iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Here’s a 2 month old clownfish hanging out in a baby anemone. Enjoy.

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Turns out the e reflecting pool thing is due to high phosphate, something reef tank owners combat regularly using granular ferric oxide aka “GFO”. Amazing thread from a water treatment expert:

000

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Here's the web version of my NYC Neighborhoods map 🗺️ All 300+ neighborhoods across all five boroughs — explore, zoom in, and learn the geography of the city. nycneighborhoods.app/map

0175

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I built a free app for the question every New Yorker asks: “what neighborhood is this?” NYC Neighborhoods — 300+ hand-crafted polygons, full five-borough coverage, locate-me button, neighborhood hierarchy, and anonymous boundary voting. Blog post👇 chris-m-whong.medium.com/nyc-neighbor...

chris-m-whong.medium.com

NYC Neighborhoods: A Mobile Reference Map for New Yorkers on the Go

tl;dr: download the NYC Neighborhoods app for iOS or Android

2174

Reposted by Chris Whong

Tom MacWright @macwright.com · 08/06/2026

this is a really good new mapbox blog post: www.mapbox.com/blog/one-att... - like the old days it talks about a hard technical problem they solved, with lots of good context and details

mapbox.com

0143

Reposted by Chris Whong

Mapbox @mapbox.com · 08/07/2025

BUILD with Mapbox is back this September 8-12 🚀 Join a week packed with virtual keynotes, live demos, and deep dives from Mapbox teams and builders like you. Register today: bit.ly/3GwBDIB #BuiltWithMapbox #DeveloperConference

012

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Call for talks! Our BUILD with Mapbox virtual event is your opportunity to share your tales from the wild building with Mapbox.

000

Reposted by Chris Whong

Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Isochrones show you the reachable area from a location for a given travel mode. In #rstats, creating isochrones with @Mapbox web services is easier than you think.

3164

Reposted by Chris Whong

Mapbox @mapbox.com · 07/05/2025

When your data changes often, waiting for a full tileset to reprocess isn’t ideal. That’s why we’ve introduced Incremental Updates — a new capability of the Mapbox Tiling Service (MTS) that lets you update only the data that changed, not the entire dataset: bit.ly/3GWqrVm #BuiltWithMapbox

031

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Whong’s Law: Every government agency, everywhere is working on a “new system”; It will solve *all* of their data problems and will be ready to use in 18-24 months.

18019

Reposted by Chris Whong

Project for Public Spaces @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

NYC's hidden parks and public spaces? There's an app for that! The NYC Public Space app by @chriswhong.bsky.social shows nearly 2,800 public spaces in NYC. bit.ly/4hy6CjL @gothamist.com

bit.ly

How to find New York City's hidden parks and public spaces

A former city planner has released a free app that maps open space in private hands.

1207

Chris Whong @chriswhong.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Seeking Android testers for my NYC Public Space app. DM me your email if you’d like to give it a try!

010