via flowingdata.com
The top visualization project of the year, according to FlowingData, is a project by Ben Fry, which shows changes to the theory of evolution over time. The project takes advantage of the publication of the full works of Darwin online to trace changes in the text of On the Origin of Species over time.
A deserved winner, and very apt, considering the batch of anniversaries that have gone by this year.
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We are happy to announce that AppJet Inc. has been acquired by Google. The EtherPad team will continue its work on realtime collaboration by joining the Google Wave team.
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The EtherPad site will stay online through March 2010 with some restrictions.
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No new free public pads may be created. Your pads will no longer be accessible after March 31, 2010, at which time your pads and any associated personally identifiable information will be deleted.
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Etherpad was a nice little tool, very effective at what it offered, I’m sure the guys who developed it will bring a lot to the Wave party. But seriously, Wave is nowhere near functional yet, it’s confusing, and glacially slow. So is there a decent alternative to Etherpad that is usable – right now?
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As noted previously, ISMB is underway, and the FriendFeeders present are working hard to keep the rest of us updated on what’s going on.
I just wanted to highlight the coverage of this morning’s keynote, which was absolutely exemplary.
It’s ISMB time again, and as colleagues jet off to Stockholm, I can’t help but feel that twinge of envy. Lucky then, that the conference organisers have a fantastic attitude towards live- and micro-bloggers, and after the success of last year’s efforts (see the FriendFeed room, and the paper), they are positively encouraging more of the same this year. There’s a FriendFeed room again, where a new thread will be posted 10 minutes before each talk, and with a number of dedicated FFers present, there’s sure to be some fantastic live coverage. I’ll be following along.
Let the blogosphere and twittersphere spring to his defence!
See here for full details, but a London broadcaster had a half hour long rant on her show about the ‘dangers’ of the MMR jab on 7th January. Ben Goldacre subsequently posted the entire, repulsive, segment on his blog, to show this woman up for the scaremongerer she is. The radio station she works for has now set the lawyers on him, insisting he cease and disist.
So I am reposting his plea for help, and posting links to the relevant content (original post here, complain about the broadcast here). If you have the know-how to help him out, please do so.
EDIT – You can get the audio of the original broacast from YouTube or WikiLeaks… if you want your head to explode with frustration… Also note this graph, which illustrates the very real effect of irresponsible woo like this.
