Interestingness Is to Flickr As PageRank Is to Google The recursive nature of Flickr’s interestingness makes it analogous to Google’s PageRank–the complex site ranking system used by Google that ranks sites fundamentally using the PageRanks of the sites that provide links (“inbound links”) to the ranked sit

The Interesting Economy Today, Flickr has interestingness, which is a measure of some combination of how many times a picture has been viewed, how many comments it has, how many times it’s been tagged or marked as a favorite, and some other special sauce. I suppose revealing the

Flickr Interestingness Rankings Patents Released Blog posts about Flickr’s interestingness, and a February Flickr forum post on changes to the interestingness rankings, show a lot of interest in the “secret sauce” on how photos are determined to be interesting. A couple of patent applications were

A Tale of Three Communities The online world has created a culture of creation among ordinary people. Meanwhile, magazines are still partying like it’s 1899. Writers write, readers read, and never the twain shall meet.

Middle Finger, Olympics! I walked right by it not thinking to take a photo of it. Not only do I work in the same office as a company with a citizen journalism site, but I work with citizen journalists. If you see them any of the posters elsewhere in Vancouver and use Flickr, be s

Worldchanging Tour: Vancouver November 5, 2006 We often show our love for Vancouver in posts on Worldchanging, but now we can show it in person. Please join us for an evening of big ideas and fun people on November 5 at Workspace. Here are the details: November 5th: VANCOUVER at Workspace 6:00-8:30pm

Office has more than a stunning view. Article about Workspace in the dead tree newspaper.

Jump.TV using Drupal JumpTV is -according to itself- “…the world’s leading destination for online television” It offers nearly 200 channels from more than 65 countries, and it recently switched to Drupal! In a short interview we asked Tom Herman why they choose Drupal as th

South by Northwest at Iron Cactus (Monday, March 12, 2007) Blue Flavor, Bryght and Raincity Studios are proud to present the second annual South by Northwest (SXNW) geek fest party at the Iron Cactus in Downtown Austin. There will be plenty of free drinks and cool people to meet. This year we have booked virtuall

How to Geekify Your Halloween Fanboys and girls geek up their Halloween experience with these ultra-cool projects — one constructed his own Green Lantern ring, another built a robotic Dalek out of a pumpkin (truly awesome). Love the Han Solo in Carbonite serving dish.

Drupal 5.0 beta 1 Announced Drupal 5.0 beta1 has been announced. “It comes with many new features, including a web-based install system, improved administration tools, and a shiny new theme! There are also tons of under-the-hood improvements, such as the inclusion of the jQuery Java

Online participation: for every regular contributor, nine occasionals and ninety-nine lurkers Working with everything from political groups to online discussion boards, I’ve heard the same lament: “We have so many members. Why do we have so few people participating?”

Vancouver League of Drupalers October 2006 For those of you who couldn’t make it Roland blogged the meeting notes.

The Paradox of Registering Bloggers’ Real Names in China The powers that be over the blogosphere in China, China’s Net regulator Ministry of Information Industries (MII), has just put forth an initiative that may be issued in the near future, where upon all bloggers in China will be required to register their r

China bans “partying” and other innapropriate behaviour on the Great Wall Oh well, you already got my great shot on it!

One in three read blogs: Environics One-third of Canadians who are active Internet users have read a blog within the last three months, new research reveals. And it's not just young people who are reading these Web diaries, a study by Environics Research of Toronto found. Aging baby boo

Elika Designs Infusing elements of Japanese design, contemporary architechture, and nature itself, Elika Designs offers intricate hand-detailed garments, rich with texture and beauty. (My friend Hrissa’s company.)