Black and White Photography: 100 Pieces of Exquisite Portrait
Monday, October 12th, 2009A good portrait reveals something about its subject beyond the immediate appearance of the photograph. It includes layers of meaning and depth that portray the person as a whole, not just the superficial initial impression. Great portraits give us an idea of who the person really is, beyond what they’re trying to outwardly depict. Portraits done in black and white add an additional layer of complexity to their subject. The choice to appear void of color says something about the p
Examples of Collaborative Digital Humanities Projects
Monday, June 1st, 2009Observing that humanities scholars rarely jointly author articles, as I did in my last post , comes as no surprise. As Blaise Cronin writes, “Collaboration—for which co-authorship is the most visible and compelling indicator—is established practice in both the life and physical sciences, reflecting the industrial scale, capital-intensiveness and complexity of much contemporary scientific research. But the ‘standard model of scholarly publishing,’ one that ‘assumes a work written by an author,”
Inspector Clouseau and the Insights of Judge Facciola and Malcolm Gladwell Suggest a Bright Future for e-Discovery Lawyers
Sunday, April 26th, 2009The fundamental problem facing the legal profession today is the search for truth and justice in a digital world. A world where the complexity and volume of electronic information is overwhelming and leaves most lawyers looking like Inspector Clouseau. Two new opinions illustrate the point. One is by Judge Andrew J. Peck in New York. It is already fairly well-known, but deserves closer examination. William A. Gross Const. Associates, Inc. v. American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co., _F.R.D._, 2009 WL 72495
E-Traction’s in-wheel motor sportin’ hybrid electric bus
Monday, March 23rd, 2009We’ve seen in-wheel motors in the past, but implementing the technology is not without its share of challenges. On one hand, it’s difficult to coordinate motors that have no mechanical connection to each other, while on the other hand electric motors are designed to spin much faster than the wheels, in order to generate the desired power — adding complexity while decreasing efficiency. A company in the Netherlands called e-Traction may have those problems licked, and now they’ve developed a d
Internet killed the newspaper star. The cloud lives.
Saturday, March 14th, 2009Shirky “If the old [newspaper] model is broken, what will work in its place?” To which the answer is: Nothing. Nothing will work. There is no general model for newspapers to replace the one the internet just broke. Why? Because the core problem [newspaper] publishing solves — the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public — has stopped being a problem. What will replace it? Influential tech blogger / geek Robert Scoble says it will
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