January 2012
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ifttt
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any geek tools so it’s great that I’ve found a new one! The premise of ifttt is simple: if [this] then [that]. For example, If the weather tomorrow is going to be rainy then send me an email, or a tweet, or an text message. By adding various channels such as Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. you can open up a wealth of possibilities....
December 2011
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November 2011
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“If I can stop one heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease...”
– A poem by Emily Dickinson.
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“How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And...”
– Simplicity by Emily Dickinson.
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“In the world of imagined communities, the struggle for survival is a struggle...”
– Zygmunt Bauman on postmodernity. This quote was published in 1992 and isn’t it amazing how much he got right? In particular, the hijacking of planes, mass marches and city riots.
October 2011
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“The inherent difficulty of conveying the use of a technology directly through...”
– Lucy Suchman on the design of artifacts.
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What Scientists Do
Here’s two summaries from two scientists on what scientists actually do:
Formulate theory, do experiment, show hypothesis wrong then use data from last experiment (and all the ones before) to formulate new theory
We observe, we hypothesise, we test to break… We start from where we are and work outwards… But scientists do not work TO norms & values; we work WITH norms &...
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September 2011
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A New Season
After three years of study and three years of work I have officially left the University of Leeds to pursue an MPhil/PhD at the University of Sheffield. (Yes, by the end I will have studied at all three White Rose universities given I’m also studying for an MA at the University of York.) As I continue to move from being an undergraduate in a science-related discipline to a postgraduate in an...
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WatchSense of Patterns is a series of data visualisations that depict the behaviours of masses in different public spaces. The visualisations focus on moving entities like commuters, cars and public transportation vehicles and their interactions with physical structures like roads, pavements, buildings and parks.
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August 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Google Correlate [sic] →
Though, Google Arbitrary Associations just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
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“If you can make an engineer understand why a processor needs to work without a...”
– Genevieve Bell, an Australian-born anthropologist and researcher at Intel, gives ten visions for the future. More of the same?
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April 2011
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Playing With Department Of Health Statistics
Recently, the Department of Health released a leaflet entitled “Working together for a stronger NHS” that emphasised the fact that 95% of people want more choice over their healthcare. Interesting, I thought. The data is from the British Social Attitudes 25th Report published January 2009. Looking at the data from the survey (2007), I found that it contained multiple questions about...
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