http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/ In which I contemplate social networks, email, and online communication. en-us 2005-08-08T11:47:49-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000483.html I've been kind of short on blogging time recently. But I did recently co-publish Picturing Usenet, which tries to pull together some of the visualization work that's been going on in my group and tries to tie it together.... Data and Documents danyelf 2005-08-08T11:47:49-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000482.html O'Reilly's Radar points to the side-by-side Microsoft Earth and Google Maps comparator. There's been some weird press about MS's map not having Apple HQ, but it's interesting that in other places, Microsoft's map seems to be newer. Check out UC... Other danyelf 2005-07-28T01:38:46-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000481.html It may be clear that I really like various local theater. Which is why you get a two-part review, in which Seattle (and, soon, New York) triumphantly bests San Francisco, below the fold.... Other danyelf 2005-07-27T00:41:48-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000480.html That project I mentioned before? We've now got an external web page up, so the world can wait in anticipation for us to be ready to release SNARF to the outside world.... Other danyelf 2005-07-20T11:42:08-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000479.html My friend Cheshire got his first fifteen minutes of fame with the blockbuster movie Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface. Now he's got a mystery noir. Etched in Stone Check it out. (Yes, he's a typeface geek. Apparently, they have conventions.... Other danyelf 2005-07-17T23:13:51-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000478.html Even in Research, we sometimes ship product. Last night, I put the finishing touches on the web page, ran the install one last time to make sure it wouldn't throw me off, and shipped SNARF. SNARF is still an internal... Data and Documents danyelf 2005-07-14T09:34:43-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000477.html Anonymity is a favorite issue, of couse, among sociologists and observers of online technology. Which is why I have been watching the discussion around the Plame case with a sort of horrified fascination. If I understand correctly: * A source... Other danyelf 2005-07-06T00:52:38-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000476.html Just a quick pointer to the Public Radio Exchange, which carries lots of cool documentaries, snippets, and interesting things. They wrap up some of their stuff in a podcast, which is nice. And so I hapened to run into Terminally... Other danyelf 2005-06-10T12:03:20-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000475.html Maybe it’s just that as a new northwesterner, I’m used to stores that sell lots of stuff. Costco is from the Seattle area. In contrast, New York has little corner shops that do nothing but eyebrow plucking. Or sell kitchen... Other danyelf 2005-05-28T22:08:26-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000474.html (This is a meditation on gentrification, locked deep in the review of a play that you probably won't see. But you really should, if you can. It's smart, it's funny.) Last night, I was in the Lower East Side, seeing... Other danyelf 2005-05-28T22:06:45-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000473.html I'll be passing through NYC briefly this Friday night to see There Goes the Neighborhood, which was written by a friend... I'll be in DC on Saturday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. (Wednesday through Saturday I'm at the emailviz workshop and... Other danyelf 2005-05-25T10:48:04-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000472.html ... they say, although they also say that home is where they have to take you in when you go there. This weekend, I was startled to (once again) rediscover both how connected and how weirdly spread out my social... Other danyelf 2005-05-22T13:09:10-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000471.html I'm at the Online Deliberation conference at Stanford (hi Ping!), where I just presented a fun, illustrated overview of my work. Hm. I need to find a way to post some of those slides sometime, with some explanation... hopefully, I'll... Other danyelf 2005-05-21T18:03:13-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000470.html I'm in the Bay Area for the Online Deliberation conference, and while I've got all sorts of important things I should be doing, I'd rather talk about a play. See, I did a really bad job of planning this trip,... Other danyelf 2005-05-20T19:07:49-08:00 http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/danyelf/archives/000469.html Now on Raindrop: The Excel Treemapper. Check it out.... Design danyelf 2005-05-12T15:24:51-08:00