Stats: The State Of The Internet

A cool video statistical visualization of the state of the Internet. Found at Vimeo from Jesse Thomas via Holy Kaw!

Chart Wars: Data Visualization As A Messaging Vehicle

Alex Lundy explains the power of data visualization in public discourse. Found at Blip.tv via Holy Kaw!

2009: Year In Review Via Google Wave

Found at YouTube from rockyourwhirled via TechCrunch via AdAge via Holy Kaw!

NFL Finally Gets It….Sorta: RedZone Re-Cutter

I have been fairly critical about the NFL’s lockdown policy on their video content. In short, it seems to me the NFL has everything to gain and very little to lose by allowing embedding of the league’s online video content. But with the launch of the league’s new channel, NFL RedZone (which, by the way, [...]

Microsoft Live Labs’ Pivot Visualization Tool

November 19, 2009 · Categories: Analytics, Mashups, Productivity, Technology, Tools, Video · View Comments 
ReadWriteWeb reports that Microsoft’s Live Labs has launched Pivot, “a fun, powerful discovery tool, built on Seadragon and powered by Silverlight, that runs in Vista or Windows 7 with IE8. It looks great and allows for truly intuitive exploration of information.” Here’s a demonstration:

The Latest Downfall Mashup Sends Hitler Into A Frenzy

September 7, 2009 · Categories: Keepin' It Real, Mashups, Video · View Comments 
Adolph Hitler goes ballistic over the latest Downfall mashup. Found at Funny or Die by dawsonbros.

Madison Avenue Blues: The Year The Media Died

This parody of The Day The Music Died by Don McLean is hilarious and sad at the same time. Found at YouTube from LMcDuff08 via Build the Echo via Jason Barnett via Tracy Van Slyke.

The One Big Thing: Google Adopts Microformats

The One Big Thing you need to know this week is that Google is now supporting microformats for what they are calling “rich snippets.” Microformats are essentially specialized HTML code that provides metadata to pieces of information on a given Web page to make it much easier for software to understand and process that information. There are, [...]

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms. Found at Stanford Center for Internet and Society. This video explains fair use through the fair use of Disney movies and was in response to [...]

BakerTweet – Using Twitter As A Development Platform

Here’s an interesting example of how Twitter is being used as a platform upon which to build unique and custom applications and products. Springwise reports about BakerTweet (tip o’ the hat to: @themarketingguy), a box being sold to bakers that allows them to alert customers to fresh products through Twitter without the mess of the [...]

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