businesses that will now be possible with access to a “social layer” of historical data. We frequently ask ourselves “If you could know what the world was saying at any moment in time about any topic, what could you build?”

We very much look forward to seeing how that question is answered.

Wow! Being able to experience the past and real-time information would enable educators, historians, entertainment media heck everyone to make real connections with quotes, ideas, and content to past and present seamlessly. #collectiveconciousness

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High school students needing community service hours

DeanwoodxDesign (DxD) is a creative place making project is managed by Partners for Livable Communites, a national non-profit organization and sponsored by ArtPlace and the DC Office of Planning (OP) and we are featuring free workshops, exhibitions and cultural events that will take place in the neighborhood of Deanwood in Washington DC through October.

We are in need of students who are seeking community service hours. For each event, there will be an on-site contact for the student to report to. Most events are on the weekends. Students will assist with event setup/breakdown, administrative duties as assigned, social media outreach, distributing fliers, etc… Listed below are upcoming events. If there are students interested, I will follow up with more details regarding each event.

9/22 Garden Party 11am-2pm at Marvin Gaye Greening Center
10/6 Hand Dancing Workshop 4-6pm at Riverside Center
10/13 Project Y Mural Workshop at The Fishing School 12-2pm
10/13 Film Screening: The Red Line DC Project
10/20 Burn On A Budget-Healthy Cooking Competition 5-8pm Riverside Center Café

To register students, please contact Alison Henderson at Alison@deanwoodxdesign.com or call 301-706-6719

DIY: Technology Meets Arts & Crafts

I got really excited when I saw this article about the website Technology Will Save Us. I came across it in the Daily Good email newsletter from Good.is. You must subscribe to this site if you are a creative, an educator, tech innovator, or just an all around “Do Gooder”. Technologywillsaveus.org provides how-to instruction and kits for making useful things like DIY speakers or a soldering kit. It’s for crafty techies that like to be hands on. I wish they had classes like this instead of wood shop when I was in high school. You see I’m a kinesthetic learner. I had arts and crafts on lock, and I loved doing experiments with my science kit at home too. My parents encouraged the creative geek in me with lots of outlets like this. I like the idea of knowing how something works from the inside out.

Give the article a read and visit the site.

http://technologywillsaveus.org/

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Who wants to play SCVNGR? I have placed several game layers around the Washington, DC metro area using the mobile gaming app SCVNGR, and Deanwood is my newest one! I have made the historic neighborhood of Deanwood my new playground for geolocation based apps, virtual gaming apps, and augmented reality. The locations of the DxD Trek(a series of challenges) focus on our three temporiums. At each there is much to see and explore, and we want to encourage you to share your experience at our events with your friends. Why not make it a game, right? The app is free and easy to use, and anyone can create a game. My hope is that this app will drive awareness and exposure to Deanwood’s many charms, neighborhood resources, and a great way to know what’s going on within the neighborhood. DxD has events going on every weekend and there is plenty to choose from. Fun for the whole family! Visit the website events page(The Happs) and come join us out in Deanwood for art, community, and fun! Game on! I’ll share another app with you tomorrow that I’ve been using to play around with augmented reality.  Related articles IKEA 2013 Catalog Has Augmented Reality (augmentedblog.wordpress.com) The contact lenses that could be the future of augmented reality (business.financialpost.com) Sojournals posted a blog post (sojournalists.ning.com)

Who wants to play SCVNGR? I have placed several game layers around the Washington, DC metro area using the mobile gaming app SCVNGR, and Deanwood is my newest one! I have made the historic neighborhood of Deanwood my new playground for geolocation based apps, virtual gaming apps, and augmented reality. The locations of the DxD Trek(a series of challenges) focus on our three temporiums. At each there is much to see and explore, and we want to encourage you to share your experience at our events with your friends. Why not make it a game, right? The app is free and easy to use, and anyone can create a game. My hope is that this app will drive awareness and exposure to Deanwood’s many charms, neighborhood resources, and a great way to know what’s going on within the neighborhood.

DxD has events going on every weekend and there is plenty to choose from. Fun for the whole family! Visit the website events page(The Happs) and come join us out in Deanwood for art, community, and fun! Game on!

I’ll share another app with you tomorrow that I’ve been using to play around with augmented reality. 

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The Create Daily has become my new fav reason to check my email. Smart, competitive, creative opportunities for writers, content creators, filmmakers, publishers, and media makers daily! I love it! Not once have I seen a dud. “The Create Daily ™ is a curated resource of opportunity for content creators that’s delivered daily via email.” - The Create Daily This daily email comes with an inspiring quote for the day too. Just the added motivation you need before you send off your resume. But it gets even better! You can submit opportunities and quotes too! Opportunities are carefully selected, only the best for this savvy network of professionals.  This handy resource was founded by independent content creator Felicia Pride. Video series Make NO!SE, created by Gerald Watson (I would love more information about Make NOISE) recently published a video featuring Ms. Pride that gives great insight about her, and what you can expect from The Create Daily. You can watch the video on her website feliciapride.com.  Sign Up if you haven’t already. Tell your friends, they will thank you and think you’re pretty cool too! Follow @thecreatedaily for updates on Twitter too! 

The Create Daily has become my new fav reason to check my email. Smart, competitive, creative opportunities for writers, content creators, filmmakers, publishers, and media makers daily! I love it! Not once have I seen a dud.

“The Create Daily ™ is a curated resource of opportunity for content creators that’s delivered daily via email.” - The Create Daily

This daily email comes with an inspiring quote for the day too. Just the added motivation you need before you send off your resume. But it gets even better! You can submit opportunities and quotes too! Opportunities are carefully selected, only the best for this savvy network of professionals. 

This handy resource was founded by independent content creator Felicia Pride. Video series Make NO!SE, created by Gerald Watson (I would love more information about Make NOISE) recently published a video featuring Ms. Pride that gives great insight about her, and what you can expect from The Create Daily. You can watch the video on her website feliciapride.com. 

Sign Up if you haven’t already. Tell your friends, they will thank you and think you’re pretty cool too! Follow @thecreatedaily for updates on Twitter too! 

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