The buzz is building…
All done with being cooped up in alpha land, LittleSis has been making appearances all over the internet today. We’ve been thrilled with the response. It all started with Sunlight’s
Why LittleSis Matters
There are thousands of people in the US, and plenty more around the world, who spend every day investigating the ties between people in the upper circles of government and
Welcoming the Posse
A big welcome to friends of the Sunlight Foundation! Today’s Sunlight post marks LittleSis’s first real steps out into the wide world of the internet. We’re very happy that transparency’s
Design changes
We rolled out some design changes this afternoon, in preparation for our soft launch tomorrow. Folks who got comfortable with the hemmed-in headers and logo might find the blue sky
Peaceful transfer of power
In preparation for next week’s beta launch, we’re moving our site to a new home over the next few days. There most likely will be a few hours of downtime
References and Wikipedia
A quick but important note about References on Littlesis. From now on we’re encouraging Littlesis analysts to only use original sources when contributing data. Sites like Wikipedia that aggregate information
Excited About 2009
Last winter Kevin and I were just beginning to look for funding to grow Little Sister — as the project was then named — from a raggedy prototype to a
Quick and Dirty
For the past two months we’ve been rebuilding this site with more data, better data, a more flexible architecture, version tracking, and other goodies. Eddie Tejeda has joined the team
Project Status
Littlesis is currently in active development. For the time being, please note that user contributions and edits will not last longer than a day or so, and some features may