In his book Envisioning Information Edward Tufte discusses the graphical timetables used by the Japanse bullet train, or Shinkansen: Station stops are plotted down the side of the grid; time of day runs across the top; diagonal lines show the space-time path of each train. The Tokyo control-room directing these high-speed trains is filled with [...]
Uggabugga on Bush’s Social Security reform: {bush, social security}
My latest Anthropology News article is now online. It is a general introduction to “folksonomy.” I explain the concept by comparing folksonomies to traditional classification systems, such as the Dewy decimal system and the original Yahoo search directory. I also provide examples of how folksonomy web sites can be used by anthropologists. (See my Flickrology [...]