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Cinemetrics 1

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Cinemetrics This is a fascinating information visualization project. Wordle is a visualization of text, the homunculus is a visualization of the brain, and maps can be recreated and proportioned according to a number of factors, but I've never seen anyone do this with cinema before. As the creator points out, it is a time-based medium, and the additional dimension means that few people have tried to tackle a purely data-based representation. This makes me wonder: how could you visualize music, another time-based art? I'm sure someone has done it…

Scrivener

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I’ve had the Scrivener for Windows beta for a few months now, and this past month I really started using it. I’ve always been one of those bare-bones people who prefers to use Word instead of any fancy writing software. That still holds true for shorts, but I’ve turned back to one of my novel projects, and its scope exceeds the organizational capacity of Word. Scrivener’s true value became apparent once I started importing all my research files and images. Normally I feel guilty using multiple files for research; I label one "Geology" and then stuff several books worth of information into […]

A WordPress Rant

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I’m currently building a website through WordPress that will bring all my multiple personalities together in one space. I haven’t started to design the visuals; I’m just working on importing content right now. I’ve already discovered several annoying things about the interface.   

Blekko

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Following ‘s link to Why We Need a New (And Better) Google, I heard about the start-up search engine blekko, which has certain "slashtag" filters built in. I decided to put it to the test by searching my name, of course. When I search on Google, I can find "Bonepickers" on the first page but that’s it. Anything that’s actually me is scattered one by one across the following pages. In contrast, 10 of the 20 entries on the first page of my blekko search were actually me, even without the slashtags. And (bonus!) I found a review of "Acid" […]