OT but related: a reverse-sorted UUID format seems especially useful for IoT and event data where typically we want to read newest to oldest lexicographically (eg. rowscans starting at now). Is there such a standard or OSS that does this?
Always struck me that this nonprofit has some of the most beaucoup waterfront real estate down at EMB/Harrison. And that it shared the building with one of its partners, Google.
If every urban commuter biker had this w/ phone+gps app, the dataset over time would become very interesting on many levels. Think local governments, real estate, state tranpo authorities etc.
Delivering ads could be the lesser half. Realtime sentiment analysis on Twitter's scale will explode and hyper-accelerate advertising in ways advertisers cannot yet foresee -but will surely be willing to pay for. They're just getting started.