October 2006
graphic illustration of data about US
by 2 othersI learned new search terms for visualization: infosthetics or infoviz.
The Google YouTube Tango
essay about the political consequences of marketing based on Internet-use data
Critique of Ranking and Listing; Exchange with Kenneth C. Werbin
"Our increasing emphasis on quantitative reductions, like ranking lists, at the expense of critically engaged qualitative thought, can be seen as bottom-line strategies for efficiently navigating our increasingly .. networked cybernetic order."
Pew Internet: Future of the Internet
well worth downloading and printing the 104 pp PDF document; the list of contributors alone is worth following up on; especially interesting on the inequalities and possibilities for repression
July 2006
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