Aaron Johnson

Links: 7-2-2009

ajohnson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:47:32 +0000

Ajax Same Origin Policy No More with Firefox 3.5
Should be… interesting.
(categories: javascript cross-domain access-control-allow-origin firefox )

Links: 7-1-2009

ajohnson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:47:27 +0000

stamen design | Oakland Crimespotting update: the pie of time
Another novel way of slicing data / content: time of day.
(categories: interaction timeline ui infoviz stamen time )
The Hacker Chick Blog: Plane Crashes, Software Failures, and other Human Errors
Quote: "… errors occur most often when a senior, experienced person is performing. In other words, even in these highly trained professions, it is not just about being skilled or knowledgeable enough – in fact, the more skilled you are, the more it can hurt you!"
(categories: aviation communication management )
KeyView IDOL & Connectors
Currently connecting to over 400 content repositories and supporting over 1,000 file formats, Autonomy is uniquely able to aggregate and index any form of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data into a single index, regardless of where the file resides.
(categories: connector aggregator content indexing search )
ISYS File Readers | Document Filter Alternative to INSO, KeyView and More
The newly released ISYS File Readers are an embeddable set of document filters for extracting text from any of the 200-plus, ISYS-supported file, container and email formats. Providing customers with a powerful and proven alternative to open-source options and similar solutions from INSO and KeyView, the ISYS File Readers are aimed at addressing the unique document filter and information access needs of applications that range from e-discovery and forensic analysis to open source search tools like Lucene.
(categories: lucene java file search indexing extraction )
Ajaxian » MySpace open sources advanced browser performance tool for IE
Wow: Measure the CPU hit and memory footprint of your pages as they render on the client’s browser.
(categories: ie javascript performance browser tools myspace )

Links: 6-30-2009

ajohnson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:47:28 +0000

Real-time systems hurting long-term knowledge?
Quote: "The other night Jeremiah Owyang told me that thought leaders should avoid spending a lot of time in Twitter or FriendFeed because that time will be mostly wasted. If you want to reach normal people, he argued, they know how to use Google.

And if you want to get into Google the best device — by far — is a blog. Yes, FriendFeed is pretty darn good too (it better be, it was started by a handful of superstars who left Google to start that company) but it isn’t as good as a blog and, Jeremiah argues, my thoughts were lost in the crowd most of the time anyway."
(categories: twitter facebook realtime search blogging )

Links: 6-28-2009

ajohnson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:47:31 +0000

The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics
Quote: "The gist of the idea is that people change their behavior—often for the better—when they are being observed (which is why it’s sometimes called the observer effect). Those workers at Western Electric didn’t build more relays because there was more or less light or because they had more or fewer breaks. The Hawthorne effect posits that they built more relays simply because they knew someone was keeping track of how many relays they built."
(categories: apple nike data stats health hawthorne-effect observer-effect metrics )
fever again (tecznotes)
Quote: "There are three steps: you start with a small seed application on your own server, you make it world-writeable so that it can modify itself, and then you link it to a paid account on the Fever website. The complete application is pushed to your server without your intervention, and you’re off to the races. I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen anything quite like this before: usually PHP/MySQL software is more like Reblog or Wordpress, where you unpack the thing as a complete unit, install the database and so on yourself, and do your own configuration."
(categories: installation ux design whille-you-were-out )
Snarkmarket: Compress Into Diamonds
Quote: "Google, I want you to give me a button labeled “Compress into diamonds.” When I click that button, spin your little algorithmic wheels and turn my reader into a personalized Memeorandum. Show me the most linked-to items in the bunch, and show me which of my feeds are linking to them. And take it a step further. You’ve got all that trends data that reflects the items I’m reading. Underneath the hood might very well be data about the links I click on in those posts. Use that information about me to compress my unread items into diamonds I will find uniquely wonderful."
(categories: google rss googlereader feeds aggregation attention )

Links: 6-23-2009

ajohnson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:47:35 +0000

Flip Flop Fly Ball
Cool baseball infographics.
(categories: baseball visualization infographic charts art sports )

Links: 6-21-2009

ajohnson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:47:31 +0000

Exploring the 2010 Web
Summarized: it’s 1) real time, 2) mobile, 3) decentralized, 4) made out of pre-made blocks, 5) social, 6) smart and 7) made from hybrid parts.
(categories: socialmedia 2010 web future realtime social )
ongoing · The Internet’s Payload
Quote: "…And by the way, I’d rather have the text of Clay’s speech than the video. For things that matter, written words are unambiguously better than speech. To start with, anything that matters isn’t just written, it’s usually rewritten repeatedly (and more important, condensed). Plus, it has hyperlinks. Plus, it’s smaller and cheaper to ship around. Plus, it’s searchable. Plus, it works on more devices. (I acknowledge that only the first of these is fundamental; but that alone would be enough)."
Totally agree, in fact I looked for the transcript link (doesn’t exist) on the Ted / Clay Shirky talk he mentions in this blog post tonight before reading this post, doesn’t have one.
(categories: blogging communication text )

Links: 6-20-2009

ajohnson — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:47:31 +0000

ongoing · On Carving Your Initials
Quote: "If you have some ideas and energy and courage, the world is waiting for you to carve your initials on it… But please think hard about where."
(categories: speech convocation life work )

Links: 6-19-2009

ajohnson — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:47:32 +0000

Please Enjoy - The Work of Ji Lee
50 random people in NY don’t know the difference between a browser and Google.
(categories: browser google video funny sad )
Information Is Overrated - Forbes.com
Quote on twitter: "When I’m jonesing for a quick hit of information or entertainment, I know it’s there for me, demanding no commitment, attention span or involvement in plot. But, alas, it’s not gonna change our world. "
(categories: twitter informationoverload )

Links: 6-15-2009

ajohnson — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:47:33 +0000

Hunch: Cred, Banjos and Badges
Some original / unique thinking about status levels and reputation. The personality badges are really interesting.
(categories: status reputation socialsoftware )

Links: 6-8-2009

ajohnson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:47:39 +0000

Twitter / Tim O’Reilly: OH: "God was able to creat …
Quote: "God was able to create the world in 6 days because he didn’t have an installed base". So true.
(categories: development productmanagement )
tiara.org » Blog Archive » Tumblarity and Quantified Stand-ins for Social Status
Tumblarity is a quantified metric: a number that stands in for more complex social phenomena, like popularity or status. Tumblr helpfully includes leaderboards to make it extra-easy to compare Tumblarity with your friends, rivals, and frenemies, causing tech dorks pundits to complain about the “popularity contest” aspect of the feature.
(categories: metrics points socialsoftware status reputation socialmedia )
tiara.org » Blog Archive » Foursquare, Locative Media, and Prescriptive Social Software - Part One
Foursquare gives you points depending on when, where, and with who you check in, and keeps a weekly leaderboard of high scorers in each city. In this instance, I get 5 points for checking in at a new venue (don’t ask where the 22 points comes from; I didn’t check in anywhere last night after midnight [Edit: apparently this is a bug that's since been fixed]), and I’m told that Jay A. is the Mayor of The Grind, which means he’s checked in there more times than anyone else in the last 60 days.
(categories: social socialsoftware status reputation scoreboard games )
tiara.org » Blog Archive » Status and Attention
Thesis: People contribute more to content sites like YouTube when they receive positive attention, and a lack of attention causes people to uploading less content and, in some cases, to stop contributing altogether.
(categories: attention reputation status social media psychology )
Twitter / Tim O’Reilly: New from O’Reilly: Using G …
Quote: "… bit by bit, the Internet OS is becoming a reality."
(categories: cloud internet-os google-app-engine )