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Visualization: A Day of Diggs and a Thin Blue Line
ericrodenbeck submitted, made popular 4 days ago (content.stamen.com)
As a follow-up to the first visualizations we made of user activity on Digg, we've analyzed an entire day's worth of digging activity in greater detail. The visualizations illustrate some general patterns, and one controversial story (claiming that the BBC reported the collapse of WTC Building 7 before it happened) immediately becomes visible. More…
History
Wired criticized for not testing reddit as well
surburban submitted 1 day 23 hours ago (www.tech1024.blogspot.com)
The saga continues. More…
Dave Eggers' opens a spy gear shop in Chicago: Photos
SoSorry submitted 5 days ago (www.methodsreporter.com)
Novelist and publisher of McSweeney's puts finishing touches on "The Boring Store," an "espionage supply store" that claims to sell NOTHING AT ALL on the outside while offering grappling hooks, periscopes, hidden cameras and fake mustaches galore on the inside. More…
Visualization: A Day of Diggs and a Thin Blue Line
ericrodenbeck submitted, made popular 4 days ago (content.stamen.com)
As a follow-up to the first visualizations we made of user activity on Digg, we've analyzed an entire day's worth of digging activity in greater detail. The visualizations illustrate some general patterns, and one controversial story (claiming that the BBC reported the collapse of WTC Building 7 before it happened) immediately becomes visible. More…
Atheists take on Bush faith-based initiative
analyze submitted, made popular 9 days ago (abcnews.go.com)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation atheist group started by Gaylor and her mother in the 1970s to take on the religious right will fight its most high-profile battle when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on its lawsuit against President Bush's faith-based initiative. More…
Why is Digg Swarm So Cool? Inventor Explains It All For You
AdmiralAdama submitted 15 days ago (stamen.com)
The company helped with Stack too. Cool pics and explanations of how Swarm and Stack works. Also digital-cool representations of "what an hour on Digg looks like." And other cool stuff: "Stories on Digg have their own arc in their path from submission to promotion; a unique fingerprint... More…
Stamen (makers of Swarm, Stack and BigSpy) is looking for a designer
TomCarden submitted 18 days ago (stamen.com)
Stamen Design is Digg's partner on Digg Labs, and we're hiring. Please see our site for full details. More…
Flood Maps May Have Out-Of-Date Data
tommytrc submitted 31 days ago (www.breitbart.com)
Maps used to calculate flood danger in the U.S. rely on data that are decades out of date, according to a report that calls for a new national program to remap land levels. The National Research Council on Thursday proposed an "Elevation for the Nation" program to produce up-do-date data. More…
Amazing Sea Giants...Wide Load at Sea (Pics)
persisting1 submitted, made popular 23 days ago (fogonazos.blogspot.com)
"Semi-submersible ships are the only vessels in the world which provide the capability to load, transport and offload extremely heavy cargo, such as oil drilling rigs, gas refineries or even warships." More…
Digg Launches 'BigSpy' and updated 'Stack'
kevinrose submitted, made popular 30 days ago (labs.digg.com)
"Digg BigSpy places stories at the top of the screen as they are dugg. As new stories are dugg, older stories move down the list. Bigger stories have more diggs." Also make sure to check out the new version of Stack (which now displays digger names and story titles). More…
Are we on the brink of the flying car?
starexplorer submitted, made popular 29 days ago (www.howstuffworks.com)
A flying car on the market by 2012? More…
One Crazy Digger
Lucifer7 submitted, made popular 49 days ago (img292.imageshack.us)
His user name is Bigyellowdot. I can't quite figure out why... (note: By the time I hit submit on this story, the dot was twice as big.) More…
What Digg Doesn't Like
HondaWang submitted, made popular 48 days ago (mpegproductions.com)
When digging, one can see various patterns emerge when it comes to topics that Digg users don't like. Here's a nice list of those particular topics that Digg users generally hate....with a passion. More…
Many Eyes' Interactive Tree Map showing popular Digg stories by category
TomCarden submitted 32 days ago (services.alphaworks.ibm.com)
Experiment of the day at Stamen/Digg Labs - we put the most recent 1000 digg stories into IBM's Many Eyes site for sharing data and visualisations. The rectangle size is the number of diggs, the colour is number of comments. This means you can pick out the most talked about stories pretty easily. More…
How Digg Combats Cheaters
cuoops submitted 39 days ago (www.technologyreview.com)
"With more than two years of experience and statistical and behavioral analysis into the patterns of how legitimate content is submitted and promoted--represented by over 1,200,000 content submissions and 50,000,000 Diggs to date--we have a very detailed understanding of the process," says Rose. More…
A giant building in Tokyo shaped like Godzilla
ironicsans submitted, made popular 90 days ago (www.ironicsans.com)
This concept for a new building does amazing things to the Tokyo skyline. More…
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