http://blog.graphient.com Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:50:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_155" align="aligncenter" width="457" caption="That's a lot of advice!"][/caption] There are shortages of many things when you are running a startup. Cash, time and talent are all limited resources that must be carefully managed. One thing that their is no shortage of is advice on how to run things. Whether it's ... http://blog.graphient.com/2010/04/26/life-in-the-echo-chamber-startups-blogs-and-seo/ [caption id="attachment_152" align="alignleft" width="236" caption="depressing, interesting"][/caption] The New York Times has an interesting (and somewhat depressing) interactive times series graph of US unemployment rates. The controls let you slice the data demographically to get a sense of how groups you are not a part of might be feeling the effects of ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/11/08/slicing-it-up/ [caption id="attachment_146" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="geolocation + open data = awwesome"][/caption] Coming across our desk via tweet from Sir Time Berneers Lee: an amazing (if not amazing looking) google maps based data mashup showing marine traffic throughout the world. That is to say, Real Time (not really but close) data showing position, ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/11/08/open-data-is-magic/ [caption id="attachment_141" align="aligncenter" width="617" caption="So, so cool."][/caption] The team behind the core technology that became photosynth is taking things to a much higher level. Sameer Agarwal and his band of computer vision desperadoes rebuilt Rome (or a reasonable simulation thereof) in just under 24 hours. This feat was pulled off using ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/09/29/recreating-cities-from-flickr/ [caption id="attachment_133" align="alignleft" width="497" caption="FlowingData, if you don't already read them: start now"][/caption] FlowingData has a nice post today rounding up 20 data visualizations related to crime and criminals. Most revolve around maps with temporal components shoehorned into a few. We love maps here at Graphient. We love them for how ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/07/17/mapping-crime/ So, you hear a lot less about cloud computing these days and a lot more about "the Real Time Internet." In a move that should surprise exactly no one, hype factory TechCrunch is going to be hosting an event about the implications of Real Time. I expect to see more ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/07/02/the-hype-is-dead-long-live-the-hype/ Last week I was in Boston briefly and thanks to a logistical spasm I had the opportunity to ride the Silverline from Logan Airport to South Station. While waiting for said Silverline I encountered this map: [caption id="attachment_116" align="alignnone" width="411" caption="Detail of the map in question."][/caption] I took a picture of the ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/06/30/physical-data/ I'm going to get a little off topic here. Here at Graphient our thoughts are with those engaged in a higher stakes game than any startup ever could be. This morning I set Tweetdeck to search for "Tehran" for about an hour and watched the messages of hope and revolution stream ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/06/17/tehran/ By now, you have probably seen Sir Tim Berners-Lee talking about the importance of Open Data at this year's TED conference. If you haven't here it is. Take a look because it's important: I'm posting this now because the Open Data movement seems to be getting some traction--at least in Government ... http://blog.graphient.com/2009/06/12/sir-tim-and-the-next-big-thing/ We've started building out our new site. Go take a look. Then come back and say complimentary things about it in the comments section of this post. http://blog.graphient.com/2009/06/09/new-web-site-design/