links for 2011-04-11
YouTube – unicode 33 minute video consists of each displayable Unicode character, one per frame. Hypnotic and strangely beautiful (tags: i18n typography unicode language culture… Read More »links for 2011-04-11
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Those White Plastic Chairs – The Monobloc and the Context-Free Object
Ian Frazier, writing about the return of seals to the waters that surround New York City, offers this poetic observation about a white plastic chair:… Read More »Those White Plastic Chairs – The Monobloc and the Context-Free Object
Orange Côte d’Ivoire sets a great example
Two days ago, I wrote about a terrific effort to help people in the Ivory Coast by convincing mobile phone operators to offer free services… Read More »Orange Côte d’Ivoire sets a great example
links for 2011-04-05
The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution | Middle East Research and Information Project Extremely helpful essay on the Egyptian revolution. Very thorough timeline of the… Read More »links for 2011-04-05
links for 2011-04-04
Data Science Toolkit Great set of tools from Pete Warden to enable better parsing of online text, particularly news stories. Includes GeoDict, very cool tool… Read More »links for 2011-04-04
A worthy campaign – free SMS in Ivory Coast during the crisis
For those following global events, the past few days have been filled with extremely bad news: government troops firing on civilians in Yemen and Syria,… Read More »A worthy campaign – free SMS in Ivory Coast during the crisis