I was lucky enough to go to Mozilla Festival for the first time over the weekend. I experimented with Storify for the first time also, capturing my notes and photos for the festival here. Here’s a sample of what you can find on my Storify of Mozilla Festival 2013! Much more detail over there, organized … Continue reading
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Seams: Private and Public in Digital Lives
Last Tuesday night I was fortunate enough to hear Genevieve Bell, anthropologist, future-thinker, and director of Intel Corporation’s Interaction and Experience Research, speak. It was a really compelling talk with lots of big thoughts. There was a small one I wanted to pick up on, though: in a discussion about seamless technology integration, Bell told … Continue reading
Global Moves Word Cloud
These are word clouds based on my book Global Moves! Designed with Wordle, they’re not just keywords arranged in a pretty pattern: they also provide a visual representation of the frequency of terms in the text. I wasn’t really surprised by the results but some things came out much more clearly than I expected–and other … Continue reading
Showing You the World: Data Visualization
Data visualization isn’t something most people get all het up about. This is a pity, though, because we live in a world that is swimming in a sea of data. More than at any time in the past, massive amounts of information are being collected, sorted, collated and used. Where is it getting used? Governments, … Continue reading
For Data Wizards Everywhere
Today’s discussion topic is the similitude between querying databases and casting spells. If you are not a person who deals frequently with databases, that probably means nothing to you. Actually, I imagine many of you who do deal frequently with databases are equally mystified. I shall endeavor to explain. Databases are made up of tables. … Continue reading
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