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Aside from Django, Holovaty has released a number of open-source tools and experiments <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/ Holovaty.com writing archive]</ref> with the general theme of making data useful to people -- including a 2004 "site-specific browser extension" for the [[All-Music Guide]] <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/all-music-guide/ Site-specific browser extension: All Music Guide | Holovaty.com]</ref>, that later inspired [[Aaron Boodman]] to create [[Greasemonkey]] <ref>[http://www.sitepoint.com/article/beat-website-greasemonkey/ Beat Any Website into Shape with Greasemonkey]</ref>. |
Aside from Django, Holovaty has released a number of open-source tools and experiments <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/ Holovaty.com writing archive]</ref> with the general theme of making data useful to people -- including a 2004 "site-specific browser extension" for the [[All-Music Guide]] <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/all-music-guide/ Site-specific browser extension: All Music Guide | Holovaty.com]</ref>, that later inspired [[Aaron Boodman]] to create [[Greasemonkey]] <ref>[http://www.sitepoint.com/article/beat-website-greasemonkey/ Beat Any Website into Shape with Greasemonkey]</ref>. |
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In 2005, Holovaty launched [http://www.chicagocrime.org/ chicagocrime.org], a [[Google Maps]] mashup of [[Chicago Police Department]] crime data. <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/chicagocrime.org-launch/ Announcing chicagocrime.org | Holovaty.com]</ref> The site won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/316/ Batten award]</ref> and was named by [[The New York Times]] as one of 2005's best ideas <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas1-13.html?_r=1 Do-It-Yourself Cartography]</ref>. As one of the first Google Maps mashups, it helped influence Google to create its official Google Maps API <ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/world-is-your-javascript-enabled_29.html Official Google Blog: The world is your JavaScript-enabled oyster]</ref>. |
In 2005, Holovaty launched [http://www.chicagocrime.org/ chicagocrime.org], a [[Google Maps]] mashup of [[Chicago Police Department]] crime data. <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/chicagocrime.org-launch/ Announcing chicagocrime.org | Holovaty.com]</ref> The site won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/316/ Batten award]</ref> and was named by [[The New York Times]] as one of 2005's best ideas <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas1-13.html?_r=1 Do-It-Yourself Cartography]</ref>. As one of the first Google Maps mashups, it helped influence Google to create its official Google Maps API <ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/world-is-your-javascript-enabled_29.html Official Google Blog: The world is your JavaScript-enabled oyster]</ref>. Newspaper sites such as the ''Chicago Tribune'' and the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' have incorporated a map from EveryBlock into their Web sites.<ref>Street Wise: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2009/Street-Wise/</ref> |
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In 2007, Holovaty was awarded a $1.1 million [[Knight Foundation]] grant and left his job as editor of editorial innovations at [[washingtonpost.com]] to start EveryBlock, the successor to chicagocrime.org. <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/knight-foundation-grant/ Knight Foundation grant | Holovaty.com]</ref> On August 17, 2009 EveryBlock was officially acquired by [[MSNBC]], the terms of the deal were not disclosed.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32443365/ns/business-us_business/</ref> |
In 2007, Holovaty was awarded a $1.1 million [[Knight Foundation]] grant and left his job as editor of editorial innovations at [[washingtonpost.com]] to start EveryBlock, the successor to chicagocrime.org. <ref>[http://www.holovaty.com/writing/knight-foundation-grant/ Knight Foundation grant | Holovaty.com]</ref> On August 17, 2009 EveryBlock was officially acquired by [[MSNBC]], the terms of the deal were not disclosed.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32443365/ns/business-us_business/</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:54, 20 August 2009
Adrian Holovaty (born 1981) is an American Web developer, journalist and entrepreneur living in Chicago, Illinois. He is co-creator of the Django Web framework and a noted advocate of "journalism via computer programming."
Holovaty, a Ukrainian American, grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2001 and worked as a Web developer/journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lawrence Journal-World and The Washington Post before starting EveryBlock, a Web startup that provides "microlocal" news, in 2007. [1]
While working at the Lawrence Journal-World from 2002 to 2005, he and other Web developers (Simon Willison, Jacob Kaplan-Moss and Wilson Miner [2]) created Django, an open source web application framework for Python. He and Kaplan-Moss are the framework's Benevolent Dictators for Life, meaning the two oversee the framework's development. Holovaty cowrote The Django Book, whose first edition was published in 2007.
Aside from Django, Holovaty has released a number of open-source tools and experiments [3] with the general theme of making data useful to people -- including a 2004 "site-specific browser extension" for the All-Music Guide [4], that later inspired Aaron Boodman to create Greasemonkey [5].
In 2005, Holovaty launched chicagocrime.org, a Google Maps mashup of Chicago Police Department crime data. [6] The site won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism [7] and was named by The New York Times as one of 2005's best ideas [8]. As one of the first Google Maps mashups, it helped influence Google to create its official Google Maps API [9]. Newspaper sites such as the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times have incorporated a map from EveryBlock into their Web sites.[10]
In 2007, Holovaty was awarded a $1.1 million Knight Foundation grant and left his job as editor of editorial innovations at washingtonpost.com to start EveryBlock, the successor to chicagocrime.org. [11] On August 17, 2009 EveryBlock was officially acquired by MSNBC, the terms of the deal were not disclosed.[12]
Holovaty is also an accomplished guitarist. In 1999, he recorded an album of his own guitar compositions [13], and since 2007 he has posted videos of his acoustic guitar arrangements on YouTube, building an audience of more than 10,000 subscribers. [14]
References
- ^ Goodbye hyperlocal, hello microlocal | Holovaty.com
- ^ Django committers
- ^ Holovaty.com writing archive
- ^ Site-specific browser extension: All Music Guide | Holovaty.com
- ^ Beat Any Website into Shape with Greasemonkey
- ^ Announcing chicagocrime.org | Holovaty.com
- ^ Batten award
- ^ Do-It-Yourself Cartography
- ^ Official Google Blog: The world is your JavaScript-enabled oyster
- ^ Street Wise: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2009/Street-Wise/
- ^ Knight Foundation grant | Holovaty.com
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32443365/ns/business-us_business/
- ^ Music | Holovaty.com
- ^ YouTube - adrianholovaty's Channel