new york times

This sounds like a very cool visualization site - can't wait to try it.

Quoted: An experimental Web site allows users to upload the data they want to visualize, then try sophisticated tools to generate interactive displays.
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The Many Eyes site, begun in January 2007, offers 16 ways to present data, from stack graphs and bar charts to diagrams that let people map relationships. TreeMaps, showing information in colorful rectangles, are among the popular tools.

Some great mentions and a quote from StartPad tenants, RescueTime, in the New York Times this weekend.

Quoted: A typical information worker who sits at a computer all day turns to his e-mail program more than 50 times and uses instant messaging 77 times, according to one measure by RescueTime, a company that analyzes computer habits. The company, which draws its data from 40,000 people who have tracking software on their computers, found that on average the worker also stops at 40 Web sites over the course of the day.
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“We are hunter-gatherers at the core,” said Tony Wright, chief executive of RescueTime, who is also a member of the new nonprofit group. “We open e-mail and hit ‘send and receive’ to see if something interesting has come in.”

Quoted: Stanley Fish's columns on challenging entrenched ideas about politics, education and society.

Interesting, a lot of this stuff has been out there for a while, but often you know its hit the mainstream when its in the New York Times.

Quoted: Stand-alone Starbucks stores in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and other cities will have no trans fats in their food as of Wednesday.

Quoted: RHETORIC: “[Obama] was cautious — even on the Iraq war, which he had opposed as a Senate candidate, he voted against the withdrawal of troops. He proposed a drawdown only after he was running for president and polls showed voters favoring it.” [New York Times, 3/9/08]
REALITY: Obama Began Calling For A Phased Withdrawal From Iraq In November 2005

Biographical article about the maker of the Saturday NYT crossword this week - one of the most diabolical in recent memory.

Quoted: Crossword maker Bob Klahn is a puzzling character

A wonderful story about Amazon customer experience this holiday.

Quoted: As the case of Amazon.com reveals, maybe taking care of customers is something worth doing when you are trying to create a lasting company.

The idea was to create food so authentic that people would leave the theater with an urge to cook and eat. But it turns out that computer-generated food can look much scarier than a computer-generated bug or car.