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The pale blue fuzz of readership > Robin Sloan

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:04:17 -0500

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

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:17:04 -0400

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"

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:04:24 -0400

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

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:08:34 -0400

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…

Sugar: The Bitter Truth | Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor...

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:02:51 -0400

Sugar: The Bitter Truth | Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.

The takeaway from this talk is that the percentage of fructose and sucrose as a fundamental part of the American diet has increased in the last 30 years, and can be directly correlated to our being heaveir. That is, the entire population. And we continue to feed our kids foods that are extremely high in sugar, which is as toxic to our livers as alcohol because it is metabolized exactly the same way in our livers. (Alcohol is also metabolized in the brain, producing the buzz.) We would never hand our kids a can of beer, yet we’re perfectly willing to hand them a can of Coke.

Everyone should see this. I wish it was mandatory viewing before...

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:06:50 -0400

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

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:33:13 -0400

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

Sun, 24 May 2009 00:38:09 -0400

The Rosetta Project:

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…

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from...

Wed, 20 May 2009 23:52:32 -0400

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman

NYC Subway Ridership, 1905-2006

Wed, 20 May 2009 22:01:12 -0400

NYC Subway Ridership, 1905-2006:

Check out this amazing visualization of MTA ridership from 1905-2006, built on top of Google Maps.

Cookie Monster interviewed on NPR | Om-frickin’-nom…

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:14:25 -0400

Cookie Monster interviewed on NPR | Om-frickin’-nom…

My recent interview about the Kickbee with Reuters correspondent...

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:50:13 -0400

My recent interview about the Kickbee with Reuters correspondent Karina Huber.

I appeared on the April 16 episode of Good Morning America...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:15:00 -0400

I appeared on the April 16 episode of Good Morning America presenting Kickbee in a story about Twitter and the healthcare industry. We appear at 2 minutes in. It was brief, but very cool!

One of the best TV ads I’ve seen in years!

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:45:12 -0400

One of the best TV ads I’ve seen in years!

Finding Utility in the Jumble of Twittered Thoughts - NYTimes.com

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:22:37 -0400

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!

THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:19:53 -0500

THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube:

PHENOMENAL YouTube remixes…

Can you hear THIS? Musicians high frequency hearing test (NoiseAddicts.com)

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:17:17 -0500

Can you hear THIS? Musicians high frequency hearing test (NoiseAddicts.com):

“Here is a list of tones that go from 8Hz all the way up to 22,000Hz. Itâs fairly common for people who are over 25 years of age to not be able to hear above 15Hz, so this will help you find out…

Evan Williams, co-founder and CEO of Twitter (@ev), gave a...

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:57:16 -0500

Evan Williams, co-founder and CEO of Twitter (@ev), gave a presentation at TED 2009 discussing many of the ideas that drove the huge growth of Twitter in 2008, and how they came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves. At about 4 minutes 53 seconds in, he talks about my Kickbee project! I am humbled.

ARToolKit - Augmented Reality Library

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:04:00 -0500

ARToolKit - Augmented Reality Library:

ARToolKit is a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. These are applications that involve the overlay of virtual imagery on the real world. For example, in the image to…

I'm on Engadget.com

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:27:08 -0500

My friend Robert Carlsen created an eyebrow switch for triggering sound effects in our Thinking Physically class, and his picture of me demoing it ended up on Engadget’s write-up of it.