IDIOM | FIT-IT Semantic Systems Project » Blog Archive » IDIOM Prototype Wins Social Media Category of the Austrian National Award for Multimedia and e-Business (1)
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One of the IDIOM prototypes, the US Election 2008 Web Monitor, has won the category ‘Online Communities, Web 2.0 and Social Networks’ at the Austrian National Award for Multimedia and e-Business. The system includes a social application called ‘Sentiment Quiz’, built on top of the Facebook platform, which follows the tradition of “Games with a Purpose” by inviting Facebook users and their network of online friends to evaluate whether sentences from an archive of election-related ...
credit crisis visualized - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics (17)
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several online information graphics that illustrate the causes or relative dimensions of the ongoing credit crisis. while there are plenty of stock market graphs out there, which ones attempt to communicate the mechanics or meaning behind the current crisis? & which ones did I miss? . A Year of Heavy Losses (treemap) [nytimes.com] . The Downturn in Facts and Figures (collection) [bbc.co.uk] . How a Market Crisis Unfolded (event timeline) [nytimes.com] . The Finance Crisis ...
Three-dimensional force-directed starling layout (5)
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Amazing video of starling flocking behavior, via Dan Paluska: And how a swarm reacts to a falcon attack, via Burak Arikan: For myself and all you designers out there just getting their heads around particle simulations, this is just a reminder: nature is better than you.
Apple Computer Knowledge Navigator (1)
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The Knowledge Navigator was a concept video Apple created in the late 80s anticipating what the future of computing would be like. They imagined intelligent agents, digital video, networked access to information, tablet computing and professors with offices unlike any I’ve ever seen. Information can be found at Apple Navigator - This Old Mouse.
Geeking with Greg: KDD 2008 panel on the future of social networks (8)
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A panel at KDD 2008 called "Social Networks: Looking Ahead" was more remarkable for the questions it failed to answer than the ones it did.One question that was repeatedly presented to the panel was how to make money off social networks. Underlying this question, and at least once stated explicitly, was the issue of whether social networks really matter or are just the latest flash in the pan, the latest bubble, and soon to fade ...
Interview with Andy Hertzfeld on 25 years of Mac (1)
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If you are running low on inspiration than I have something for you. At O’Reilly there is an interview available with Andy Hertzfeld, one of the leading designers on the early Macintosh-range. This interview is not only written, but you can also listen to it as podcast, so check it out. From the interview: James Turner: Reading your book, it seems like the project management style for the Mac was very loose. How would you ...
