About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Maps Archive
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California Farmers’ Market iPhone app!
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsThanks to Yola, I’ve just discovered the exact iPhone application that I’ve been looking for! Enter: California Farmers’ Market Finder. It does everything that I want to in a farmers’ market app: sorts by day, locates the markets nearest me, plots them on a map... -
Creating a new SF Bay Area Farmer’s Market map
Posted on September 15, 2009 | 3 CommentsSo I have a set of data in a Google Docs spreadsheet of SF Bay Area Farmer’s Markets. Each market has data for the following columns: Day, County, Location, Hours, Months, Intersection, City, State, ZIP, Phone, URL. There are entries for over 100 markets. What... -
June 3: Cyrus on CBC’s Spark
Posted on June 3, 2009 | 7 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on the recent Where 2.0 conference in San Jose is airing this week on CBC’s Spark! It will be available on CBC Radio 1 at the following times: Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. (12:00 NT) Saturdays at 4:00... -
Lyon and Villeurbanne Food Market Map
Posted on January 11, 2009 | 1 CommentI spent a couple hours this weekend making this map based on info collected by Lucy Vanel and by the city of Villeurbanne. Feel free to send me updates, tips, or suggestions! -
We’re more purple than we think
Posted on November 6, 2008 | 8 Comments“[This map uses] a color scale that ranges from red for 70% Republican or more, to blue for 70% Democrat or more. This is sort of practical, since there aren’t many counties outside that range anyway, but to some extent it also obscures the true... -
Kosovo slated for independence?
Posted on February 15, 2008 | No CommentsApparently Kosovo is poised for independence this Sunday. Remember this map, kids: Update: George Kenney points to this recent interview he did with Sir Ivor Roberts, former UK Ambassador to Yugoslavia in the mid-1990s. -
Behold, the power of Schengen!
Posted on December 21, 2007 | No CommentsEstonia and a whole host of other countries joined the expanded Schengen Zone today! > -
Geography matters in Silicon Valley. Um, duh?
Posted on December 20, 2007 | No CommentsNo offense to Steve Lohr, but I’m not really sure what the point of his piece in today’s Times “Silicon Valley Shaped by Technology and Traffic” was. As far as I can tell, the main message is “geography matters.” Is this news to anyone, in... -
Map spies!
Posted on December 3, 2007 | No CommentsPaul Boutin astutely observed that the NYT buried the lede when it said that there are no less than 16 American spy agencies. My favorite? The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — in other words, map spies! Speaking of maps and puzzles, check this: WASHINGTON (Reuters) –... -
Oakland Taco Trucks on Google Maps
Posted on October 15, 2007 | No CommentsMy wonderfully food nerdy friends on Chowhound have put together a Google Maps edition of Oakland taco trucks. Oh man, I want a burrito right about now.
