links for 2011-07-28
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Collection of graffiti from Cairo provides a graphical view of the Tahrir protests and the Arab spring
07/28/2011 (7:03 pm)
07/27/2011 (7:08 pm)
links for 2011-07-27
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NewsTrust builds on PEJ study, looks at a broader range of Baltimore news sources, considers independence, ownership and quality, as assessed by NewsTrust participants.
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In-depth study of news in Baltimore over the course of a week emphasizes importance of newspapers, centrality of government storylines.
07/25/2011 (7:09 pm)
links for 2011-07-25
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Article examines the success of Indian CEOs at the head of Fortune 500 companies. Opening example includes brothers who attribute their success, in part, to their itinerant upbringing as children of an Indian general. Also discusses "jugaad", Hindi term for improvising and making the best of limited resources.
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Sympathetic review of Pankaj Ghemawat's excellent Friedman response book, "World 3.0"
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Orwell's column of May 12, 1944 takes on "the death of distance" in typically prickly fashion, arguing that the world shows increasing autarky, not interconnection.
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A set of studies look at homophily effects around personal appearance. Researchers find evidence that people with similarities in terms of hair length, glasses wearing and other behaviors are more likely to sit together.
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Pretty good piece on relationship between hiphop and the Arab spring. Excellent discussion of whether hiphop is American or global at this moment in time…
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Clever ap shows word clouds of discussions underway on major TV networks. Uses a very interesting API from Synchronize.tv
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Excellent Ideas essay looks at the challenge and power of archiving fragrance… and bringing aspects of the past back to life via scent
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Amazing photo project looks at photos of New York and Bombay side by side and sees more similarity than difference
07/14/2011 (7:04 pm)
links for 2011-07-14
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Adams's wonderful essay on the return of interactivity into human culture, responsible for at least two of the best quotes on understanding the internet – one about technology being "natural" if you were introduced at a certain age, and the other about how technology allows us to return to being villagers…
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Pew's analysis of agenda-setting in participatory and professional media, based on story by story analysis in 2010
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A Chinese expert makes the (eminently believable) claim that Chinese is now the second-most prevalent language on the internet, behind English
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Emily Bell identifies a whole in America's journalistic picture – regularly updated, centrist, fact-based reporting on international situations – and suggests that the weakness of American public media may explain the absence
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Excellent Quantified Self overview article, focusing on the Boston community, by Emily Singer
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Helpful reflection from Michael Nagle of the Boston Quantified Self group on QS projects that are focused not wholly on body/health but on broader definitions of self
07/06/2011 (7:03 pm)
links for 2011-07-06
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Charming little essay about a young American who seeks work at an Indian call center. Interesting reflections on the process of cultural neutralization that's part of the job training
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Reflections around Middle East – essays, fiction, etc. – about the Arab Spring
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Great work from Sensible Cities lab at MIT, showing connections across state borders in the US, visualized based on phonecalls, SMS. Breaks the US into logical, cultural units based on connection, rather than state borders.
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An early analysis of the pervasiveness of blogging, useful mostly for the author's application of Benedict Anderson's idea of "imagined communities" to the act of blogging
