Monthly Archives: February 2009

fora.tv

By dan | Published: February 17, 2009
Yes, you’ve seen the TED talks, here is another thing that has similar content that I did not know about. http://fora.tv/ FORA.tv helps intelligent, engaged audiences get smart. Our users find, enjoy, and share videos about the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. We gather the web’s largest collection of unmediated video drawn from live events, lectures, [...]
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Braddock Rises From the Ashes

By dan | Published: February 3, 2009
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/01/31/us/1231546649909/braddock-rises-from-the-ashes.html When steel collapsed, Braddock, Pa., suffered a post-industrial decline that an energetic new mayor hopes to turn around with leadership and some innovative ideas. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june08/greenjobs_05-12.html http://www.15104.cc/
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Twitter Chatter During the Super Bowl

By dan | Published: February 3, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/02/sports/20090202_superbowl_twitter.html As the Steelers and Cardinals battled on the field, Twitter users across the nation pecked out a steady stream of “tweets.” The map shows the location and frequency of commonly used words in Super Bowl related messages. ps.. Looking back, it seems that I love everything the NYT does with infographics.
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TED is excited to announce the new TED Fellows program!

By dan | Published: February 3, 2009
http://www.ted.com/fellows The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Fellows are drawn from many disciplines that reflect the diversity of TED’s members: technology, entertainment, design, the sciences, the humanities, the arts, NGOs, business and [...]
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World crisis charts fed into Microsoft songsmith

By dan | Published: February 3, 2009
Johannes Kreidler fed Microsoft Songsmith with charts based on plummeting stocks, war casualties and other doomsday statistics. The results are a lot more upbeat than you would expect.
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