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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 11:12pm CEST
In their article "Through the Eyes of Hunter-gatherers: Participatory 3D Modelling among Ogiek Indigenous Peoples in Kenya" publlished on Information Development and now freely available for download, Giacomo Rambaldi and his colleagues describe a participatory process by which Ogiek Indigenous Peoples in the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya rendered their spatial memories through the making of a georeferenced three dimensional model covering part of their ancestral territory. The paper focuses on th
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 10:52pm CEST
Bump mapping in AS3 has been done a couple of times before already, but I thought it would be cool to try out the effect with a seperate bump map for diffuse and specular lighting (with only slightly different logic for each ‘layer’, and that is how the light maps are calculated). It’s great to create wet surfaces or waterdrop effects. Well, there’s not much more to say about it, it’s a rather old topic anyway Enjoy the demo, and the source can be viewed by right-clicking, or here.
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 8:28pm CEST
I’m drinking a green tea today, with loads of honey since I’m still trying to get un-sick. Specifically, it’s a Darjeeling Young Hyson. It’s an intriguing tea because it is grown in India’s Darjeeling region, famous for their silky black Darjeeling teas. Yet it’s prepared and processed in the manner of a Chinese Young Hyson, a traditional green tea. In popular Web 2.o terms, this tea is a mashup! This realization started me thinking about the concept of mashups in general and I began to wonder
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 7:56pm CEST
I’m on a quick trip and I had a long drive yesterday with only a short distance traveled because of rain, a couple of car accidents and incredible traffic in Connecticut and New Jersey. I can’t imagine anyone traveling like this on a daily basis but I am sure it was just a fluke of weather and Friday traffic. The end result was that had to stop much before my anticipated destination to get something to eat before it was too late. So the question was where do I go? I dislike the off road
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 5:17pm CEST
Just as you’re waiting for the application of online mapping to one social problem (say crime), along come two variations on the theme. Firstly terrorism - Janes Defence new (subscription only) Terrorism and Insurgency Centre Events Map is now live. Its a real-time source that any journalist working in worldwide current affairs would most certainly benefit from having access to (if the demo is anything to go by, at any rate). Elsewhere, Defra now offer noise mapping for certain cities and c
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 4:38pm CEST
Many of us complain about the use of war metaphors in marketing: target audiences, campaigns, strategy & tactics, KPIs (not sure this is really a war thing it just sounds like KIAs). We really attack our problems. We report out campaign success with McNamara-like data devoid of much humanity. Try as I might, I always come back to calling people like myself "target audiences." I do it so the different marketing teams that I work with will know what I am talking about. The war college vocabu
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 4:23pm CEST
In response to several requests, I added an open public "Idea Mapping: A Learning Workshop" to my schedule August 19-20 in Livonia, Michigan. Click here for more information.Idea Mapping Success
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:59pm CEST
Sometimes you know where you're going, and other times, you wander around until it all makes sense in retrospect. While there are many things in life that are pointless and there is no excuse or justification for them, some things make a lot of sense. Some journeys, some discussions, some books, some ideas, some undertakings make a lot of sense. They have a theme or purpose, they are rich with meaning. The question is whether that was planned or accidental. I was telling Andrea about how Step
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:31pm CEST
According to CNet, Google has confirmed that its StreetView image capture also includes a 3D dimension (so to speak): “The imaging technology includes lasers that collect 3D geometry data.” The company had previously been relying on the SketchUp “community” to model and vote on 3D images. There had also been contests (e.g., build your campus) to accelerate efforts at 3D coverage in Google Earth. By contrast, Microsoft uses automated 3D rendering and has a considerable lead over Google in term
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:18pm CEST
I have won some money (well, funding) to do some research. This is both good (it’s always nice to win) and scary (more for the research community than anyone else. Sandbox (see their site to get an idea of what they do as Iwould just make a hash of explaining it) offers grants for people in the University to enagge in ‘research activities that are interdisciplinary and collaborative’ Here’s what I put in. Are the people who represent the community part of the community? The media have tradi
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:14pm CEST
By showing only the links in the graph, we can get a far better look at the structure than if we include all the nodes. In this image, we are looking at the core of the blogosphere. The dark edges show the reciprocal links (where A has cited B and B has cited A), the lighter edges indicate a-reciprocal links. The larger, denser area of the graph is that part of the blogosphere generally characterised by socio-political discussion (the periphery contains some topical groupings). Above and to the
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:08pm CEST
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 11:55am CEST
Nat, Port mapping, используя ipnat и ppp Во FreeBSD нат можно организовать не только с помощью Natd, есть продукт под названием ipnat. Вот его я и буду настраивать. Для начала пару опций надо внести в /etc/rc.conf #ee /etc/rc.conf ------------------------------ ipnat_enable="YES" #Включил ipnat ipnat_program="/sbin/ipnat" #Указал откуда его нужно запускать ipnat_rules="/etc/ipnat.rules" #Здесь будут правила ipnat_flags="" #С какими параметрами стартовать (пока без параметров) ppp_enable="YE
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 10:04am CEST
Chuck Frey has just published an extensive comparison chart of the major web-based mind mapping applications - MindMeister, Mindomo, Mind42, Comapping and Mead Map - covering over 60 features and capabilities of these applications, including: - Overview (versions, pricing) - Map formats supported - Map level features - Topic-level features - Import options - Export options - Publishing options - Collaboration - Other features This comparison chart is available as a free download from my blog
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 9:50am CEST
Free Maping and Local Directory for the Blackberry! A full fledge City Guide, with the ability to locate businesses and tourists spots. Features include: Full featured mapping program Business directory Get information on business and tourist spots Find the hottest tourists spots Satellite view Optimized specifically for the Blackberry Download: Download bbLocal - .zip file
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 7:57am CEST
Mastering mind mapping can help at work. May 17th, 2008 Most people accept, I believe, that we are on the verge of recession. Maybe already in the downturn in parts of the western hemisphere. So what’s that got to do with mind mapping? Survival! I’ve just put up a few thoughts on how you can use mind mapping skills to better your chances if downsizing looms: Visual mapping and recession-proofing your job Tip of the hat to Chuck Frey for suggesting this topic to me. Vic Gee ht
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 7:32am CEST
Snackr drenches your computer in a river of news May 17th, 2008 Marshall Kirkpatrick, over at ReadWriteWeb, turned me on to Snackr with a post from earlier today. Snackr describes itself as being an RSS ticker. It provides a constant river of news on your screen. Built with Adobe AIR, it is compatible across all platforms and looks really slick. Snackr sits on one of the four sides of your screen and scrolls through recent posts from sites which are input either by hand or by loadin
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 5:10am CEST
เมื่อวันที่ 8 พฤษภาคม 2551 Oce ผู้ผลิดระบบทำสำเนาและจัดเก็บเอกสารที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในโลก จัด Oce Road Show Mind Map สโมสรกอร์ฟพัฒนา ชลบุรี ให้กับลูกค้าฝังตะวันออก ในจังหวัด ชลบุรี ระยองและฉะเชิงเทรา จำนวน ประมาณ 80 คน รวมกับพนักงานของ Oce เองอีกประมาณ 15 คน [ธัญญา ผลอนันต์ และ Mr.Andreas Luebbers] Mr. Andres Luebbers, Managing Directors ของ Oce (Thailand) เล่าว่าเป็นชาวเยอรมัน และใช้ Mind Map มาหลายปีแล้ว ก่อนที่จะเข้าตำรงตำแหน่งใหม่นี้ในประเทศไทยเมื่อกลางปี 2550 เคยทำงานในสายการตลาดระหว่าวงประเทศ
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:25am CEST
New government “noise maps” (road / rail / industry / air-travel) for the West Midlands, launched today. Judging by my few test look-ups, they’re not especially accurate in mapping noise, and the postcode lookup is about a mile “off” on the provided maps — but these might be interesting for some.
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 2:02am CEST
Presdo schedule helper: Clever, but not enough May 17th, 2008 I do appreciate the Google-simple start page. Of all the meeting time brokers I’ve seen, Presdo is the most peculiar. Which means it’s worth checking out. Unlike other apps I’ve covered (Timebridge, Jiffle, Tungle, Timedriver, etc.) Presdo’s strength is not that it automates the selection of meeting times that work out for attendees (it doesn’t), but rather that it helps script the dialogue that’s usually a part of the back-a
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 1:05am CEST
We are pleased to announce a few enhancements to our API which we thought you might find relevant, and update you on a few changes. First, we pushed out a major update of our database which now includes over 40,000 neighborhoods throughout the United States. This is a significant milestone. We continue to research and expand our coverage beyond the major metropolitan centers into minor cities, exurbs, and suburbs. Check out our expanding coverage map! Second, responding to several requests fo
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:58am CEST
MapTube: a place to put maps… “The main principle of MapTube is that shared maps can be overlayed to compare data visually. For example, to see a map of the London Underground overlayed on top of a map of population you simply go to the search page and enter the keywords “tube” and “population”. Then click on the two relevant maps to add them . […] For the last few weeks a back end section of the site has been used by BBC Radio Four’s PM Show to create a mood map of the credit crunch in the
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Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:11am CEST
Firefly lets everyone talk over your site May 17th, 2008 I’ve heard of death by a thousand cuts, but never cursors–that was until Firefly, a less-than-practical approach to letting your site visitors communicate with one another in real time. The service lets everyone see each other’s cursors live as they zip around the page and lets them chat with one another via text. To strike up conversation, just start typing and a chat bubble will form above your cursor. Everyone’s public chats are st
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