The pale blue fuzz of readership > Robin Sloan -
Although reading has been moving away from paper for several years, the only real advantage digital technology has had is over distribution of content.
But things get exciting when people utilize the processors of digital devices to change and measure the experience of reading. Robin Sloan has posted a fascinating visualization of how readers scroll through his short story The Truth About the East Wind over time. I don’t know that this type of metric provides much utility in terms of marketing content, but Robin’s observation how each line in the graph is a story unto itself really grabbed me.
Book of Odds - The Odds of Everyday Life -
“To fulfill our mission of providing the odds of everyday life, we conduct research in many different topical areas. To date, we have researched over 50 topics and are always adding more. Book of…
trendwatching.com's October 2009 Trend Briefing covering "NOWISM" -
NOWISM | âConsumersâ ingrained* lust for instant gratification is being satisfied by a host of novel, important (offline and online) real-time products, services and experiences. Consumers are…
10/GUI -
“Over a quarter-century ago, Xerox introduced the modern graphical user interface paradigm we today take for granted. That it has endured is a testament to the genius of its design. But the industry…
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Everyone should see this. I wish it was mandatory viewing before getting your driver’s license!
IDEO Labs: Rear-Projection TV Turned into a Multi-touch Display -
“Continuing our multi-touch research, weâve been working on turning an off-the-shelf rear projection TV into a multi-touch display. This screen has the best width-to-depth ratio of any multitouch…
The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages. Since becoming a National Science…
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NYC Subway Ridership, 1905-2006 -
Check out this amazing visualization of MTA ridership from 1905-2006, built on top of Google Maps.
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Finding Utility in the Jumble of Twittered Thoughts - NYTimes.com -
The NY Times April 13 edition features an article about Twitter…with a mention of the Kickbee and a photo of the Menscher Family!