Re: [FRIAM] Friday, 30 June

2006-06-23 Thread Tom Johnson
Good ol' St. Johns. Looking forward to your visit.-tOn 6/23/06, Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Will anybody be in Santa Fe for 30 June's Friam Meeting? And where does that meeting occur these days. Nick Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FRIAM] Fwd: [MEA] The Class of the New

2006-06-25 Thread Tom Johnson
Surely the author isn't referring to anyone WE know.-TJ-- Forwarded message --From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Jun 25, 2006 10:28 AMSubject: [MEA] The Class of the NewTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Class of the New by Richard BarbrookNetizens, elancers, cognitarians,

[FRIAM] Wikimania Registration: Early Deadline Ends July 9

2006-07-04 Thread Tom Johnson
Another interesting conference in on the banks of the Charles River.-tj-- Forwarded message --From: Jessica Baumgart [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Jul 3, 2006 1:43 PMSubject: [newslib] Wikimania Registration: Early Deadline Ends July 9To: The NewsLib mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[FRIAM] Is it economics or biology

2006-07-25 Thread Tom Johnson
Of interest to the list, I hope.From the current issue of The Economist: The Cambrian age of economics Evolutionary economics is surviving, but not thrivinghttp://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7189617 -- tj==J. T. JohnsonInstitute for

Re: [FRIAM] What have the Romans - sorry - complexity done for us?

2006-07-25 Thread Tom Johnson
Laura:In the course of your research this summer, have you run across any examples that would suggest some standard (old fashioned?) Project Management efforts (ideally, files) that were created BEFORE the decision was made to invade Iraq? You know, a Gantt chart here, a PERT diagram there. Maybe

[FRIAM] Ph.D. studentship on the World of Uncertainty

2006-07-26 Thread Tom Johnson
Perhaps of interestPh.D. studentship on the World of UncertaintyThe World of Uncertainty will be an educational computer game. In itdecision-makers will learn how to manage scientific uncertainty. No longer will they be forced to make decisions based on simple certain narrativesthat fit into a

Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM book

2006-07-29 Thread Tom Johnson
The IAJ Press would be pleased and honored to publish such a book.-Tom Johnson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jochen Fromm Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:21 AM To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' Subject: [FRIAM

[FRIAM] International phone conference on data quality

2006-07-31 Thread Tom Johnson
Sorry for the cross-posts, butInteresting social network-ish phenomena at hand:This is the first time I can recall seeing an international, real-time book club. The power of Skype-like applications, I would guess. I have other commitments, but I hope some one can give us a report of how it

[FRIAM] Visual statistics

2006-08-15 Thread Tom Johnson
For those of us interested in the visualization of data, this site is intriguing. Also, if you have time, roll back to the homesite at http://www.gapminder.org/-Tom Tom:I thought you'd find this interesting. Note that you can playwith the

[FRIAM] Coming to a conversation near you -- CROWDSOURCING

2006-11-11 Thread Tom Johnson
Quite possibly crowdsourcing is this month's leading buzz word. Still, the links below lead to some interesting stuff. This data flow, though, can offer some neat challenges for measurement and dynamics of ideas (memeflow -- you saw it here first) and, I suspect, seeing how well complexity

[FRIAM] Sometimes random is the best strategy

2006-11-14 Thread Tom Johnson
Talks about modeling loading strategies *Loading an Airliner Is Rocket Science * http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/business/14boarding.html?_r=1ref=businessoref=slogin By PAUL BURNHAM FINNEY Spurred by financial pressures and packed planes — often 80 to 90 percent full — airlines have come

[FRIAM] GoogleEarth has some competition

2006-11-17 Thread Tom Johnson
+ Virtually Fly Around the Globe in 3D With SkylineGlobe (Beta); Developers API Also Available A small plug-in allows you to virtually fly around the world. However, this early beta release only contains mapping for the U.S. Lots more to come. Nevertheless, plenty of cool extras in this early

Re: [FRIAM] ps3

2006-11-17 Thread Tom Johnson
So there ARE people crazier than George Bush! -tj On 11/17/06, Stephen Guerin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Man! Check out current ebay action on the new PS3's. http://tinyurl.com/yldmym According to one blog: As of 9:23 AM Friday, 174 PS3 consoles have sold for an average selling price of

[FRIAM] More on Web 2.0 Wedtech

2006-11-29 Thread Tom Johnson
As a follow-on to today's WedTech, here's a quite interesting link to a Google Maps mash-ups application (Faneuil) and also an interesting way (IFRA) to present printed text/publication in a browser. *) Faneuil Media's Atlas http://faneuilmedia.com/ *) Ifra's Newspaper Techniques

[FRIAM] “Visualizing Network Dynamics” Compe tition

2007-02-11 Thread Tom Johnson
Anyone? -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: Elisha Hardy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 9, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: Visualizing Network Dynamics Competition To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was hoping you could forward this competition invite to the mapping cyberspace email list. Thanks. The

[FRIAM] Looking for articles on the basics of Complexity Theory/Studies

2007-02-21 Thread Tom Johnson
this literary harvest when it gets in the barn.) Many thanks, Tom Johnson -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http

[FRIAM] Are the Chinese blocking your web site?

2007-03-09 Thread Tom Johnson
of censorship.) That said, I will be in Cairo, Amman and Dubai in the coming three weeks. Any FRIAM-ers in those parts who would like to meet for a spot of tea? -tom johnson Posted by Monique Van Dusseldorphttp://www.poynter.org/profile/profile.asp?user=1864063:35:42 PM Great Firewall of China: Useful

[FRIAM] Another link on the history of computing

2007-05-04 Thread Tom Johnson
Folks: Check out http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/05/04/electric-eye-reads-books/ And when you have finished reading about an Electric Eye that Reads Books circa 1932 -- click on the obvious links to the left. -tj -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for

[FRIAM] Foreign Policy photo essay, inside the digital dump (fwd)

2007-05-21 Thread Tom Johnson
fyi http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3807page=0 Technology drives the forces of globalization. But when we replace our computers and flat-screens with the newest in high-tech cool, what happens to the hardware we throw away? Welcome to the digital dumping ground,

Re: [FRIAM] More on micropayments

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Johnson
But how small does it have to be to be micro? I've bought stuff for less than $1 online, in fact I just did so today. Yeah, it's not fractions of a cent, but a helluvalot cheaper than a gallon of gas (which, I'm told, is about $8 in the UK. Stop your whining, gringos). -T On 5/23/07, Robert

Re: [FRIAM] More on micropayments

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Johnson
granularity is one cent. And therein lies the problem: even asking myself the question is this worth one cent? has used up more than one cent's worth of my time (you can probably work out my day rate from that :-) Robert On 5/23/07, Tom Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But how small does it have

[FRIAM] How to Get Money Back When Airfares Drop

2007-05-27 Thread Tom Johnson
Interesting article on a very new, but quite helpful, flight ticket site/tool. I don't know yet if it will work for international flights between countries not including the U.S., and the airlines currently listed are all U.S. companies. Still, it is possible to fly from Bogotá to Caracas on

[FRIAM] CAS in Mumbai. At lunchtime.

2007-05-29 Thread Tom Johnson
Yes, it is a feature story, but the content -- and context -- is also a wonderful, almost-perfect example of humans developing/evolving Complex Adaptive Systems. Rai, Saritha. In India, Grandma Cooks, They Deliver. *The New York Times*29 May 2007. 29 May 2007

Re: [FRIAM] CAS in Mumbai. At lunchtime.

2007-05-30 Thread Tom Johnson
Sorry, I guess that I was logged into the NYT site screwed up the URL. The article is at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/business/worldbusiness/29lunch.html -t On 5/30/07, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 29, 2007, at 11:22 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote: I liked this. Did you read

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: ABM

2007-06-03 Thread Tom Johnson
Robert: It seems to me that there is usually (always?) bi-directionality involved in a dynamic system, especially between the individual and the collective. The collective often (Usually? Always?) provides a context that generates and governs data flow, a time frame, rugged landscapes or not,

[FRIAM] [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] [Air-l] visualizing the net through akamai (fwd)

2007-06-10 Thread Tom Johnson
This is kinda interesting, that is if you're interested in visualizing Internet structure and traffic flow. http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/visualizing_akamai.html -tj == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA

[FRIAM] How to capture Flash shows

2007-06-11 Thread Tom Johnson
Howdy: Does anyone know how to capture/save-as-a-file the flowing content from flash shows like this one? http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/weekinreview/20070610_TIMES_FEATURE/blocker.html Thanks, Tom -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic

Re: [FRIAM] How to capture Flash shows

2007-06-11 Thread Tom Johnson
Thanks. And I just remembered that I also have SnagIt, which might have that capability. Cheers, T. On 6/11/07, Marcus G. Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Johnson wrote: Does anyone know how to capture/save-as-a-file the flowing content from flash shows like this one? One way is using

[FRIAM] [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] Mapping the Internet (fwd)

2007-06-19 Thread Tom Johnson
fyi. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18944/ Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Mapping the Internet Routing traffic through peer-to-peer networks could stave off Internet congestion, according to a new study. By Duncan Graham-Rowe -- == J. T. Johnson

[FRIAM] First life for ants in Second Life

2007-07-01 Thread Tom Johnson
O'Reilly Radar http://radar.oreilly.com/ Ant Simulation in Second Lifehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/oreilly/radar/atom/%7E3/129378135/ant_simulation.html Posted: 30 Jun 2007 10:14 PM CDT By Brady Forrest Tectonic has created an ant simulation in Second lIfe. The video shows a

Re: [FRIAM] Anyone want an older OK computer? Free

2007-07-06 Thread Tom Johnson
Bruce: If you don't get any takers, you might try Craig's List. It has a free section. http://santafe.craigslist.org/zip/ -tj On 7/6/07, Bruce Abell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FRIAMers-- I've kept my older desktop computer for a spare and thought I might use it to experiment with a different

[FRIAM] Fwd: APB Daily There are 6 new posts in All Points Blog

2007-07-14 Thread Tom Johnson
FYI. Modelling in Wired http://www.feedblitz.com/t.asp?/21296/1578027/http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/3094-Modelling-in-Wired.html * (Adena Schutzberg)* Wired explains how the Bureau of Land Management is using HEC-RAS and ArcGIS to model what will happen when the dammed Vetura River

[FRIAM] Broadband Data Improvement Act

2007-07-20 Thread Tom Johnson
From ars technica http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070719-broadband-data-improvement-act-clears-senate-commerce-committee.html Broadband Data Improvement Act clears Senate Commerce

[FRIAM] O'Reilly -- The History of Programming Languages

2007-08-04 Thread Tom Johnson
From time to time, some of us have expressed an interest in the evolution of various computer languages. Turns our others shared our interest and did something about it. http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/news/languageposter_0504.html --- The History of Programming Languages -- tj

[FRIAM] Smartphones are the PCs of the developing world - tech - 01 August 2007 - New Scientist Tech

2007-08-08 Thread Tom Johnson
Interesting angle on network building. http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/mg19526156.300-smartphones-are-the-pcs-of-the-developing-world.html--- -- tj == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA

[FRIAM] SIGDOC 2007 in El Paso Oct. 22-24

2007-08-08 Thread Tom Johnson
FYI. http://www.sigdoc2007.org/index.cfm -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL

Re: [FRIAM] soliciting help for crowd - population modeling effort

2007-08-09 Thread Tom Johnson
Jim: I went to www.googlescholar.com and entered crowd behavior +chicago +1968 (I was thinking of the Demo convention. Perhaps some of the elders on the list were actually at that police riot, which took various forms during various days. Many interesting results, judging from the titles of

[FRIAM] Urban simulation models on Kieth Olbermann tonight on MSNBC

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Johnson
All: I was not able to find any specifics on this, but MSNBC promos today (Wednesday) are hyping a segment on Kieth Olbermann's show tonight about the most impressive simulations of cities. Check your local listings. -tj -- == J. T. Johnson Institute

[FRIAM] More on Second Life in libraries

2007-08-15 Thread Tom Johnson
Somewhat related to Gil's presentation today at Wedtech. -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: gary price [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 15, 2007 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [newslib] More on Second Life in libraries To: The NewsLib mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also of potential interest:

Re: [FRIAM] WISIWYS: What I See Is What You See

2007-08-17 Thread Tom Johnson
Is this true if you use Gmail? -tom On 8/16/07, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of us mac users suffering HTML email sent to us on this list that we cannot easily read because it is rendered very tiny, it turns out to be a windows problem with preferring to use HTML email

[FRIAM] [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] Web Trend Map 2007 and Wired Countries of the World map

2007-08-26 Thread Tom Johnson
fyi -- Forwarded message -- From: martin dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 26, 2007 4:07 PM Subject: [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] Web Trend Map 2007 and Wired Countries of the World map To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, a couple of new(ish) and interesting cyber maps that I came across this

[FRIAM] Fwd: Now available: Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Vol IV: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems by Ali A. Minai on Amazon.com

2007-08-28 Thread Tom Johnson
fyi --tj -- Forwarded message -- From: Amazon.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Aug 28, 2007 8:49 AM Subject: Now available: Unifying Themes in Complex Systems: Vol IV: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems by Ali A. Minai on Amazon.com To: [EMAIL

Re: [FRIAM] Navajo Nation Councilman Leonard Tsosie Convenes Lambda Rail Meeting

2007-08-28 Thread Tom Johnson
Can't speak for all the WedTech gang, of course, but I sure would be interested. -tj On 8/28/07, Richard Lowenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if Crownpoint can get hi-speed cnx, why not Santa Fe? -tj -- Forwarded message -- NAVAJO NATION TRIBAL COUNCIL MEDIA RELEASE ---

[FRIAM] Human-consensus hurricane forecasting « Stormpulse Blog

2007-09-09 Thread Tom Johnson
A twist on the prediction market methodology http://stormpulse.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/human-consensus-hurricane-forecasting/--- http://www.stormpulse.com/forecasting/explained -- tj == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM

[FRIAM] Fwd: [NICAR-L] Google Earth flight simulator

2007-10-02 Thread Tom Johnson
A friend writes -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephen Doig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Oct 2, 2007 1:27 PM Subject: [NICAR-L] Google Earth flight simulator To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This has nothing to do with CAR, but it's too cool not to pass along. Google Earth 4.2 has an Easter

[FRIAM] Check out Google's new Transit

2007-10-03 Thread Tom Johnson
See http://www.google.com/transitor http://www.google.com/transit?ie=UTF8ll=37.804972,-122.131890spn=0.230893,0.600732 If you are familiar with the cities in the Google Transit home page library, some very cool stuff going on here. For example, pick the San Francisco Bay Area BART transit

[FRIAM] Google IBM giving students a distributed systems lab using Hadoop

2007-10-10 Thread Tom Johnson
FYI. Following on a brief discussion Tuesday at the data mining session Google IBM giving students a distributed systems lab using Hadoophttp://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/oreilly/radar/atom/%7E3/167584952/google_ibm_give.html Posted: 09 Oct 2007 04:07 PM CDT By Jesse Robbins [image:

Re: [FRIAM] NM Free Supercomputer

2007-11-04 Thread Tom Johnson
Perhaps a wonderful start, but how do we connect to it? Rail Runner? -tj On 11/4/07, Prof David West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it is - David's proposal is derives from and extends the proposal that led to state funding of the supercomputer. On Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:35:53 -0600, Jack Stafurik

Re: [FRIAM] NM Free Supercomputer

2007-11-05 Thread Tom Johnson
And the speed of those connections? -tj On 11/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is my understanding from Tom Bowles that there will be connection nodes throughout the state and particularly in Santa Fe. cheers Paul See what's new at

[FRIAM] Edge 226

2007-11-05 Thread Tom Johnson
Food for thought here. Some is snack food, but still with some intellectual calories. http://edge.org/documents/archive/edge226.html#formulae --- -- tj == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Johnson
Information Ecologist?? -tj On Nov 8, 2007 9:55 AM, Prof David West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentlefolk, I need a word. I am working on some educational proposal material, roughing out a possible grant application to the Olin Foundation, and related activities for 632. What would

[FRIAM] Eight on board for the Edward Tufte workshop in ABQ.

2007-11-11 Thread Tom Johnson
not cheap, but look at it this way: We save big time on travel, hotels and meals. So -- *LET TOM JOHNSON KNOW RIGHT AWAY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. I WOULD GUESS WE WOULD WANT TO GET REGISTERED BEFORE THANKSGIVING. OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY AT 505-577-6482 OR [EMAIL PROTECTED

[FRIAM] Materials for teaching Systems Dynamics to K-12 students+

2007-11-18 Thread Tom Johnson
Friends: I've note that some of our number are working with students of various ages. I ran across these sites recently that have -- if you drill down a bit -- an archive of helpful teaching materials. See http://www.clexchange.org/ and http://sysdyn.clexchange.org/road-maps/rm-toc.html -tom

[FRIAM] A FREE Tufte download

2007-11-21 Thread Tom Johnson
FRIAMERS: Many of you may be interested in this... http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/dapp/index.html -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c)

[FRIAM] FYI -- Swarm Intelligence - Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Journals, Books Online Media | Springer

2007-12-04 Thread Tom Johnson
http://www.springer.com/west/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=4-40109-70-173722465-0 --Tom Johnson FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps

[FRIAM] Fwd: Information Visualization - Table of Contents alert Volume 6 Issue 3

2007-12-05 Thread Tom Johnson
This looks to be a most interesting issue of this journal, especially for those of us interested in Digital Urban Studies. But the subscription fees are really crazy. So what else is new? -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: Palgrave Macmillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 5, 2007

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-19 Thread Tom Johnson
Yeah, we're still waiting for our's, too. -tj On Dec 19, 2007 4:35 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We participated as well, but do not yet have the critter. BTW: I was thinking that the 632 Complex might conceive of a XO project of some sort, possibly even using local school kids

Re: [FRIAM] santa fe computer repair question

2007-12-21 Thread Tom Johnson
Depending on the type of crash, if it's a software thing I have had very good luck with the Geek Squad working over the phone. Last week, they spent about 5 hrs. working with some strange problems on my laptop for a flat fee of $140. Ultimately they/we were successful. -Tom On Dec 21, 2007

Re: [FRIAM] Lat/Long in Google Maps

2007-12-21 Thread Tom Johnson
Nope. Google maps. Click on the tab My Maps, then Browse the directory. -tj On Dec 21, 2007 5:30 PM, Douglas Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe you meant Google Earth, Stephen. -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Tom Johnson
tablet? -tj On Dec 23, 2007 12:38 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, two things re: the XO: 1 - How many of us have or will get an XO, probably via the Give1Get1 program? I have one coming before Jan 15 according to a recent email from them. Claiborne has one. Tom Johnson

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC Question

2007-12-30 Thread Tom Johnson
The price change reflects, I suspect, inflation and runs over the budget. However, if you donate $400 to the cause, that buys one device that goes to some kid in the developing world and you, sir, receive the second to use as you will. So it's a $200 per unit cost. I have one, and while I

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-31 Thread Tom Johnson
The major contradiction I have to what he says is regarding battery time. The claim is six to 24 hrs. I'm lucky to get three hours. -tj On Dec 31, 2007 4:19 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just in case folks missed this, David Pogue has a podcast on the XO: Laptop With a Mission

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-31 Thread Tom Johnson
Ah, good point. Did yours arrive? -T. On Dec 31, 2007 6:22 PM, Carl Tollander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just remember it doesn't go to sleep when you close the lid ! :-) Tom Johnson wrote: The major contradiction I have to what he says is regarding battery time. The claim is six to 24

[FRIAM] Another artifact from the history of computing

2008-01-03 Thread Tom Johnson
All A link to an interesting video of John Tukey talking about early digital data display and the rotation of data clouds. See http://flowingdata.com/2008/01/01/john-tukey-and-the-beginning-of-interactive-graphics/or here http://stat-graphics.org/movies/prim9.html -tj --

Re: [FRIAM] Old Computers and Peripherals

2008-01-26 Thread Tom Johnson
Owen: I'm taking a Win2000 PC, keyboard and printer down to a school in Mexico in a couple of weeks, but I'm looking for an appropriate monitor that can also be donated. Might you, or any of the gang, have such? -Tom Johnson On Jan 26, 2008 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [FRIAM] EeePC

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Johnson
Some weeks back there were complaints that these were too slow for experienced users. Has that changed? -tj On Jan 27, 2008 3:55 PM, James Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I totally want one--as soon as the budget allows! So, I'd be interested in others first-hand views. From the reading

Re: [FRIAM] EeePC

2008-01-27 Thread Tom Johnson
Thanks for the info. I have an XO and, in fact, Friam-er Carl Tollander and have have been talking about establishing an XO Interest Group in Santa Fe to swap tip and tricks. At least a half dozen Santa Fe Friam-ers have one. Are you in Santa Fe? -Tom On Jan 27, 2008 4:57 PM, Joseph

[FRIAM] Fwd: [newslib] Sign on for Science Debate 2008!

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Johnson
FYI. -- Forwarded message -- Take a look at this and act as you see fit. http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=2 -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com

[FRIAM] Fwd: Big news for ScienceDebate2008

2008-02-01 Thread Tom Johnson
-- Forwarded message -- From: Shawn Otto-ScienceDebate2008 team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 1, 2008 12:09 AM Subject: Big news for ScienceDebate2008 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [image: Forward this newsletter to a

[FRIAM] For FRIAM-ers in Santa Fe

2008-02-02 Thread Tom Johnson
Folks: I've seen this show twice in San Francisco a couple years back, and highly recommend it, both as fine theater and good story telling. I give it five geodesic domes plus one Dymaxion House.. Lensic Events Event Detail R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE

[FRIAM] Periodic table printmaking project

2008-02-04 Thread Tom Johnson
I'm stuck by the wonderful whimsey of this. Perhaps you will be also. -tj Periodic table printmaking project[image: period table prints] Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph,

Re: [FRIAM] Need some help

2008-02-06 Thread Tom Johnson
Carver: How are you going to address the problem of defining when the tool is deemed created? Seems to me that one of the great and wonderful aspects of the Digital Revolution that that while companies or individuals may release version 1.0 and 1.1, etc., the tool(s) are always in a dynamic

[FRIAM] Spacesuits and Cities at SFI

2008-02-09 Thread Tom Johnson
Interesting seminar at SFI this coming week. Seminar Abstract *Wednesday, February 13, 2008* • 12:15 PM • Medium Conference Room, SFI *Nicholas de Monchaux* University of California, Berkeley *Spacesuits and Cities* In the last five years, the language of self-organization and evolutionary

Re: [FRIAM] Santa Fe Complex BarCamp March 7 and 8 (?)

2008-02-19 Thread Tom Johnson
Yeah, I'm for such things. But how might we flesh out the idea/topics? -tj On 2/15/08, Stephen Guerin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, how about a Santa Fe Complex BarCamp on March 7,8 at http://www.santafecomplex.org? Out of towners can camp in the space and *maybe* Simon has an alternative

[FRIAM] INVITE THIS GUY TO DIGITAL URBAN STUDIES: paris and emergence

2008-02-21 Thread Tom Johnson
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Nicholas Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like your description of a LEARNING ORGANIZATION. What a splendid way to be! As army ants are to the forest, so are you to knowledge. Nick [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: friam@redfish.com

[FRIAM] NSF - Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge

2008-03-01 Thread Tom Johnson
FYI *Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge*http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/index.jsp Visuals can communicate research results and scientific phenomena in ways that words cannot. That's why NSF cosponsors this international contest to recognize outstanding achievements in

[FRIAM] visualcomplexity.com | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks and other data-intensive events

2008-03-02 Thread Tom Johnson
Some new and updated projects: http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ -tj -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)

[FRIAM] Kicking the Internet up a notch

2008-04-06 Thread Tom Johnson
Let's see now: what are the odds we in New Mexico -- hell, in the U.S. -- will ever see a fraction of this in our home? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece?print=yesrandnum=1207538948023--- -- tj == J. T. Johnson Institute

Re: [FRIAM] The quintessence of complexity thinking

2008-04-09 Thread Tom Johnson
Nick: For a good introduction to applied complexity, perhaps your colleagues would like to look at Robert Axelrod's home page at the Univ. of Michigan http://www-personal.umich.edu/~axe/ http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Eaxe/ and specifically the link Recent Courses in the left column. That will

[FRIAM] Santa Fe and Complexity in Cuba

2008-04-19 Thread Tom Johnson
appreciate it if you could point me to any potential funders. All the best, Tom Johnson == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED

[FRIAM] Design and the The Elastic Mind TV interview on the Web

2008-05-08 Thread Tom Johnson
Colleagues: Last month I mentioned to some of you my visit to New York's Museum of Modern Art and, specifically, its now-closed but wonderful exhibit, Design and the The Elastic Mind. Last night, public broadcasting interviewer Charlie Rose spent much of his hour talking to the exhibit's

[FRIAM] FYI -- New book on Emergence, Complexity, and Self-Organization

2008-05-16 Thread Tom Johnson
Colleagues: Check out http://tinyurl.com/3emlvd Emergence, Complexity, and Self-Organization $52.99 $42.39 [image: Emergence, Complexity, and Self-Organization] Click to enlargejavascript:popupWindow('http://isce239.securesites.net/~isce239/isce.edu/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=63') [image:

Re: [FRIAM] NYTimes.com: The Obama Connection

2008-05-27 Thread Tom Johnson
I like Emergentzy. Easy to remember and probably easy to spell. The system's current state of emergentzy. And it could be emergentzied and emergentzing. -T On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Parks, Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... A column that, whether the

[FRIAM] Applied Complexity in Cuba

2008-07-14 Thread Tom Johnson
at the University of Camagüey. Any donations would be most welcome. Thanks again for your interest in this unique project. Saludos y adelante, Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa

[FRIAM] MIT tech talk videos

2008-07-18 Thread Tom Johnson
Surely of interest to some of us: *MIT TechTv [Macromedia Flash Player]* http://techtv.mit.edu/ Some people out there might be thinking: What will MIT think up next? Well, they've probably thought up a number of things in the time it takes just to read this sentence, but one of their latest

Re: [FRIAM] Testing ... Can Friam support WYSIWIS?

2008-07-28 Thread Tom Johnson
Looks find in Gmail, although the URLs in the message are NOT hyperlink, which they are in the Rich Text Format of Gmail. -tj On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've all heard about WYSIWYG but that just means your printer can show what your screen shows.

Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Whiskey's for Drinking -- WRONG DATES?????

2008-08-06 Thread Tom Johnson
Don: Google Calendar says the Taos Acequia presentation is *WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6, not not Tuesday the 5th?* On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Don Begley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A double-header tomorrow night guaranteed to hit both cerebral hemispheres. g -d- Begin forwarded message:

Re: [FRIAM] Intro

2008-08-11 Thread Tom Johnson
Welcome, John. I hope you can visit Santa Fe and give us a rich briefing on category theory. All the best, Tom Johnson On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:11 PM, John F. Kennison [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi, My name is John Kennison and I am glad to be welcomed to the Friam group. I am a retired Math

[FRIAM] Take 30 seconds to advance science coverage

2008-08-19 Thread Tom Johnson
This is about the U.S. presidential candidates, but obviously science-related issues are a global concern. -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: Shawn Otto - ScienceDebate2008 team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:12 PM Subject: Take 30 seconds to advance science

[FRIAM] Items of interest

2008-09-13 Thread Tom Johnson
Many of us, I suspect, are familiar with the fine weekly listserv, The Internet Scout Project report from the Univ. of Wisconsin. ( http://scout.wisc.edu/ ) If not, here a couple items that may be of interest to the list. -tom johnson Atta texana: An Underground View of an Ant Colony [Quick Time

[FRIAM] THE FOURTH QUADRANT: A MAP OF THE LIMITS OF STATISTICS

2008-09-15 Thread Tom Johnson
Perhaps of interest to some of us. -tj THE THIRD CULTURE Statistical and applied probabilistic knowledge is the core of knowledge; statistics is what tells you if something is true, false, or merely anecdotal; it is the logic of science; it is

[FRIAM] Fwd: 2008 SEVC Winners Announced

2008-09-25 Thread Tom Johnson
-- Forwarded message -- From: National Science Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sep 25, 2008 12:02 PM Subject: 2008 SEVC Winners Announced To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are unable to see the message below, click here to

[FRIAM] results of a typical FRIAM session at St. John's

2008-09-26 Thread Tom Johnson
See http://flowingdata.com/2008/09/26/caption-contest-winner-is/all-captions/ -- tj == J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c)505.473.9646(h)

[FRIAM] Annenberg scholars evaluate political differences on technology

2008-10-06 Thread Tom Johnson
Annenberg scholars evaluate political differences on technology http://arnic.info/policywatch.php Annenberg Research Network on International Communications Campaign 2008: USC Annenberg Technology and Media Policy Watch Sept. 30 Ernest J. Wilson, Dean, Annenberg School For Communication An

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] off topic

2008-10-12 Thread Tom Johnson
Nick is quite correct. And remember, too, that it is better to VOTE EARLY VOTE IN PERSON in any state where it is possible. And if you're a U.S. citizen abroad, get your ballots mailed this week. Post-election analysis in 2004 and 2006 suggests that mailed-in ballots are more prone to

[FRIAM] Ruth Charney on Modeling with Cubes [Macromedia Flash Player]

2008-10-31 Thread Tom Johnson
From the Internet Scout *Ruth Charney on Modeling with Cubes [Macromedia Flash Player]* http://www.maa.org/news/102308charney.html The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) continues to build on their already solid online presence with the addition of this lecture by noted

Re: [FRIAM] Book List

2008-11-06 Thread Tom Johnson
Jack: Hidden Harmony does look like an interesting read. How soon can we expect to see you in Santa Fe to give a presentation (and book signing?) at the Santa Fe Complex (www.sfcomplex.org)? -tom johnson On 11/6/08, Jack Leibowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From

[FRIAM] Obama's Science and Innovation Plans

2008-11-07 Thread Tom Johnson
fyi. -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Lowenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:12 AM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Obama's Science and Innovation Plans To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From this week's State Science and Technology Institute newsletter:

[FRIAM] Are your skills obsolete?

2008-11-10 Thread Tom Johnson
All: Some of us may recall Bruce Sterling's fun site, Dead Media, technologies that no longer are necessary or exist. http://www.deadmedia.org/ The human side of all that can now be found at Obsolete Skills http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/Skills Build your personal timeline of obsolescence,

Re: [FRIAM] Fewer subscription requireds

2008-11-11 Thread Tom Johnson
And here's a neat little Greasemonkey script that is also helpful: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36647 -tj On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Robert Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A neat little tip (via lifehacker) that improves the odds of avoiding those subscription required messages

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