Alan’s work on Source

Code

1. GS proxy
2. I Mage Proxerific
3. JSONProxy
4. mbtiles2s3
5. Minnesota Legislature Tracker
6. Simple Map D3
7. Tik Tok
8. Tulip

Projects

1. How We Built a Database from Thousands of Police Reports
2. How Usability Testing Can Improve News Stories
3. Introducing MinnPost’s Election Night API
4. Return of the Code Convenings: Elections and Updates
5. Building News Apps on a Shoestring
6. Mapping Made Simple, Now with Bonus UI
7. Launching the Minnesota Legislative Bill Tracker

Articles by Alan

1. 

   Introducing Tik Tok: Beautiful Timelines, the Easy Way

   A timeline tool for all your chronological narrative needs

   Posted on September 1, 2015

   Tik Tok creates elegant vertical timelines by pulling from a variety of data sources. It’s designed for newsroom coders of all levels. If you can copy and paste, you’re on your way.

2. 

   Introducing MinnPost’s Election Night API

   An API That Collects and Serves Election Results While Conserving Resources

   Posted on November 25, 2014

   The Election Night API is a set of tools, configurations, and instructions to collect and serve election results on election night, while still providing an off-season service, and focusing on saving resources as much as possible.

3. 

   Building News Apps on a Shoestring

   Alan Palazzolo on how the MinnPost team rocks it without a big budget

   Posted on October 31, 2013

   Alan Palazzolo on how the MinnPost team rocks it without a big budget

4. 

   Mapping Made Simple, Now with Bonus UI

   Simple Map D3 + Tulip = Easy Data-Driven Choropleth Maps

   Posted on August 29, 2013

   Introducing the double-whammy of Simple Map D3 and Tulip, a new mapping app from MinnPost.

5. 

   Launching the Minnesota Legislative Bill Tracker

   From the team at MinnPost

   Posted on April 5, 2013

   This week, MinnPost launched an effort to track legislation in Minnesota throughout the 2013 session.