blprnt.tmblrTumblr (3.0; @jerthorp)http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/Recluse J.D. Salinger Found Using NYPL's 1940 Census Tool: Gothamist<a href="http://gothamist.com/2012/04/02/nypl_to_release_1940_census_tool_mo.php">Recluse J.D. Salinger Found Using NYPL's 1940 Census Tool: Gothamist</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/20361105893http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/20361105893Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:34:29 -0400Photo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1e6272S5A1qfqrjco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19832282661http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19832282661Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:42:07 -0400The originality of the species | Books | The Guardian<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/23/originality-of-species-ian-mcewan?newsfeed=true">The originality of the species | Books | The Guardian</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19830652838http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19830652838Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:42:20 -0400BBC Sport - South America: Live computer data is driving football forward<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16986710">BBC Sport - South America: Live computer data is driving football forward</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19829919464http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19829919464Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:09:01 -0400Data, conflict, disaster…and democracy? « Chris Tenove<a href="http://tenove.com/2012/03/05/conflict-data/">Data, conflict, disaster…and democracy? « Chris Tenove</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19298479858http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19298479858Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:40:40 -0400Machine Pareidolia: Hello Little Fella Meets FaceTracker | Ideas For Dozens<a href="http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2012/01/14/machine-pareidolia-hello-little-fella-meets-facetracker/">Machine Pareidolia: Hello Little Fella Meets FaceTracker | Ideas For Dozens</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19286981373http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19286981373Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:55:47 -0400(via Five Years of Every NBA Shot Attempt, Visualized)<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0txfvf6Lf1qfqrjco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5892424/five-years-of-every-nba-shot-attempt-visualized">Five Years of Every NBA Shot Attempt, Visualized</a>)</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19236918959http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19236918959Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:23:55 -0400PhiloGL - US Wind Patterns<a href="http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/PhiloGL/examples/winds/">PhiloGL - US Wind Patterns</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19180662488http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19180662488Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:15:49 -0400#Kony2012 and Understanding Networked Symbolic Action (hint: “Slacktivism” is Conceptually Misleading) | technosociology<a href="http://technosociology.org/?p=904">#Kony2012 and Understanding Networked Symbolic Action (hint: “Slacktivism” is Conceptually Misleading) | technosociology</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19074739657http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/19074739657Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:30:05 -0500Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: What’s Inside the Box<a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/03/cory-doctorow-whats-inside-the-box/">Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: What’s Inside the Box</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18905776270http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18905776270Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:15:21 -0500(via Forms (excerpt) on Vimeo)<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37967381?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="https://vimeo.com/37967381">Forms (excerpt) on Vimeo</a>)</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18849622276http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18849622276Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:12:45 -0500Culture Desk: How to Get Privacy Right : The New Yorker<a href="http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/03/how-to-get-privacy-right.html">Culture Desk: How to Get Privacy Right : The New Yorker</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18826564323http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18826564323Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:35:55 -0500"Algorithms can have errors": One man's quest to purge horrific pictures from his Google results<a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/algorithms-can-have-errors-one-mans-quest-to-purge-horrific-pictures-from-his-google-results.ars">"Algorithms can have errors": One man's quest to purge horrific pictures from his Google results</a>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18758615417http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18758615417Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:55:14 -0500Nerdiest wedding gifts ever? Best wedding gift ever! Andrew...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0d7fzf3oW1qfqrjco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nerdiest wedding gifts ever? Best wedding gift ever!</p> <p>Andrew Enright and Heather Samples made this graphic mapping the relationships between the guests at their 2006 wedding. A great example of data having character!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=461">visualcomplexity.com | Dramatis Personae</a>)</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18726073287http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18726073287Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:40:47 -0500(via Nathalie Miebach’s Sculptural Soundtracks for Storms...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0d6brW2aE1qfqrjco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/07/12/nathalie-miebach-musical-weather-data-sculptures/">Nathalie Miebach’s Sculptural Soundtracks for Storms | Brain Pickings</a>)</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18725247017http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18725247017Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:15:37 -0500Data visualization, embedded narrative, HyperCard, space,...<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q9wcvFkWpsM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Data visualization, embedded narrative, HyperCard, space, humanity, and The Velveteen Rabbi: my talk at TEDxVancouver on thinking about data in a human context.</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18670297834http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18670297834Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:33:27 -0500While the rest of us chase this digital dead-end, Kim Pimmel...<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37733280" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>While the rest of us chase this digital dead-end, Kim Pimmel explores the more fruitful avenues of analog. (via <a href="https://vimeo.com/37733280">Compressed 03 on Vimeo</a>)</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18606096439http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18606096439Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:29:12 -0500The 2011 Feltron Annual Report. (via Nicholas Felton |...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m026ed74ia1qfqrjco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The 2011 Feltron Annual Report.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://feltron.com/ar11_09.html">Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com</a>)</p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18381142743http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18381142743Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:44:37 -0500BKME<a href="http://www.bkme.org/">BKME</a>: <p>BKME is an app for defending bike lanes in NYC. </p>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18320143093http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18320143093Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:48:10 -0500"The conflation of these different kinds of innovations seems to be leading us toward a belief that..."“The conflation of these different kinds of innovations seems to be leading us toward a belief that small groups of profit-seeking entrepreneurs turning out innovative consumer products are as effective as our innovative forebears. History does not support this belief. The teams at Bell Labs that invented the laser, transistor and solar cell were not seeking profits. They were seeking understanding. Yet in the process they created not only new products but entirely new — and lucrative — industries.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/innovation-and-the-bell-labs-miracle.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1&hp">Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle - NYTimes.com</a></em>http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18315526600http://jerthorp.tumblr.com/post/18315526600Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:08:17 -0500