March 2008
24 posts
A Journey to Baseball’s Alternate Universe →
Using a comprehensive collection of baseball statistics from 1871 to 2005, we simulated the entire history of baseball 10,000 times in a computer. In essence, we programmed the computer to construct an enormous set of parallel baseball universes, all with the same players but subject to the vagaries of chance in each one.
With Kluster, Social Media Marketing Pays Big →
The buzz surrounding the corporate monetization of social networking sites is enormous. It’s constant, controversial and ultimately coming up short. Until now. With a dash of brilliance, a dollop of attitude and the drive to change the way the world thinks about innovation …
“No one’s gonna really be free until nerd persecution ends.”
– Revenge of the Nerds
joshua liner gallery :: spring | 2008 | nyc →
4/12–5/10 Inaugural Group Exhibition Shawn Barber, Crash One, Mike Davis, Ron English, Jeremy Fish, Blaine Fontana, Futura, Robert Hardgrave, Naoto Hattori, Kenji Hirata, Zach Johnsen, Jessica Joslin, Josh Keyes, Koralie, Kris Kuksi, David Choong Lee, Travis Louie, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Chris Mendoza, Aiko Nakagawa, Pat Rocha, Greg Simkins, Damon Soule, Stash, Heidi Taillefer, Ben Tour, Mark Dean...
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“Hackers will be the new shamans.”
– Psychology Today
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“Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the...”
“The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance...”
– eudora welty
“we’re monsters in a mouse ocean”
– ella
cool hunting ::kluster: project 72 →
After only days of existence, the kluster community has already made quite a name for itself. The Vermont-based “crowdsourcing” firm officially launched it’s first product this past 1 March, after a frenzied three days of production. The group announced what they dubbed “Project 72” at the TED conference in Monterey, California in February. Renowned as a a meeting...
TED | TEDBlog :: Your brain on improv →
“… a region of the brain known as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a broad portion of the front of the brain that extends to the sides, showed a slowdown in activity during improvisation. This area has been linked to planned actions and self-censoring, such as carefully deciding what words you might say at a job interview. Shutting down this area could lead to lowered inhibitions,...
NY Times :: Putting Innovation in the Hands of a... →
IF executives are going to rely on the wisdom of the masses for business help, it’s probably time the masses get a little compensation for it.That’s the theory behind Kluster, the newest in a lineup of companies using the Web to channel the collective wisdom of strangers into meaningful business strategies.
