Pretty Maps for Post-Exams

22Jan09

I came across this stuff while digging around the internet for my thesis (yes, I think of thesis research as a hunting-and-gathering kind of process. Yes, there is definitely war paint involved), and was reminded of Ethan Zuckerman’s idea for an atlas of globalization. Thanks, Ethan, for pointing out the beauty and value of these [...]

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History of the Internet in Under 10 Minutes

07Jan09

One of the worst things about being a Harvard student is that when non-Harvard people discover this about you, they sometimes feel the need to challenge you to an intellectual duel. A similar thing happens with being a humanities major and non-humanities people. So, as a History of Science major from Harvard, I get this [...]

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Thesis Wordle, 12/03/08

03Dec08

(I’m pretty fascinated by large writing projects and how they grow, so I’m keeping track of my thesis’ project in a couple of ways. I’m saving one draft a week, I’m taking screenshots every hour I work on it, and so on. Maybe at the end, I’ll have a thesis and a cool animation!)

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Tags: instant messaging, instant messengers, word cloud, wordle

Timeline of Instant Messengers

02Dec08

Every single time I describe my thesis to geeks, I inevitably get the response: “Ooh, how far are you going back? As far as UNIX TALK?“
Er. Yeah, something like that.
I posted the first section of a paper I wrote on the topic (which I am very much cannibalizing for my thesis) eons ago, but I [...]

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Tags: Internet, instant messaging, History of Science, IM, history of technology, internet studies, history of the internet, internet history