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We Feel Fine
by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar
http://www.wefeelfine.org/
This piece is beautiful. An interactive visualization again of blog post data including statements relating to emotions. This is a constantly changing data set, refreshing every 10 minutes and gathering information from [...]
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The Dumpster, by Golan Levin, with Kamal Nigam and Jonathan Feinberg for the Whitney and the Tate online gallery, 2006
http://artport.whitney.org/commissions/thedumpster/
This piece is amusing and good looking. From a usability perspective, the interface is not very intuitive and from [...]
For the data exploration assignment, I used Tableau, data visualization software and the Battle-related deaths dataset v5 2002-2007 the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). This and other UCDP datasets are available online at: http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/UCDP/data_and_publications/datasets.htm.
This is one of my visualizations charting battle deaths (y axis) over time from 2002 through 2007. Each different bar shows the [...]
I’m taking Information Visualization and have been looking around for interesting data sets to work with for my first assignment. Ultimately, I’ll probably try to work with a data set measuring information about thermostats and energy usage, but for this early assignment, I’m looking around for data sets of development, governance, peace and conflict information.
I [...]
Buzz, living up to its name, is generating headlines and is the new favorite case-study for my iSchool class discussions. Frequently, there’s some tech story in the headlines that makes its way into a wide range of class discussions — often discussions about policy, ip, security/privacy; sometimes about design — the iPad vs Kindle. Google [...]
Curious about who is working to build capacity in IT. Found some organizations/projects in the country and hope to speak with people involved.
Bar Camp, Oct 3-4, 2009
(http://barcampphnompenh.org) was held at Pannasasstra University (PUC); there are 1100+ people registered on the site as attending; sponsored by local and international companies.
Conical Hat Software
(http://www.conicalhat.com) Based in Phnom [...]
Trying to get a sense of who among and how large a sector of the population could use a tool that is (a) written (b) computer-based. So, digging for numbers about literacy and telecom ownership, usage, access. I’m not just interested in computer and internet ownership/access. I’m also interested in radio, tv, [...]
S-21 or Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (http://www.tuolsleng.com/) was a Phnom Penh school turned into a prison by the Khmer Rouge, now preserved as a genocide museum. It is estimated that as many as 20,000 people may have been detained at S-21 where they were torchered and killed. The map of Cambodia made of skulls and [...]
I met with Michelle Staggs and Sovvanath Ngeth when I arrived on Tues, got a light overview of the court and people I might try to meet here.
Sovvanath will be my partner and translator for some of this research. He is a monitor for the court, a graduated law student in Phnom Penh.
East-West Center [...]
The East West Center of Berkeley is co-producing a weekly television show in Cambodia “Duch on Trial” — a show that recaps and explains the week’s events in the ECCC. This show is averaging 5million viewers each week, meaning that 1 in 5 Cambodians sees this show. This is encouraging, especially in light of the [...]