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this guy riley makes some of the coolest sites/visualizations using public/semi-publicly available data — example below of a site showing anonymous book checkouts from certain /new-york public library branches

i'm scraping the new york public library's website to see what books people are checking out in real time https://t.co/nW89q2lcrE

Riley Walz

this guy riley makes some of the coolest sites/visualizations using public/semi-publicly available data — example below of a site showing anonymous book checkouts from certain /new-york public library branches

https://x.com/rtwlz/status/1901717264707330074?s=46&t=8l54n7dYtHePgMrhGh-cUw

I installed a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's solar powered, and the mic is pointed down at the street below https://t.co/8D4yYNBPgu https://t.co/pyYzUltJQX

Clearing some things up:

Anonymized Citibike data is published by Lyft monthly. The data I have is literally exactly the same, but scraping lets me see it in real-time.  https://t.co/54vpZNJEK0

OK, but why does Lyft publish this data? It lets anyone analyze how Citibike… https://t.co/p0KyMOVFhx

bringing mini apps to 1B users @base              dylansteck.com

some more examples of his work

https://x.com/rtwlz/status/1840800316004188382?s=46&t=8l54n7dYtHePgMrhGh-cUw

https://x.com/rtwlz/status/1864776441763951039?s=46&t=8l54n7dYtHePgMrhGh-cUw