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A Twitter visualization project using javascript and web browsers is inspired by particle colliders to reveal the hidden connection between tweets.

On March 10, presumably as part of their current redesign of the site, Lollicode appears to have made the decision to implement some automation in their information stream. The humanity is gone.

I finally managed to write a blog … for someone else. As part of my duties at Hanapin Marketing this spring, I wrote about online surveys for one of their clients, FormSpring.

It is no longer possible to see @reply conversation directed at people not already in your follow network. There are several issues that arise from this change, but the great sin of Twitter may be a UX problem.

From Amy: Today Carter ran out into the rain to swing- then came in needing paper and pencil. He disappeared for a few minutes and returned with this poem.

The Kuril Islands are part of the Ring of Fire- an area where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
About 90% of the world’s earthquakes, and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes happen in the ring of fire.
The Kuril Islands connect Japan and Russia, and there’s still conflict between [...]

Today we’re looking up the Laptev Sea. The Laptev Sea is a marginal sea which means it is partially enclosed by land- like arcs of islands that branch off from the mainland. You can think of it as sort of a vase shape that’s wide at the base, gets thinner at the neck then opens [...]

Saint-Louis is in Senegal, Africa. Senegal is a country in the far west of Africa. Africa is sort of a bean shape, and Senegal is directly in one end of the bean. It’s about 500 kilometers southwest of the Sahara in my estimation.
Rising sea levels are a threat to Senegal from the Senegal River.

The first day with the new Android G1 left me thinking my fingers need to go on a diet.

French Fry required some assistance warming up today.