Internet/tech Archive:
A Decade of Facts and Figures
15 Dec 2010I suppose we should prepare ourselves for the inevitable deluge of “end of decade” infographics. The below are from Time Magazine (which also has already compiled 40+ 2010 top ten lists – ick.)
50 Stupidest Passwords
15 Dec 2010You may have heard that Gawker (home of Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and other terrific blogs) had its user database hacked and posted online. The WSJ used that data to take a look at people’s revealed password stupidity.
Facebook Friends
In: Culture Internet/tech Maps
14 Dec 2010Facebook engineering intern Paul Butler mapped out a global network of 10 million friendships. Some interesting things about the image: there aren’t any country outlines on the map – the countries “appear” as drawn by the network lines themselves; China, Russia, and Brazil are barely visible because they are dominated by non-Facebook social networks
History of Social Media (550bc to 2010)
3 Dec 2010A pretty annotated timeline. Not much new here, and it seems a bit redundant to put the date on every cell, considering that they’re organized by column. (via)
3G/4G/LTE/WTF?
In: Internet/tech
2 Dec 2010You have no doubt seen T-mobile’s ads for it’s new 4G service. But it turns out it’s not really 4G. In fact, nobody really has 4G yet (2) – and T-mobile’s 4G is using the same tech as AT&Ts 3G. And next month Verizon will launch it’s 4gLTE. Make sense? Of course not. The below figures and related articles try to clear things up a bit for both phone and wireless data plans.
Falling TV Subscriptions
22 Nov 2010For the first time since the dawn of cable TV, the number of U.S. households paying for TV subscriptions is falling, marking a potential turning point in the TV business.
The 18th Century’s Internet
21 Nov 2010A very cool video describing Stanford University’s tracking of written letter networks of the 18th century. (Project site; related article; via)
iPhone vs Android vs Blackberry
In: Humor Internet/tech
6 Nov 2010A hilarious look at how different phone users view each other. Thanks to Stephen Dobson for pointing it out.
Linkbait
In: Internet/tech
4 Nov 2010I didn’t know there was a term for all the infographics out there that largely serve no other purpose than to draw people to a site. Here’s a pretty darn good infographic explaining how linkbait works. (and yes, I totally fell for the bait. Here, fishy fishy!)
When your Relationship Will End
In: Culture Internet/tech
2 Nov 2010David McCandless used data from Facebook updates to look at when people break up with each other throughout the year. It looks like people like dating in the winter and being single in the summer – and a lot of people use breakups as an April Fool’s joke.
Explain the Internet to a 19th c. Street Urchin
In: Internet/tech
27 Oct 2010“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother” – Albert Einstein
Facebook Portrait Interpretation
24 Oct 2010This chart will hopefully help you view specific Facebook portraits within the context of the larger genre, and therefore lead to a richer, more complex appreciation of Facebook portraiture as an emerging form of banal, eye-numbing expression.
Thanks to Tom Dawkins for the link.
Share Your Stuff
In: Internet/tech Science
23 Oct 2010A matrix of potential sharing businesses. Full report.
Map: Online Communities
In: Culture Internet/tech Maps
7 Oct 2010Another beautiful thematic map from xkcd.
The Mobile Industry: Who Suing Who
In: Internet/tech
5 Oct 2010Can’t we all just get along?
(Thanks to Carnolicious for the link)
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