Lev Manovich How and why study big cultural data v2
Nuevas lineas de trabajo en analitica cultural.
Lev Manovich How and why study big cultural data v2
Nuevas lineas de trabajo en analitica cultural.
Excerpt from a larger infographic on America’s 100 largest libraries by the numbers. And yet the future of libraries hangs in precarious balance as important decisions need to be made.
Complement with this infographic on the state of public libraries circa 1946.
Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (via Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (Leonardo Book Series): Alexander R. Galloway: 9780262572330: Amazon.com: Books)
Que dificil resuta aglutinar lo fragmentario y folksonomico
Redefining Openesss
Over 70 speakers and 950 attendees explored “radical openness” at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh, Scotland. (via Redefining Openesss | design mind)
(via http://tamarjcohen.tumblr.com/image/33651129434) Tamar Cohen “I am thrilled to have been chosen as the October Spotlight artist in the HBR Oct 2012” bit.ly/Xtpofq #conectarlab
COVER Recycling aluminum cans (shown here in bales at a facility in Philadelphia, PA) is just one of the many approaches directed toward doing something productive with the world’s ever-expanding stream of waste. In the special section Working with Waste (page 662), we survey multifaceted efforts to tackle this global challenge. For the story behind the cover, go to http://scim.ag/cov6095 (via Cover Photo — 10 August 2012, 337 (6095))
Facebook Statistics by Country - Socialbakers
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The transformation of the nation’s news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers. But there are now signs that television news – which so far has held onto its audience through the rise of the internet – also is increasingly vulnerable, as it may be losing its hold on the next generation of news consumers. (via In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press)
Rushdie, la memoria de un cautivo
Salman Rushdie, alias ‘Joseph Anton’, estuvo 11 años cautivo. Ahora relata con todo detalle la memoria de aquella condena islámica que él libró contra la intolerancia. (via EL PAÍS Semanal)
Jeff Rothschild’s machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt. (via Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image - NYTimes.com)
Over the past decade, lots of big newspaper companies have gone bust.
But when you take a look at what’s happened to newspaper advertising over that period, it’s a wonder they all haven’t. Below, via Mark J. Perry and Bill Gross, is a chart we’ve run before. It shows inflation-adjusted newspaper advertising revenue over the past 60 years. Thanks to the precipitous decline in the last ~7 years, the industry is now back to where we it was in 1950. And it’s only slightly better off when you factor in online revenue. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/newspaper-advertising-collapse-2012-9#ixzz26dpCkgmS And Now Let Us Gasp In Astonishment At What Just Happened To The Newspaper Business)
