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Computer color is only kinda broken - Scott Sievert http://scottsievert.github.io/blog/2015/04/23/image-sqrt/

Brian Timoney on Twitter: ""I would have chosen a different projection maybe, but only for purely aesthetics, not any scientific reason." https://t.co/VxXJHqKsoq" https://twitter.com/briantimoney/status/593842544510955520

Shlok Vaidya on Twitter: "Are there any great books about corporate turnarounds, but not by senior executives?" https://twitter.com/shloky/status/593848734049501185

Laura Bliss on Twitter: "The New Docu-Series "Boomtowners" Paints a Complicated Picture of Life in a Fracking Town http://t.co/TOHkZL1uv4" https://twitter.com/mslaurabliss/status/593852924100509698

François Goulet on Twitter: "Sorry, but @Mapbox beats @Esri by a year, again! Training history maps: http://t.co/NlKUdkbi6R / https://t.co/IZjiswuNW0" https://twitter.com/fgcartographix/status/593855282746384384

Seth Fiegerman on Twitter: "This is probably what it will look like when BuzzFeed buys the New York Times one day http://t.co/35njGczS1n" https://twitter.com/sfiegerman/status/593828861583953920

Doug McCune on Twitter: "video of all my data/map art presented at #360intersect last weekend is up online: https://t.co/dW6qVa5i9Z" https://twitter.com/dougmccune/status/593866873378222080

Bill Dollins on Twitter: "The new Microsoft doesn't need to dominate. It's just happy to be here. http://t.co/BwOBVRdWDq via @washingtonpost" https://twitter.com/billdollins/status/593867102215372802

Wallace Witkowski on Twitter: "$LNKD loses about $6 billion in market cap over a matter of minutes after results http://t.co/kInzgK8IAM http://t.co/fxe7LZkK3c" https://twitter.com/wmwitkowski/status/593870367917236224

Kenneth Field on Twitter: "RT @dannydorling 300 pages full of cartographic gems and maps - Cartography: A Reader http://t.co/jNZZJIo7MP" https://twitter.com/kennethfield/status/593875575493636097

Washington Post on Twitter: "The straightest and curviest interstates in the U.S. http://t.co/oZJsvj14uD http://t.co/lhyvsznZ5m" https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/593796687161876481

Daniel P. Huffman on Twitter: "New Post: Penrose Binning https://t.co/KespHtlipg — includes Penrose shapefile for you to try out if you want." https://twitter.com/pinakographos/status/593885571812093952

Atanas Entchev on Twitter: "#tbt Extreme zooms in Google Maps http://t.co/9r41DREVIR" https://twitter.com/atanas/status/593910299268255744

Lisa Berry on Twitter: "This reminds me of http://t.co/HAsv8LFvrw #PublicTransit @jherries https://t.co/t9vOZ8yjRn" https://twitter.com/lisaberry_gis/status/593938558370480128

Andy Woodruff on Twitter: "Heard fascinating tales today from some pioneers of computer mapping in the old Harvard computer graphics lab. http://t.co/QJRPClDOwA" https://twitter.com/awoodruff/status/593931850965483520

Gretchen Peterson on Twitter: "Tissot's indicatrix, a dangerous pushpinning exercise, and more in this projection activity from Scientific American! http://t.co/NHhQasJJpf" https://twitter.com/PetersonGIS/status/593978273836720128

Lauren Ancona on Twitter: "Compelled to collect some of today's protests from #PhillyisBaltimore: https://t.co/nKKA18oOYt" https://twitter.com/laurenancona/status/593984190338572288

Tom Lee on Twitter: "Read @vruba on how satellite imagery has been helping Nepal and why it’s a harder problem than in the movies https://t.co/vZESOw8dT2" https://twitter.com/tjl/status/593983703388397569

Justin C. Houk on Twitter: "Esri has released a map which allows you to compare pre and post-earthquake imagery from Nepal http://t.co/4RIJtvPFNT http://t.co/07P7vzHbst" https://twitter.com/GEOpdx/status/594091109858541568

Bill Morris on Twitter: "Whoa - @GreenMtnPower with the #teslaenergy shout out: http://t.co/JsY9qMbvsq Time to get a home battery . . ." https://twitter.com/vtcraghead/status/594120066670661633

eric gundersen on Twitter: "'street view' on a horse, in the mountains in China - the coolest @mapillary shots yet http://t.co/lp0LPb3sEL http://t.co/kjAMnejVcB" https://twitter.com/ericg/status/593787390080065536

Stamen Design on Twitter: ".@fieldpapers now has two new basemap styles for #NepalEarthquake humanitarian mapping: http://t.co/5NJycoAmLf http://t.co/hUP3RiBtVb" https://twitter.com/stamen/status/593520883945189376

John Nelson on Twitter: "I love this guy's ambition and vision. #Carotgraphy as art. http://t.co/84vUWP8OqU HT: @flowingdata" https://twitter.com/JohnNelsonIDV/status/594135102738681856

Kenneth Field on Twitter: "Sat-navs and mobile apps 'threaten map reading skills' http://t.co/w4GutmMvxX" https://twitter.com/kennethfield/status/594138008896450560

Charley Glynn on Twitter: "'Sedated by software': No one knows how to read maps anymore, experts say http://t.co/LqvEjZQUZS via @mashable" https://twitter.com/charley_glynn/status/594139380320751618

Tyler Fisher on Twitter: "Audio in the browser is terrible. But it doesn't have to be! I wrote a primer for @source to get you started. https://t.co/MdwFKPLdHP" https://twitter.com/tylrfishr/status/594142444385660928

Kenneth Field on Twitter: "Just forwarding a great #cartography job opp at @NatGeo @NatGeoMaps https://t.co/oT9nxBmUXe" https://twitter.com/kennethfield/status/594168863652057088

Chris Kunkle on Twitter: "Just watched @elonmusk presentation on #PowerWall. Amazing how simple the solution is to such a complex problem. https://t.co/NyteJbtG4P" https://twitter.com/chriskunkle/status/594168610190282752

Ian Muehlenhaus on Twitter: "All winners of this year’s #CaGIS #map #competition are listed here. Look for pics of their maps in the near future! http://t.co/RgBoNHZ6iO" https://twitter.com/iMuehlenhaus/status/594170492573118464

Doug McCune on Twitter: "video/slides/transcript of my talk: Desperately Trying to Remove the Air Quotes Around the Word "Artist" http://t.co/yUsTKKc0hA" https://twitter.com/dougmccune/status/594173540229746689

Robert Scoble on Twitter: "I've moved most of my life over to Facebook precisely because of what Ben talks about here. What a read! https://t.co/pVrUD45soM" https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/594174862765068288

Brian Timoney on Twitter: "Shocked, shocked that the Silk Road mastermind was a Penn State Materials Science grad student. Great read http://t.co/Ph4gy3uvXn #steidle" https://twitter.com/briantimoney/status/594175012761808896

Kenneth Field on Twitter: "Oh crikey @weekend_365 look like they're about to drain my wallet with Ordnance Survey products inc the deck chairs http://t.co/rykfd8oVEh" https://twitter.com/kennethfield/status/594177227782139905

The AV Club on Twitter: "Secret Avengers ends with a powerful critique of U.S. government http://t.co/7QG3Y28gM6 http://t.co/ub7uwmDwz8" https://twitter.com/TheAVClub/status/594162315446071296

Laura Bliss on Twitter: ""Hello, is this... Wanksy?": @aarianmarshall interviews the penis-doodling pothole avenger http://t.co/YH3IRCFtg9" https://twitter.com/mslaurabliss/status/594186480781795329

Doug McCune on Twitter: "one of my favorite current data artists, Adrien Segal, presents her data-inspired furniture https://t.co/OJOPqr9ZEr" https://twitter.com/dougmccune/status/594205547026456576

David Kadavy on Twitter: ""there is virtually no difference in the mechanics of work done between $100 an hour...$30k a week" http://t.co/owL87XMNt9 by @patio11" https://twitter.com/kadavy/status/594227302067765249

Neven Mrgan on Twitter: "My first week without an Apple Watch: an honest review http://t.co/bkhskLYOjo" https://twitter.com/mrgan/status/594178748439625728

David Kadavy on Twitter: "Met your goal for the day? Flip your bracelet. Cool no-tech goal-tracking by @VictorMathieux https://t.co/HFxmxgBVVu" https://twitter.com/kadavy/status/594239071947481088

Gretchen Peterson on Twitter: "Lego Store detains 11-year-old boy for shopping without an adult http://t.co/oy3rBmQzcI" https://twitter.com/PetersonGIS/status/594240175804289026

Kevin Wurster on Twitter: "Emoji vegetation classifications! http://t.co/wJDLaAr8nf" https://twitter.com/geowurster/status/588025626105401345

Lyzi Diamond on Twitter: "I thought I was going to be taking a pay cut to do a fellowship in SF, but extra funding raised the rate. $50k/yr. #talkpay" https://twitter.com/lyzidiamond/status/594256249040023552

TechCrunch on Twitter: "Protecting Users' Location Data From An Unconstitutional Search http://t.co/FoVtTS9LR9 by @ericg" https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/594260271104819200

Katie Kowalsky on Twitter: "...AND WE have the polygons of all places @WuTangClan has mentioned in song in a nice geoJSON http://t.co/A9KVhFlYvl" https://twitter.com/KatieKowalsky/status/594267315845386240

Laura E. Davis on Twitter: "A timeline of unarmed black people killed by police in the past year, starting with Dontre Hamilton in April 2014 http://t.co/gfWGpP2aeh" https://twitter.com/lauraelizdavis/status/594275848615657472

Atanas Entchev on Twitter: "Every Questions In Every Q&A Session Ever - http://t.co/GbgCUr5oxg" https://twitter.com/atanas/status/594298916708843521

NYT Graphics on Twitter: "By the fourth stop, #FreddieGray was unresponsive on the floor of the van: http://t.co/Gz1twcme77 http://t.co/9xjgwlXqxd" https://twitter.com/nytgraphics/status/594259569477611520

gregor aisch on Twitter: "Yay Baltimore! http://t.co/CEwdgWEi0w http://t.co/zCzahu3RQt" https://twitter.com/driven_by_data/status/594305633865887745

Rob Davis on Twitter: "2/2 "...in order to make it a really compelling mass-market product." http://t.co/cBnsOjE5cS" https://twitter.com/robfargo/status/594307399499972608

The OSS Society on Twitter: "A Secret Warrior Leaves the Pentagon as Quietly as He Entered, via @nytimes http://t.co/xbFcpPKhYC" https://twitter.com/osssociety/status/594310949122641920

Alex Barth on Twitter: "The all new Mapbox Streets / GL: road classifications, terrain, contours, points of interest https://t.co/8ieSBfCdwO http://t.co/IgJuSXEvWE" https://twitter.com/lxbarth/status/594317406748733441

eric gundersen on Twitter: "Add 2¢ for the cost of a #Tesla battery, and #renewables with reliable storage are half the price of new #nuclear. http://t.co/cAAKyiWL7M" https://twitter.com/ericg/status/594336591373434880

FILMDRUNK on Twitter: ""Life without the Oxford comma." https://t.co/kc5r2jhTie" https://twitter.com/Filmdrunk/status/594149175303897088

Sonny Lê on Twitter: "The window-smashing in #Oakland right now reminds me of this>Who Has The Privilege to Protest? | by @OGpenn http://t.co/AnFS1wokuI #MayDay" https://twitter.com/sonnylebythebay/status/594382178953236481

Gahlord Dewald on Twitter: "How to talk to your kids about Bernie Sanders. https://t.co/KpEZMilDsr" https://twitter.com/gahlord/status/594496042017521664

Margaret Sullivan on Twitter: "Everything I Know About Journalism in 395 Words http://t.co/hEMAQ3fage HTs to @WithDrake @felixsalmon @thefix @romenesko @columbiajourn" https://twitter.com/Sulliview/status/594111292559982592

eric gundersen on Twitter: "The style sheets for the new print friendly emergency infrastructure maps are all open source on github: https://t.co/BVQV65qHHf by @amyleew" https://twitter.com/ericg/status/594526517687812096

Lauren Ancona on Twitter: " Now this is some real analysis of web traffic...http://t.co/IQuG2XKv0Q" https://twitter.com/laurenancona/status/594526564936736768

GJC.org on Twitter: "GIS Specialist - Enterprise Consultant - Esri-Washington, DC, Washington, DC posted on 2015-05-02 http://t.co/mAjvbHryyO" https://twitter.com/gjc_dot_org/status/594533736370163712

Kitty Hurley on Twitter: "See the world differently: http://t.co/Pa6BCGHLL5 #ItWasNeverADress http://t.co/gOuxAnb0Ub" https://twitter.com/GeospatialEM/status/594560218295607296

Tom MacWright on Twitter: "Recently: http://t.co/zO8G0tYvvo" https://twitter.com/tmcw/status/594613926849044480

Lauren Ancona on Twitter: "Oooooo today is palindromic" https://twitter.com/laurenancona/status/594621979057123328

Joshua Stevens on Twitter: "Good post on color - 'Computer color is only kinda broken:' http://t.co/KgufbYflyT by @stsievert http://t.co/VmcfIo1eNl" https://twitter.com/jscarto/status/594703353160011776

John Perry Barlow on Twitter: "http://t.co/OevoCSZqCm" https://twitter.com/JPBarlow/status/594367274498174976

Mapbox on Twitter: "A satellite shot through a break in the clouds over Everest, the first since the avalanches: https://t.co/Ba9yWt6PKU http://t.co/3fKiIhnrRC" https://twitter.com/Mapbox/status/594857426739859456

emily dreyfuss on Twitter: "I wanted to tweet my salary for #talkpay. I wrote this instead. http://t.co/eUkIj7RKFh" https://twitter.com/EmilyDreyfuss/status/594841473842946048

Doug McCune on Twitter: "nuclear fallout map of Hiroshima looks strikingly like a human heart to me https://t.co/MpxI9ZVoqq http://t.co/kj6vrZJ28G" https://twitter.com/dougmccune/status/594940110098935808

Bryan Krouse on Twitter: "Printing a wall-sized world map and what I've learned from it http://t.co/M6WDnYCGDS" https://twitter.com/bryankrouse/status/595196344685301760

Brian Timoney on Twitter: "ESRI Startup Program: "Your software and mentoring for free! What’s the catch here?" "There is no catch" LOL http://t.co/dLpSUyFsOn" https://twitter.com/briantimoney/status/595224618819944448

Chris Brunt on Twitter: "Wow. This news story's lead changes based on geolocation http://t.co/X3AReTh5Gi http://t.co/UOj4MzPGoL" https://twitter.com/bruntster/status/595224075825324032

Tom MacWright on Twitter: ".@mapbox maps are only for flying cars in the jetsons, compat with existing tech is incidental http://t.co/xItO9Mu25y http://t.co/6Y7bpytCcc" https://twitter.com/tmcw/status/595234967132774400

John Nelson on Twitter: "Beautiful embroidered #cartography by Bettina Matzkuhn. http://t.co/wB1eziGauM" https://twitter.com/JohnNelsonIDV/status/595248915395452928

Twitter / ? https://twitter.com/pinakographos/status/595250541149687808

Daniel P. Huffman on Twitter: "Here's an interesting thing that I made. Read more: https://t.co/j08znYesWT http://t.co/1nMnublIRJ" https://twitter.com/pinakographos/status/595251120118833153

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