Randal Hale (He/Him)3d ago
It's about time I get a newsletter from MapBox. Oh man - the days of 2013 when Mapbox was all the rage.
Show threadAtanas3d ago

@rjhale1971 Mapbox was all the rage. Mapbox was cool. But we were also cool, or at least aspired to be cool. I know I did.

A lot has changed since then.

Show threadRandal Hale (He/Him)3d ago
@AtanasE We were cool. We had these new things called openstreetmap, twitter, and a whole host of open source tools....boundless....... Here we are - the old jaded people.
Show threadKeith Jenkins3d ago
@rjhale1971 @AtanasE Remember when OpenGeo was renamed to Boundless? Remember when ESRI became Esri? Remember when Randal Hale used to post all those "Holy crap!" photos?
Show threadAtanas3d ago
@kgjenkins @rjhale1971 Remember #geoglobaldomination ? Remember #geobeers ? Those were the days. Full of camaraderie and excitement.
Show threadRandal Hale (He/Him)3d ago
@AtanasE @kgjenkins you know - that was a great time for community. There was a spot for everyone.
Show threadDr. IDK go ride a bike3d ago

@rjhale1971 @AtanasE @kgjenkins

i stood at a conference in 2019 and said a bunch of stuff about this.

Unfortunately I was proven wrong :(

Show threadspara

@adamsteer @rjhale1971 @AtanasE @kgjenkins

Back when I was big in Japan, Mapbox swag was cool, and they had a skateboard rack in their office

Jun 5 at 9:46pmWeb
Show threadRandal Hale (He/Him)3d ago
@spara @adamsteer @AtanasE @kgjenkins Gunderson once gave me the side eye because I sucked as the openstreetmap us treasurer.
Show threadDr. IDK go ride a bike3d ago

@rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins

I don't know who Gunderson is, but getting a side eye from any of the big talking heads is worth some kind of award :)

(maybe I'm seen as a big talking head. That'd be weird since I've been fenced out of geo-anything for so long...)

Show threadEven Rouault3d ago
@adamsteer @rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins ex MapBox CEO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egundersen/
Show threadspara3d ago

@EvenRouault @adamsteer @rjhale1971 @AtanasE @kgjenkins

I met Eric back when he was running Development Seed from a Washington, DC, condominium that was once a brothel run by an infamous DC madam. Eric had a hilarious story about alligator hunting.

Show threadJorge Sanz3d ago

@adamsteer

Gundersen is Mapbox CEO.

As for side eye, definitely @IvanSanchez should get an award for being banned to use their maps for the glorious what3fucks location service a few years ago 🤭

BTW archive.org copy still works, yay JavaScript

https://web.archive.org/web/20191202002823/http://www.what3fucks.com

@rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins

What🖕3🖕Fucks

Show threadEven Rouault3d ago
@jorgesanz @adamsteer @IvanSanchez @rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins So earger that W3W finally collapses as part of the whole AI bubble burst so what3fucks can be ressurected!
Show threadDr. IDK go ride a bike3d ago

@EvenRouault @jorgesanz @IvanSanchez @rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins

ai distorts the system too much! Every data centre is located at fucking.arselicker.bullshit, so it's hard to reliably get a fix on where exactly things are...

Show threadJorge Sanz3d ago

@EvenRouault

domain is still registered at a Spanish popular provider if I'm not mistaken 👀

@adamsteer @IvanSanchez @rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins

Show thread@sara3d ago
@EvenRouault @jorgesanz @adamsteer @IvanSanchez @rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins what2numbers.com existed for a hot second in boundless' heyday
Show threadspara3d ago

@sara @EvenRouault @jorgesanz @adamsteer @rjhale1971 @AtanasE @kgjenkins

@IvanSanchez as Dr Evil

Show threadspara3d ago

@sara @EvenRouault @jorgesanz @adamsteer @rjhale1971 @AtanasE @kgjenkins @IvanSanchez

It's been 20 years, we need a geowankers reunion

Show threadspara2d ago

@sara @EvenRouault @jorgesanz @adamsteer @rjhale1971 @AtanasE @kgjenkins @IvanSanchez

We were so young back then

https://www.flickr.com/photos/x180/2494170626/in/photostream/

GeoWankers

Flickr
Show threadDr. IDK go ride a bike3d ago

@jorgesanz

I'd definitely vote for @IvanSanchez in a side eye award.

And everyone in this chat :) @rjhale1971 @spara @AtanasE @kgjenkins