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by martian 17y ago
I appreciate that this returns native Python datatypes rather than XML trees or unparsed JSON, which the other Flickr APIs have a tendency to do.
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by martian 17y ago
Anyone know of good meetups in the Twin Cities?
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by martian 17y ago
The mid-page sparklines are surprisingly informative. Simple request: Would love to be able to click on referring domains to visit their websites.
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Mapping Twitter followers(tweemap.com)
3 points by martian 17y ago|1 comments
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Visualizing historical New York City subway ridership(diametunim.com)
3 points by martian 17y ago|0 comments
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Axiis - Flex/Flash data visualization framework(axiis.org)
36 points by martian 17y ago|7 comments
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Random Walk - Thesis attempts to visualize randomness(random-walk.com)
4 points by martian 17y ago|0 comments
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by martian 18y ago
If you want to have the HN chatroom always at your side when browsing HN... go grab the GreaseMonkey HN toolkit, then copy paste this code at the end of the file, but inside the last IF clause. No warranties expressed or implied. :-) va
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Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller? - Interactive Graphic(nytimes.com)
2 points by martian 18y ago|0 comments
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by martian 18y ago
A similar project for sending email has existed for a few years, created by the MIT media lab. Check it out at http://www.fuzzmail.org/
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Great talk on visual analytics by Tableau CEO(vgtc.org)
3 points by martian 18y ago|0 comments
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Interactive Graphics for Data Analysis (book)(datavisualization.ch)
1 points by martian 18y ago|3 comments
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by martian 18y ago
A very readable introduction to machine learning and recommendation systems is Programming Collective Intelligence, by Toby Seagram (O'Reilly). Worth looking at if you're just getting your feet wet.
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by martian 18y ago
I'd add: help establish some basic decision-making structure (e.g., despotic vs democratic) and simple accountability measures.
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by martian 18y ago
My impression of the article is that the author was saying it's difficult to get into business selling only what or who is nearby, since both of those are close to becoming (if they're not already) commodities. The trick with location-base
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by martian 18y ago
Yeah, this is a great book. Evidently it is also on Obama's reading list. The book talks about a few different ways to "nudge" people into the "best" behavior. One of the key points is that a default choice (for ANY consumer choice, whether
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by martian 18y ago
I would suspect that you would want to pay attention to where your users are. If you're a Web 2.0 social network site, then Twitter is probably essential since most of your users would likely be using Twitter as well. Same things goes for D
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by martian 18y ago
Aside from all the technology, it's crucial to get a solid, professional voice-over that tells a clear story about your product. My personal experience has been that even the best video production can be quickly tarnished by a voice-over th
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by martian 18y ago
Electric Sheep makes an amazing screen-saver -- could be a great piece of wall art? Other benefits would be that you'd be contributing to a massive art project and it'd make a great conversation piece: "what's that?", "oh, that's just Harri
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Aquarium for the blind at Georgia Tech(kottke.org)
1 points by martian 18y ago|0 comments
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by martian 18y ago
You shouldn't be compiling your own packages. Then you have to pay close attention to bug fixes, new versions, etc. Instead, sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb See: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/11/11/installing-mysql... [edit: I
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Workplace Personality Types - PDF of T-Mobile's Workplace Motivation Report(telegraphbusinessclub.co.uk)
2 points by martian 18y ago|0 comments
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World Bank data API(developer.worldbank.org)
3 points by martian 18y ago|0 comments
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by martian 18y ago
One option would be to buy cheap shared hosting plans (I've seen as low as $6/mo) and use them only for email. Not always perfect, and things like SSL might be messier, but cheap and easy and these days you'll get as much if not more storag
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by martian 18y ago
Beyond the critique of the amateur, he's also tackling larger trends of thinking about design methodology. The trend is from formal to informal, from abstract to concrete. From ideas without context to ideas that receive immediate feedback
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How designers work (Ph.D. Dissertation)(lucs.lu.se)
7 points by martian 18y ago|2 comments
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by martian 18y ago
Yeah, I'd always considered Alexander more of an academic than a practitioner, but it's interesting to look at what he and his colleagues actually produce. His buildings don't look amazing, but perhaps they work really well for their intend
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Christopher Alexander: An Introduction for Object-Oriented Designers(g.oswego.edu)
7 points by martian 18y ago|5 comments
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by martian 18y ago
Agreed. There are many things still not possible on the web. Office/productivity apps? I'd say Google Docs is a far cry from the performance of MS Office or OpenOffice. Likewise, 3d performance on the web is miserable at best. You might get
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Getting content right(maadmob.net)
1 points by martian 18y ago|0 comments

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