François’s posterous

This map does more than depict the intercontinental Internet links around the globe. It provides interesting data in an original way.
 
For additional information, see the Global Internet Map web page:
 
http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_internet/index.php

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The following two videos attempt to explain, through visualization and simplification, the current financial crisis. Seeing how Gordian the whole shebang appears, I'm not surprised at its collapse.
 
Part 1.

 
Part 2.

 
Thanks to George Siemens for sharing.
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/02/20/contagion-amongst-banks/

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A wonderful TED talk by Barry Schwartz who "makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy."
 

 
Thanks to Jacques Cool: http://twitter.com/zecool/status/1222723405

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So many things would go unnoticed without a network. Here's another mind-blowing concept map from the the people at Dubberly Design Office (via Stephen Downes).
 
http://www.dubberly.com/concept-maps/innovation.html
 

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A stunning concept map of play, as conceived by the people at Dubberly Design Office.
 
http://www.dubberly.com/concept-maps/a-model-of-play.html
 

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This video must be watched from beginning to end to grasp the power of the message. Many thanks to André Roux for sharing it among friends.
 

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A very nice "animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet."
 

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While looking at Brian Gable's cartoon review for 2008, this one caught my attention for its depiction of the chaotic state of the Web in the eyes of the old guard. It's worth more than a thousand words. I'll blog it myself.
 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081225.wgablegallery1225/PhotoGallery01?slot=10

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This is worth archiving, for reasons both of content and form. Congrats to Ross Dawson.
 
http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2008/12/our_trend_map_f.html

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Flow charts and mind maps are the in thing right now, but we should be critical about them. This example says it all, by way of sarcasm.
 
http://xkcd.com/518/

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