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Follow the Money
A conference about the
role that databases and spreadsheets
play in our lives:
everything we do leaves traces behind


http://followthemoney.nu/

14th January 2010, Amsterdam @ Debalie
And this presentation
Is about
The traces left behind on twitter,
the official back channel of the conference
A presentation about the traces left behind on twitter about the conference "Follow the Money"
The tweeters




               http://www.wordle.net/
Interfaces used to tweet during the conference




                                                 http://www.wordle.net/
The Conference¡¯s Word Cloud, result of all the tweets




                                                        http://www.wordle.net/
The number of tweets by the hour and the Conference¡¯s Programme and Speakers
This StreamGraph shows the usage over time of the
words most highly associated with the
#ftmoney hashtag




              http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php
The Social Collider reveals cross-connections between the conversations that went on twitter




Posts that didn't resonate with anyone just connect to the next item in the stream. The ones that did,
however, spin off and horizontally link to users or topics who relate to them, either directly or in terms of
their content.
                                                                                            http://socialcollider.net
Tweets as seen by TwitArcs




                             http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitArcs/TwitArcs.html
#ftmoney twitter¡¯s chronological mosaic
Some
interesting links
mentioned during
the conference
How Different Groups            The Art and Science of Baby        We feel fine
Spend Their Day                 names                              We Feel Fine is an
The American Time Use           Find reliable expert               exploration of human
Survey asks thousands           information on baby name           emotion on a global scale.
of American residents to        meanings and popularity.
recall every minute of a day.




I.O.U.S.A.                      The short & simple story of         Britain from above
A film that boldly examines     the credit crisis                   An epic journey revealing
the rapidly growing national    Gives form to a complex             the secrets, patterns and
debt and its consequences       situation like the credit crisis    hidden rhythms of our lives
for the United States and its   and quickly supply the              from a striking new
citizens.                       essence of the situation to         perspective.
                                those unfamiliar .
GPS London Taxis               I love Alaska                      Sky-catcher
380 London taxis recorded      On 2006 AOL accidentally           Luna Maurer installed in
over the course of a single    published a file on its site       July 2005 on top of the roof
day.                           containing search keywords         of De Balie in Amsterdam a
                               submitted by over 650.000          camera, which every five
                               users, this is the story of user   minutes takes a picture of
                               #711391                            the sky over the Museum.




Channelography                 URIplay                             Catalog tree
Creates statistics about BBC   A metadata aggregator, giving       Uncommon use of data, the
Programmes by reading and      each file a URI and a simple        output is fabulous print design!
analysing the captions.        description. The service is not
                               intended to be used directly by
                               viewers.
News map                      Bijlmer Euro                     Govcom.org
The news presented visually   The Bijlmer Euro is an           People need Maps for more
and in flavors                experimental currency that       things than where to go. Maps
                              only circulates in the Bijlmer   prompt people to rethink their
                              area of South East Amsterdam     strategy




They Rule                     ¡®PIMP MY PLANET"                  Processing
They Rule allows you to       A short animated film and         If you saw the visualization of
create maps of the            game trailer in which the         How The New York Times
interlocking directories of   possibilities of playing God      Illuminates The World the day
the top companies in the US   are explored.                     Michael Jackson died, then you
in 2004                                                         know that it was made with
                                                                Processing
Backstage.bbc.co.uk              Backstage idea store, use            Next Nature
backstage.bbc.co.uk is a pilot   BBC stuff to build your stuff        With our attempts to
for open innovation and          Documentation for BBC                cultivate nature, humankind
attempts to encourage and        Feeds, APIs and content.             causes the rising of a next
support those who have           This is the complete list of         nature, which is wild and
provided most of the             data sources for you to              unpredictable as ever.
innovation on the internet       remix/mashup with.




                                                          There is a short summary of the
                                                          conference by Juliana Brunello
                                                          @ the Institute of network cultures
Gapminder                                                 weblog
Gapminder is a modern
¡°museum¡± that helps
making the world
understandable, using the
Internet.
If you have more links
to add
Please send email to
margarida.a.fonseca |a| gmail.com

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A presentation about the traces left behind on twitter about the conference "Follow the Money"

  • 1. Follow the Money A conference about the role that databases and spreadsheets play in our lives: everything we do leaves traces behind http://followthemoney.nu/ 14th January 2010, Amsterdam @ Debalie
  • 2. And this presentation Is about The traces left behind on twitter, the official back channel of the conference
  • 4. The tweeters http://www.wordle.net/
  • 5. Interfaces used to tweet during the conference http://www.wordle.net/
  • 6. The Conference¡¯s Word Cloud, result of all the tweets http://www.wordle.net/
  • 7. The number of tweets by the hour and the Conference¡¯s Programme and Speakers
  • 8. This StreamGraph shows the usage over time of the words most highly associated with the #ftmoney hashtag http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php
  • 9. The Social Collider reveals cross-connections between the conversations that went on twitter Posts that didn't resonate with anyone just connect to the next item in the stream. The ones that did, however, spin off and horizontally link to users or topics who relate to them, either directly or in terms of their content. http://socialcollider.net
  • 10. Tweets as seen by TwitArcs http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitArcs/TwitArcs.html
  • 13. How Different Groups The Art and Science of Baby We feel fine Spend Their Day names We Feel Fine is an The American Time Use Find reliable expert exploration of human Survey asks thousands information on baby name emotion on a global scale. of American residents to meanings and popularity. recall every minute of a day. I.O.U.S.A. The short & simple story of Britain from above A film that boldly examines the credit crisis An epic journey revealing the rapidly growing national Gives form to a complex the secrets, patterns and debt and its consequences situation like the credit crisis hidden rhythms of our lives for the United States and its and quickly supply the from a striking new citizens. essence of the situation to perspective. those unfamiliar .
  • 14. GPS London Taxis I love Alaska Sky-catcher 380 London taxis recorded On 2006 AOL accidentally Luna Maurer installed in over the course of a single published a file on its site July 2005 on top of the roof day. containing search keywords of De Balie in Amsterdam a submitted by over 650.000 camera, which every five users, this is the story of user minutes takes a picture of #711391 the sky over the Museum. Channelography URIplay Catalog tree Creates statistics about BBC A metadata aggregator, giving Uncommon use of data, the Programmes by reading and each file a URI and a simple output is fabulous print design! analysing the captions. description. The service is not intended to be used directly by viewers.
  • 15. News map Bijlmer Euro Govcom.org The news presented visually The Bijlmer Euro is an People need Maps for more and in flavors experimental currency that things than where to go. Maps only circulates in the Bijlmer prompt people to rethink their area of South East Amsterdam strategy They Rule ¡®PIMP MY PLANET" Processing They Rule allows you to A short animated film and If you saw the visualization of create maps of the game trailer in which the How The New York Times interlocking directories of possibilities of playing God Illuminates The World the day the top companies in the US are explored. Michael Jackson died, then you in 2004 know that it was made with Processing
  • 16. Backstage.bbc.co.uk Backstage idea store, use Next Nature backstage.bbc.co.uk is a pilot BBC stuff to build your stuff With our attempts to for open innovation and Documentation for BBC cultivate nature, humankind attempts to encourage and Feeds, APIs and content. causes the rising of a next support those who have This is the complete list of nature, which is wild and provided most of the data sources for you to unpredictable as ever. innovation on the internet remix/mashup with. There is a short summary of the conference by Juliana Brunello @ the Institute of network cultures Gapminder weblog Gapminder is a modern ¡°museum¡± that helps making the world understandable, using the Internet.
  • 17. If you have more links to add Please send email to margarida.a.fonseca |a| gmail.com