I had no idea that Mike Love was a programmer – this is great! I mean, I’d love to see something like this applied in a couple of different ways.
1 – I’d like to be able to put in any person or search term and see the touchgraph of relationships in the same way it’s shown above. Something like this, were in a search engine – could greatly improve search.
2- I’d like to see visitor segmentation in Web Analytics viewed this way (perhaps Visual Sciences already does this …I’ll have to check with Eric Peterson when I get ot the Emetrics Summit in two weeks).
While it’s mainly an informational project now – I think Mike Love has touched onto something much bigger – probably beyond what he can do with it – but search engines ought to take this approach and run with it. I know Kartoo tries to do this, but a Kartoo map is not the same thing as what Mike Love did.
For one thing, Kartoo’s map is based on website and then ideas; I’m more interested in the relationship of people and ideas, not so much websites. See what I mean.
The technology exists to do what I’m talking about – it just takes vision – insight.
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I actually missed one of the most exciting events in New York City this week, Wired NextFest, but I can go on Sunday to see the end of the show – I may do that. Look at what I missed. Well, I can take my son with me and spend the day there on Sunday….maybe I’ll do it. If so, I’ll write about it here and in ArtNewYorkCity.com, and possibly, in Smartmobs.com too.
There was also a bunch of events that I missed earlier this week. I knew about the show beforehand just had not focused on it.
Monday, September 25
Next Art Reentry: New York City – Bill Dolson Synthetic meteor showers fill the Manhattan skyline in these HD computer simulations, envisioning a daring public art project. Reentry was created during Dolson’s residency at Eyebeam, an art and technology center that provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools for digital experimentation.
EYEBEAM 540 West 21st (between 10th and 11th Avenues) 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Next Film Special Screening: The Fountain Starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world. 9:00 PM
IFC Center 323 6th Avenue Admission is free. Capacity is limited. LEARN MORE
SOLD OUT
Thursday, September 28
Education Day Free to tri-state area school groups. Registration is full. 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Javits Center, Hall 3B
The Long Tail: The Rise and Fall of the Blockbuster Chris Anderson WIRED editor in chief in conversation with Lawrence Lessig, Stanford law School professor and WIRED columnist. 7:00 PM | New York Public Library
Peeping Tom (with Mike Patton, DJ Rob Swift, and Rahzel), a full DJ set by
Diplo, and
Girl Talk A Benefit Concert for Creative Commons 9:00 PM | Irving Plaza $25
"People make mistakes in life all the time. It could be putting your shirt on backwards, mistaking a woman for a man or even kissing someone and then finding out that they are related to you. By taking these mistakes that happen in life and integrating them into commercials, you can create something that is both funny and memorable"
Can’t say there’s a direct tie in with Web Metrics and this video – but there is an indirect one – maybe we find things other than what we were searching for, or tracking. I’ve seen that in some of my client work, and I’ve also found that’s true for painting. I don’t cover up mistakes because I’m not sure anything really is a mistake (when I’m painting, that is); you can read more about art in ArtNewYorkCity.com, my art blog.
