I was asked to give bio for a conference. It wasn't approved, but here nobody can stop me: "Maxime Lenormand doesn't have a clue what he's doing with his life: at the moment he plays around with satellite imagery hoping to make something useful out of it. When he's not doing that he asks people long winded questions about the meaning of life, what books they like and how the heck they ended up also playing with maps all day"
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Minds Behind Maps turns 3! Come hang out on a Live Steam on April 14thOn April 14th 2021, stuck at home in the middle of the pandemic, I released the trailer for a little podcast I was starting Fast forward 3 years, and it's still little, but it keeps on going. While I do get to have lots of very cool conversations, I'd like to take the anniversary as an opportunity to have a more direct channel with people listening, so on April 14th 2024, at 6pm CET - 9am PST - 12pm EST, I'll be hosting a Live Stream! You can already set a reminder for it: I'd like to answer any questions people have on the podcast or on the conversations I've had with people. What questions do you have about the podcast, the guests I've had on or anything else? This is something new, I don’t quite know how it will go, but if you want to hang out, this will be a moment to do so! |
I was asked to give bio for a conference. It wasn't approved, but here nobody can stop me: "Maxime Lenormand doesn't have a clue what he's doing with his life: at the moment he plays around with satellite imagery hoping to make something useful out of it. When he's not doing that he asks people long winded questions about the meaning of life, what books they like and how the heck they ended up also playing with maps all day"
Hey there, I've teased this multiples times in the previous issues of this newsletter, it's finally time to share it to the world! I spent the last 6 months -when I wasn't working the jobs that actually pays the bills & running the podcast- making a video to answer 1 simple question: How the heck do radar satellites images work? And here's the answer: That's it, that's the email today. For real, there is some sick 3D animation, even more 2D animation and even freakin' LEGO stop motion. If...
Hey there, Let's talk gen AI Oh great, another post about AI. Yes, I know, I know. This post won't be so much about maps, but about creating content online, teaching and trying to convey excitement about a topic as well as getting things right. If you've been online over the past few days, you've probably heard about OpenAI's Sora. If not, the TL;DR is that OpenAI just created a text to video model, with results being mind blowing. Here's an example: Taking a step back first I want to write...
Hey there, Deep Down the Google Maps Rabbit hole I like preparing quite a bit ahead of conversations I have on the podcast. These past few weeks have led me to learn quite a bit about the history of Google Maps & Google Earth, and I'd like to share a few of those learnings A book All this started ahead of preparing my interview with Ariel Seidman, the CEO & co-founder of Hivemapper. Ariel worked at Yahoo on Search & Maps in the mid 2000s so had an interest in maps quite early on. Ahead of our...