As I’m focusing more on quality vs quantity it’s interesting to see how smaller patterns emerge after a weeks worth of filtering. This week seemed to be a combo of ux, tech and ideas – not a huge departure from most of my Link Drop Contextd’s I realize. What is different again is the format. Still tweaking it a bit. Aside from the size of images and format the colour is also slightly different. I’ll be posting about that later today. Until then happy Friday clicking.
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Worldwide Inauguration via Twitter
Flowing Data | 22 JAN 2009
Flowing Data put together a visualization of tweets around the time of Obama’s inauguration. Really fascinating to watch the spikes leading up to and after 12 noon on the 20th of January 2009.
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I AM THE KING OF HOUSEHOLD DESIGN.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency | JAN 2009
I wish I had written this myself, kind of an apt commentary to read after Murray Moss’ remarks in Design Observer.
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Redesigning A User Interface In The Open
A VC | 17 JAN 2009
I really like the idea behind the modules of Bug Labs, this post is a good starting point to click off a bunch of links that look at opening up the user experience as they move forward.
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Swedish Television launches a great online television site but where’s the social interaction?
ronnestam.com | 20 JAN 2009
The site was working for me when I originally grabbed the info, hopefully it’s back up by the time you read this…
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The Last Days of W
Printfetish | 15 JAN 2009
A review of the latest Alec Soth book and commentary about one person’s observation in today’s climate.
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Shigeo Fukuda | 1932-2009
Robert L Peters | 16 JAN 2009
I was sad to read this.
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National Design Triennial: Nominations
Cooper Hewitt | JAN 2009
I was underwhelmed by the options at the last Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt among many other things (like no cameras to photograph design stuff – it’s not art after all). I’m not sure how the vetting process happened last time, this time they’ve opened up the nominations which makes me very happy. If you think something should be nominated you now have the opportunity. You can also view what has already been nominated and by who. Great transparency, let’s just hope when the open the exhibition a person can take photos for their own private use…
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Networked link journalism: A revolution quietly begins in Washington state
Publishing 2.0 | 9 JAN 2009
News being passed on via twitter isn’t new now, but this gives an overview on how easy and fast things can move when the conditions are right.
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Koolhaas’ Exodus and Thomson’s Divided Kingdom
Maud Newton | 22 JAN 2009
I’ve walked through this exhibition at the MoMA a couple times though I haven’t paid that much attention to it aside from photographing it. Next time I’ll be taking a closer look.
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Wisconsin Cheese Cupid
JAN 2009
I’m not a huge fan of micro sites (or flash), this one maybe shouldn’t even be categorized as such anyways – but, it’s a really informative site on what to pair cheese with. Next time I buy some cheese I’ll be keeping this site in mind with what I want to drink with it.
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I Love You More Than Blank
JAN 2009
Interesting social experiment.
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Conversation Mapping in Twitter: Keyword Clouds.
PurpleCar | 15 JAN 2009
I liked how they broke down how forum discussions tend to flow. But the better info they present is in the form of a question about how to follow a twitter discussion.
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Inauguration » The Moment
CNN | 20 JAN 2009
I was kind of skeptical if people would even submit photos to cnn to have them stitched together. Looks like some people are and the visuals is kind of cool. I think the ui is slightly jittery but as a first attempt it’s pretty cool.
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The Wired Presidency: Can Obama Really Reboot the White House?
Wired | 19 JAN 2009
I’d like to see the author to revisit their article once a year for the next four years to track how things evolve.
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100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter
Online Universities | 18 NOV 2008
I haven’t checked out all the sites in this list, but surely there’s at least one that everyone will find that they like.
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Historical Photos in Web Archives Gain Vivid New Lives
NYT | 18 JAN 2009
A nice primer to see the connection between photos and history/stories.
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Inside Obama’s Social Media Toolkit
Micro Persuasion | 17 JAN 2009
Good breakdown when consider a strategic operation.
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The Faces of Mechanical Turk
Waxy | 20 NOV 2008
If you’ve ever had to use mechanical turk as i have, you’re probably curious to know who’s actually doing the work.
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