Ryan Joy (atxryan)

atxryan: Enjoyed happy hour w/ @alexcc, @lllevesque, @davegoodine, and @shannonswenson. Now, I need to get home and prep for tubin’/camping tomorrow.

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If you’ve ever been caught in traffic caused by road closures around town, then you’ll want to take a look at the latest online offering from the city of Austin: a site dedicated to providing a one-stop resource for special events and related street closure information.

The special events portal provides an interactive map view so visitors can track road closures geographically, as well as a calendar view for closures set for specific dates. Other features include news releases about specific closures and event contact information.

"While most of this information is available on the City’s Austinroadworks.org in a word format, this site combines the visual map elements to quickly view a race or parade course,” said Robert Spillar, director of the Austin Transportation Department. “The maps and calendars of road closures is a request that came from the Austin community to increase communication about traffic movement around the city.”

The new site also links to listings from other large-event venue sites, such as the Parks and Recreation department, the Convention Center, the Palmer Events Center and the Long Center.

atxryan: @caraferguson “never know, you might have to cook for 20 guys someday. You see, you start out with a little bit of oil.” http://tr.im/mNKx

atxryan: @jdeeringdavis Oh, wow. That’s pretty bad. I’ll keep that in mind. Thx!

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atxryan: Zillow.com or Trulia.com? Which is the best, or your favorite, real estate website? Recent home shoppers chime in, plz.

atxryan: @alan_nickell Congrats, Alan!

Monday May 11

Examined a new e-book reader that hooks up to Project Gutenberg as a content source. Doesn’t ship with any content, but has default suggestions for “classics” from F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jules Verne. Nothing dirty, though. Spent a…