Category Archives: Inspiration

Even though the 4D module is now finished (delivered my presentation yesterday.) I came across this lovely twitter stream, and had to share: @haikunewsuk This is Haiku News. All the news, and some reviews. Written in haikus. http://twitter.com/#!/haikunewsuk

LiveLink is a really interesting video sharing website I came across when searching for citizen video journalism. There are videos uploaded in many categories, including a lot of Middle East footage (Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran), lots of current affairs news. … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading this very interesting document from a talk given by University of Surrey Phd student Tim Wang. He was looking into a project slightly similar to mine (much more complex!), in which he created various algorithms and programs … Continue reading →

Terry Flew is the author of the book “New Media: An Introduction” I guess he’d be a new media theorist, as well as an author and blogger. His book was where I first came across the idea of citizen journalism, … Continue reading →

Here is an interesting quote which sums up the idea of citizen journalism, an idea that is central to my 4D project and research: The idea behind citizen journalism is that people without professional journalism training can use the tools … Continue reading →

Newsmap.jp Newsmap.jp (don’t worry about the .jp domain, it’s not Japanese) is a web app for people who find the news just a little bit too… drab. Newsmap creates a colorful treemap out of the news, arranging popular stories on … Continue reading →

PadMapper PadMapper professes to make apartment hunting suck less, and we concur; PadMapper makes apartment hunting suck less.  We’d say, it actually makes apartment hunting fun.  This webapp overlays Craigslist apartment listings over Google maps.  Type in a city, address, … Continue reading →