tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:52:32 +0000literatureSocial MediaeducationpythonAIHCIprogrammingFontsquoteUIscience and religionDesignlinkswritingPresentationsupdatecomputers and societygooglevisual classiclifehttp://techincolor.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Evan)Blogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-4455022560005920630Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:22:00 +00002009-03-16T10:40:09.556-07:00Recently, I stumbled on an article over at Gizmodo about the exorbitant price of popcorn. To sum up the article in a couple of bullet points:• A movie ticket in 1929 was $4.32. A ticket in 2009 is $7.20 - A price increase of 66%• Popcorn in 1929 was $0.62. Popcorn in 2009 is $4.75 - A price increase of 666%Below is the graphic created to represent the data:It's a fun and flashy graphic that showshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/N74kLrPzfA0/lie-factor-gizmodo-popcorn-isnt-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)2http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/03/lie-factor-gizmodo-popcorn-isnt-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-3883510352011407484Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:32:00 +00002009-03-13T12:09:07.453-07:00(Note: If you haven't read my previous post: I Need You: Twitter, Information Overload, and Work Flow, you might want to give it a quick run through before you continue.)After laying out the foundations of my project in the last post, I've been doing quite a bit of reading, questioning, and researching. Now it's time to lay out some goals and priorities to help constrain design http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/_BwvUTIaM_U/infostream-visualizations-goals-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/03/infostream-visualizations-goals-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-2457140962372772644Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:01:00 +00002009-03-10T12:29:40.816-07:00Hello everyone!I am beginning a research project to help moderate workflow and interruptions from services like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, etc.I need your help.Most of you who have spread themselves across the larger social media world now seem to be gravitating towards clients that can gather your scattered piles of information and communication into one cohesive place. Instead of simply http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/2qEejquk7Pg/i-need-you-twitter-facebook-and-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-need-you-twitter-facebook-and-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-6441172780903948286Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:28:00 +00002009-03-03T08:37:08.836-08:001. Deliver a strong presentation. (end post).http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/fVwBHc2EvE0/how-to-get-people-to-use-twitter-during.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-get-people-to-use-twitter-during.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-5137731808724991824Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:10:00 +00002009-02-23T18:56:20.844-08:00I'm currently reading a paper in which Jennifer Preece, a professor in the Information Systems Department at the University of Maryland, outlines three components of sociability to support social interaction online:PurposePeoplePoliciesSince my life has been intertwined in what is now an eight month experiment with Twitter, I can't help but putting the community into the scope of these terms. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/5rAjH9s1Jgw/why-its-so-hard-to-start-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)5http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-its-so-hard-to-start-twitter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-5692272700182437784Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:39:00 +00002009-02-17T13:11:26.553-08:00To substitute for a lack of writing on my part, here are some things I have been reading lately:For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can'tBy Miguel HelftAn interesting read from the NY Times about the use of technology for the blind.Epistemological Pluralism and Revaluation of the Concreteby Sherry Turkle and Seymour PapertDon't be intimidated by the title. This is a brilliant paper http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/M_AkOTHXZzI/virtual-high-five-smattering-of-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/02/virtual-high-five-smattering-of-reading.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-4447501985474681078Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-01-26T11:10:15.975-08:00I've been posed this question rather frequently lately.Wouldn't we be better off just focusing on a close community, face-to-face interactions, and localized problems?It is an important question to think about because it quickly cuts to why we really need technology. I'm not so sure we have always been responsible or reflective enough (which, by the way, is a wonderful goal of the current http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/QybxeE_M0Bw/wouldnt-we-be-better-off-without.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)1http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/01/wouldnt-we-be-better-off-without.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-2684266138060067409Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-01-25T12:16:52.050-08:00quote"The computer stands betwixt and between the world of formal systems and physical things; it has the ability to make the abstract concrete ... The computer has a theoretical vocation: to bring the philosophical down to earth."- Sherry Turkle and Seymour Paper: Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the Concrete.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/pyWr-q44xGY/quotations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/01/quotations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-1828003662563960091Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-01-06T18:59:28.732-08:00In the past, I've been critical of technology's inability to provide us with deep insights about ourselves. I've also worried that too much of technology is designed as an inward spiral, forcing us deeper into the medium instead of encouraging face-to-face conversations. But this post is about a time where technology did offer an insight (or at least a good reminder), and it was a surprisingly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/TFiAzkaNJ4U/new-lens-for-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)3http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-lens-for-media.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-495121160941832480Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:33:00 +00002009-01-04T12:49:27.590-08:00I stumbled on a post by David Griner today: 10 ways social media improved lives in 2008. It's good enough to share. For people who ask What good do you see coming out of Facebook/Twitter/etc.?, here are some concrete examples that shed a bit of optimism. Read David's original post for the full story behind each bullet point.Gamers and developers raise $1 million for children's hospitals.Social http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/ldH4CxT3RN4/internet-communities-help-real.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2009/01/internet-communities-help-real.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-4166245340573348682Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:59:00 +00002008-12-28T15:39:02.816-08:00computers and societySocial MediaA lot of people ask me the benefits of Twitter, especially in regards to face-to-face interactions. I have a list I can roll off, but often find myself answering "Well, we haven't quite arrived yet." And I think that is true. We aren't there yet. But we are moving closer.Picture courtesy of Ryan LaneThe question is How do we encourage people to move outside the technology? Here is one idea:I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/QE78gNWvR1o/were-not-quite-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/12/were-not-quite-there.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-3649669363025844028Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:10:00 +00002008-12-24T15:38:27.490-08:00computers and societylinksWith an Obama administration coming right on the heels of the New Year, there is a lot of technology policy on the table you should know about. Here are a couple of interesting reads:Weighing a Broadband Stimulus PlanA clip: "In today's deep recession, digital age advocates are trying to persuade President-elect Barack Obama to put billions into a nationwide broadband build-out as part of his http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/9QssJgyf4Sc/understanding-technology-policy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/12/understanding-technology-policy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-567503659624230870Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:46:00 +00002008-12-24T11:55:25.010-08:00I have not chatted with you in awhile. For those of you who keep tabs on my writing, I apologize. My notebook is filled with two-sentence thoughts and blurbs, but none of them have been flushed out enough to write a full article. Lets get some coffee sometime. Maybe that will make up for it.photo by Leonard CilloOn that note, I'd like to change the pace of this place a bit. In the past, I've felthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/NAYEqXpI360/business-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/12/business-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-5298336687161498477Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:17:00 +00002008-09-29T06:29:02.829-07:00computers and societySocial MediaGeneration Y/Z needs Facebook.You've read countless articles and press releases bemoaning the appeal of virtual networks to adolescent youth. We wonder why they communicate leaving Facebook messages instead of long conversations over campfires. We struggle to see the appeal of virtual networks over pickup baseball games in crackling autumn wheather. Our knee-jerk reaction is to revert back to thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/BI77o7tWS4c/why-we-have-created-culture-where-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)4http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-we-have-created-culture-where-kids.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-4267410903941307708Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:00:00 +00002008-09-17T16:21:27.246-07:00educationYour professors won't make you succeed, even if you do everything they tell you to. They will give you tools, give you lectures, and give you knowledge, but it isn't enough. I've collected some of the most important things I've done/wish I had done during my undergraduate years. photo by David GoehringDon't just be an academic. Have academic street smarts.1. Join your professional association.Forhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/3l4f4ZHGvGs/undergraduate-street-smarts-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/09/undergraduate-street-smarts-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-3522281080865463671Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:33:00 +00002008-09-13T20:02:57.154-07:00PresentationslifewritingLet's continue to be innovative in the way we present our art.A couple of hours ago, I was digging around some of the poetry I wrote for an undergraduate class. There was one file that stuck out - David and I are not so different. Is it my best work? No. It was a result of one blistering hour at Panera - free-form, loosely structured, and stream-of-conscious writing at it's best.But I remember http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/cxL5I8z9N8o/poetry-in-technology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/09/poetry-in-technology.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-2036264217534794662Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:41:00 +00002008-09-08T16:50:03.106-07:00There are short sentences outside of Twitter.There are people outside of YouTube.There are LOLs that shake bellies.There are fights outside CAPS.There are favorites without bookmarks.There are friends outside Facebook.There is beauty outside. Just outside.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/g5GqZkhWLLg/get-unplugged.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/09/get-unplugged.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-1312862902943780733Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:49:00 +00002008-09-04T08:22:20.203-07:00computers and societyeducationIt's time to take a break from questioning pregnant 17 year olds, fuming over Focus on the Family prayers for political intervention, and wondering whether Alaska should really count as being part of the United States. Believe it or not, some of the candidates have something to say. Even more surprising, it won't ever hit tabloids (which makes America wonder whether it is really something worth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/Rhhfw8yfJD0/obama-on-science.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-on-science.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-7974728611500923581Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:45:00 +00002008-09-02T07:51:13.691-07:00computers and societySocial MediaUPDATE (9.2.2008): ABC News just wrote an article about using social media as an emergency tool. It looks like the Gustav efforts really helped some people out. Good to hear.Katrina. Gustav.Gustav. Katrina.photo by BiguanaThe names are intertwined in a morbid marriage of past and future. Katrina: the natural horror which clawed at the bare nervous system of Louisiana. A failure to prepare, a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/us69UHfZHhU/hurricane-gustav-if-they-cant-do-it-we.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/hurricane-gustav-if-they-cant-do-it-we.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-1347311632814680784Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:29:00 +00002008-08-21T10:17:08.701-07:00If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, maybe it doesn't make a sound. But on October 15, 2008, over 20,000 trees are falling, and they plan to make a whole lot of people notice.It's Blog Action Day 2008. And this is what it's all about ... Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo. Can it make a difference? I think so.In an interview the other day, I shared my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/cBBjOXSRq8U/talk-together-make-people-think-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/talk-together-make-people-think-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-649098365434897621Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:27:00 +00002008-08-18T09:43:38.544-07:00computers and societySocial MediaOne of my primarily goals for techINcolor is to highlight efforts that use technology to make a tangible difference in the world - those rare instances where conversation transforms into action. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to a Boston-centered event: Social Media for Social Change. The event, organized by Gradon Tripp, "was born of the idea that the social media community, thesehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/3rQVCV43ZSg/social-media-for-social-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)2http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/social-media-for-social-change.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-7490442561395147259Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:19:00 +00002008-08-14T14:05:06.622-07:00computers and societySocial MedialifeDesignThis entry should have many names: "Why I blog" or "What I believe, worry about, hope, and fear" are just a couple. Just know this: It will change. I'm always reforming, always changing, always adding, deleting, undoing, and redoing my beliefs. So if you like this version, you should save it somewhere else. I can't promise it will be the same tomorrow, or even an hour from now. But it is probablyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/xdx8ECkwF5c/colors-of-techincolor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/colors-of-techincolor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-6654113314240407026Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:01:00 +00002008-08-11T15:06:18.399-07:00computers and societySocial MediaI usually don't simply repost an entry. I like to add my own thoughts and my own opinions - add my own coloring to the piece. But for once, here is something that deserves to be by itself.It's a long watch, but if you've ever wondered "What's the point of blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?" or "Where are we really going online?" please block out an hour of your time. If I was a professor, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/tnLzK9Nhejg/youtube-is-really-about-us-all-of-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/youtube-is-really-about-us-all-of-us.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-6816814939715330627Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:30:00 +00002008-08-10T11:03:00.003-07:00computers and societySocial MediaPicture by Brian SolisWhat is good? What is evil?The first question you should be asking is "What hodge-podge morality scale are you working on?" It's a good question. It's the type of question that philosophers often ponder during their prolonged morning showers (which, coincidentally enough, is where I conjured up this article). There are a lot of different directions I could go - looking at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/7M36Hz3C-hk/why-twitter-is-good-and-instant-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-twitter-is-good-and-instant-message.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707545711468484983.post-867917286410446548Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:52:00 +00002008-08-08T14:52:42.058-07:00quotewriting"If you feel pressure to say what you know others want to hear and don't have enough devil in you to surprise them, shut up."[Richard Hugo, Triggering Town]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techincolor/~3/ockcZQS4h0E/quotations-richard-hugo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Evan)0http://techincolor.blogspot.com/2008/08/quotations-richard-hugo.html