Freed looks like an interesting system for creating multiple views of a collection of digital objects (Mendels et al) Odom et al: great discussion on the relationship of physical and virtual possessions, including metadata and perceived value
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CHI 2011 Tweets: May 9
Enjoyed talk by Leah Findlater on non-parametric factorial analysis techniques. Just the right depth for a CHI talk. Didn’t go to many talks today at CHI 2011, a lot of schmoozing instead. Also, I must be getting old, greasy food getting to me.
CHI 2011 Tweets: May 8
Here are my Twitter posts on the first day of my trip to CHI 2011, which was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At SFO Terminal 3. Longest security line I’ve seen in years. I better make my flight, which leaves in 1 hour. @tsatracker SFO Terminal 3 economy security: 24 minute wait At YVR …
Twitter highlights: May 1–7, 2011
James Landay: “Nice profile of Scott Klemmer’s work in Technology Review: Tools for Better Web Design” Watch President Obama announce the death of Osama bin Laden: MSNBC [May 1] Osama’s death have prompted huge crowds to gather at World Trade Ctr. (Wall Street Journal) Hard to believe I was there <36 hrs ago. Sadat Shami: …
Twitter highlights of my trip to New York: April 23–30, 2011
Saturday, April 23 When setting your alarm for a morning flight, make sure it’s set for AM, not PM. Parked in short term and just made it. Don’t remember so many NYC subway service notices, but managed to get to the hotel anyway. Late night pizza nearby for dinner. Sunday, April 24 For brunch, meeting …
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Twitter highlights: April 24–30, 2011
Thou Shalt Not Be Colloquial: why the King James Bible endures (New York Times) Sadat Shami: “Awesome overview of the New York Times’ R&D Lab’s Project Cascade – a tool to explore the life stories in social spaces” (Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard) @StartupJesus: “Googling ‘Torture + Friday’ used to return hits about Good Friday, …
Twitter highlights: April 17–23, 2011
Sadat Shami: “Giving up tenure… and getting happiness in return? Reflections from someone who did” (The Scientist via Nick Diakopoulos) I think I’ll get a standing desk (New York Times) Jeffrey Bigham: “How languages may have diffused from Africa, modeling phonemes” (New York Times) Boris Smus: “Allow me to explain sorting algorithms through interpretive dance” …
Twitter highlights: April 10-16, 2011
Backbone.js is a model-view-controller JavaScript library in just 4KB (via Boris Smus ) SparkFun intros IOIO, which allows Android phones to control DIY electronics. (Engadget) Everyone in Google Doodle for Charlie Chaplin’s birthday are part of Doodle team, and like many of Chaplin’s films, it was filmed in the Niles District of Fremont, California. More …
More news theme geeking
When I moved to the Bay Area from New England, I noticed that KGO 7, the ABC station in San Francisco, used the same theme song and logo as WABC 7 in New York. Here’s a KGO “open” from 1989: To my surprise, the theme song is from the movie Cool Hand Luke starring Paul …
News theme geeking
Through some random web surfing, I came across the opening credits for the newscast of WTNH 8, the ABC affililate in Connecticut, in 1985, which brought back a lot of memories: The theme song, used by TV stations across the country, is called Move Closer to Your World, and it’s still used by WPVI 6, …