Spreading Love & Peace in Nutopia

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Nutopia is a conceptual country which was created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1973 as a form of artistic expression and social commentary. Nutopia was created to be a utopian country with no land, no borders, and no passports, symbolizing an idea of peace and global citizenship.The country of Nutopia has a white flag, symbolizing its surrender to peace, and its national anthem is a few Maps Mania… more →
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I Love You, Ringo

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Some things happen in your life at exactly the right time. It could be meeting the right person, discovering an open source project you go on to join, or even starting a blog when you’re bored with a job you don’t enjoy. All of those things happened to me at the right time and brought me to where I am today. There’s no real logic in the charmed hallmarks in your life, but they happen and shape what you eventually become. Shortly after my wife and I married, we agreed we wanted a dog. We didn’t have a preference for what we wanted — we knew that when we’d meet the furry friend, we’d “just know” they were right. During our first visit to the dog shelter, we ran into a number... more →
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Smartphone Users Love Their Map Apps – Next City

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Next City Smartphone Users Love Their Map AppsNext CityCity-themed hackathons and apps and online tools abound thanks to those who like to crunch data into accessible forms for the public, and those surveyed gave slightly higher marks to municipalities when it comes to data-sharing, with 7 percent saying …Americans' Views on Open Government DataPew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Projectall 31 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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