Adrian Holovaty
Hi there! I’m a Web developer, journalist and musician in Chicago.
Writing / blog
YouTube videos
Latest: "She Loves You," instrumental guitar Beatles cover
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Around the Web
Other sites I update from time to time:
EveryBlock
I’m founder of EveryBlock, a neighborhood news site that tells you what’s happening around your block. I run the project but mostly write code all day.
Check it out, or read the FAQ.
Django Web framework
I’m co-creator and co-Benevolent Dictator For Life of the open-source Django Web framework, which is used by tens of thousands of people around the world!
I co-wrote a book about Web development with Django, available for free online.
Journalism
I have a degree in journalism and have worked at a number of news Web sites. Before starting EveryBlock, I worked at washingtonpost.com.
I’ve been thinking and writing about "journalism via computer programming" for a while now.
Map hacking
My 2005 site chicagocrime.org (now superceded by EveryBlock) was one of the original Google Maps mashups. It played a small part in influencing Google to release a mapping API.
These days, our maps at EveryBlock are advancing the state of the art.
In the media
- 'Hyperlocal' Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers (New York Times)
- Adrian's vision for data-friendly journalists (The Guardian)
- The Man With the Golden Mashup (Chicago Tribune Magazine)
- The Mashup Man (American Journalism Review)
- The programmer as journalist (OJR)
- 40 Under 40 (Crain's Chicago Business)
Contact me
To get in touch with me, use this form.
You can also e-mail me at adrian [at] holovaty.com.
Be warned: I can be bad at returning e-mail, particularly if you are a 12-year-old boy asking for guitar tabs.
