Programming – TimBatchelder

Big data is distrupting Hollywood scriptwriting

May 18, 2013July 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Social Business

How Big Data Is Rewriting Hollywood Scripts
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com

Ever wonder why all movies seem to look the same? Yeah, there’s a reason.

I honestly can’t tell horror movies apart. From set and costume design to the trailers that all seem to have the same…tempo…of…HE’S RIGHT THERE, OMG!!—novelty has…

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‘World War Z’ ending: Did the rewrites salvage the movie? (horrorboom.com)
Hiring a Script Consultant (doesthisfontmakemelookfat.com)
Big Data – Why It Will Help Boost Productivity (bigdatacompany.wordpress.com)
VIDEO: Big Data for smarter customer experiences (endlessshelf.org)
WebRTC to VoIP is Like Big Data to Database Tech (bloggeek.me)
Why Women Should Write Screenplays (bigthink.com)

Postach.io converts your Evernotes to a content management system

May 18, 2013July 1, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Linguistic Search, Social Business

Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog
Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com

One of the more interesting projects to emerge from Evernote’s 2013 Devcup hackathon is called Postach.io, a new blogging platform that turns your Evernote notebook into a content management system. Input Logic, the Vancouver-based…

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Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog (techcrunch.com)
Evernote, IFTTT, Automatic Posts, and the Link Blog (trishussey.com)
Six digital publishing startups to watch (paidcontent.org)

Hyper realistic CGI and the end of product photography

March 25, 2013June 20, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Design UX, Social Business

Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers
Joseph Flaherty, wired.com

Computer-generated images are moving out of theaters and onto store shelves and catalog pages, thanks to new software that makes it nearly impossible to distinguish the real from the photorealistic.

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Learn to code with these online resources

March 17, 2013June 18, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Sharing Economy, Social Business

Learn to Code for Free With These 10 Online Resources
Zoe Fox, mashable.com

Click here to view this galleryIf Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates say so, it must be true: Understanding how to code is the new literacyTake Zuck and Gates’ advice — learn to code. Understanding computer programming will open doors to new jobs and…

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Dont bother with Readin and Rithmatic! (thedigitalmediastrategist.com)
Bill Gates 11 Rules to Life for Kids (naveedtaji.wordpress.com)
Mark Zuckerberg – GASP! – put on a suit… (aumasocialmedia.wordpress.com)
Coding literacy (tsheko.wordpress.com)

DIY grid it style cable organizer

March 5, 2013June 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Humanities, Metadata Masterdata, Social Business

Make Your Own Pocket-Sized, Grid-It-Style Organizer for $2.50
Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com

It’s no secret that we’re fans of products like the Grid-It for holding your cables, gadgets, and other knick-knacks. Reddit user MinimumEffort put together his own that fits right in your pocket for your most essential stuff.

Whitson Gordon

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Anatomy of a 3D printed Turk’s head (instructables.com)
To grid, or not to grid, that is the question! (rpgcharacters.wordpress.com)
Top 10 Relaxing Projects to Soothe Your Overworked Mind (dschvart.wordpress.com)
Camp-Inspired Installations – The Off the Grid Exhibit Boasts Creative Alternatives to Outdoor Needs (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com)
Get Social With Lifehacker and Your Favorite Writers (lifehacker.com)

Spotmaps translates every second of a film into a block of color

January 15, 2013April 26, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital Humanities, Social Business

Spotmaps translates every second of a film into a block of color
By Amar Toor, theverge.com

What can a film’s color scheme say about its narrative? According to Spotmaps, quite a lot. Created by Andy Willis, Spotmaps is a Python-based project that conceptualizes classic movies not in words or storyboards, but highly-detailed…

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Trek Support Backpack just moved into CMF – Additional Options. Collaborate with us at (quirky.com)
Notes: Color Scheme (themissingsyntax.wordpress.com)

Learn how to program and think like one

December 23, 2012April 19, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital Humanities, Ethnographic Methods, Metadata Masterdata, Sharing Economy, Social Business

Lessons in Learning How to Program
Jason Fried, inc.com

GET REAL

Here’s one way to be a better communicator: Start treating people more like computers.

Last month, I mentioned that I’ve been taking a class in Ruby on Rails, a programming framework that powers tens of thousands of websites…

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Learn Ruby on Rails in Bahasa Indonesia (arulprasad.com)
Online rental marketplace app is the goal; Ruby on Rails is the way (appsprentice.wordpress.com)
RubyMine 5.4 is Here and Ready for Rails 4 (jetbrains.com)
Ruby on Rails Engineer @ Flywheel (gowork.at)
Learning Ruby (jhamilton9781.wordpress.com)

Funf: computational social science in your pocket

December 19, 2012April 17, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Behavioral Science, Design UX, Linguistic Search, Social Business

Open-source Funf platform taps into Android’s huge knowledge about you
By Daniel Cossins, wired.co.uk

Magazine

This article was taken from the November 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing…

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Why Google just hired the Behavio Team (glass-apps.org)
Silicon Alley Insider: Google Just Bought A Cool SXSW Startup, Behavio (GOOG) (businessinsider.com)
Knight Foundation-Backed Mobile Sensor Startup Behavio Shuts Down As Founders Join Google (rosevilleitconsult.wordpress.com)

Marcin Jakubowski is building the DIY machines for a new civilization

November 6, 2012March 31, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Ethnographic Methods, Metadata Masterdata, Sharing Economy, Social Business, Sustainable Design, Systems Science

Open-source blueprints for a modern off-the-grid civilization
By Aaron Souppouris, theverge.com

Marcin Jakubowski dreams of living off the grid. Over the past few years, he’s been working on a set of 50 machines he believes necessary to found and sustain an independent, modern community. He wants to “take everything that…

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What If Anyone Could Build a Sustainable Civilization From Scratch? (motherboard.vice.com)
You Built What?!: A Tractor For The Apocalypse | Popular Science (popsci.com)
Jon Kalish Visits the Open Source Ecology Project (makezine.com)
50 Open-Source Industrial Machines To Decentralize Wealth (fastcoexist.com)
Video of the Day: Marcin Jakubowski – The Open Source Economy (p2pfoundation.net)
Young Maker Nabs Thiel Fellowship (makezine.com)
Open Source Ecology: Interview with Founder Marcin Jakubowski (makezine.com)
Open-sourcing the blueprints of civilization: Marcin Jakubowski on TED.com (ted.com)
Civilization reboot: Fellows Friday with Marcin Jakubowski (ted.com)

Why Panasonic Lumix GH3 will be the best video tool

November 5, 2012March 31, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Digital Humanities, Linguistic Search, Sharing Economy, Social Business

Panasonic Lumix GH3 launches on December 13th, but pricing remains a mystery
Mat Smith, engadget.com

Panasonic’s forthcoming mirror-less multimedia wonder has been given a release date. Yep, the Lumix GH3, with its ‘unlimited recording time’ and magnesium alloy build, will arrive in the Land of the Rising Sun just over a month from…

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Panasonic posts firmware for DMC-GH3 and announce GH3-Minute Movies (dpreview.com)
SLR-like Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 outscores SLRs in Consumer Reports’ lab tests (news.consumerreports.org)
Panasonic says try before you buy on the Lumix DMC-GH3 (pocket-lint.com)

10 Hacks to Help You Stop Worrying Now

October 29, 2012March 27, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Metadata Masterdata, Social Business

10 Hacks to Help You Stop Worrying Now
Bobbi Emel, lifehack.org

Does worry dominate your life?

Try these ten shortcuts to stop worrying for good.

1. Stop being superstitious that your worry is preventing bad things from happening.

Even if it’s somewhat unconscious, worriers sometim…

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