Big data is distrupting Hollywood scriptwriting

How Big Data Is Rewriting Hollywood Scripts By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com Ever wonder why all movies seem to look the same? Yeah, there’s a reason. I hon­est­ly can’t tell hor­ror movies apart. From set and cos­tume design to the trail­ers that all seem to have the same…tempo…of…HE’S RIGHT THERE, OMG!!—nov­el­ty has… How Big Data Is … Continue reading Big data is distrupting Hollywood scriptwriting

Postach.io converts your Evernotes to a content management system

Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com One of the more inter­est­ing projects to emerge from Ever­note’s 2013 Devcup hackathon is called Postach.io, a new blog­ging plat­form that turns your Ever­note note­book into a con­tent man­age­ment sys­tem. Input Logic, the Vancouver-based… Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog http://flip.it/vOkRS http://flip.it/IV8vaContinue reading Postach.io converts your Evernotes to a content management system

Hyper realistic CGI and the end of product photography

Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers Joseph Flaherty, wired.com Computer-generated images are moving out of theaters and onto store shelves and catalog pages, thanks to new software that makes it nearly impossible to distinguish the real from the photorealistic. RT @core77: “Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers” - http://flip.it/6ZNXV http://flip.it/KMl3H

Learn to code with these online resources

Learn to Code for Free With These 10 Online Resources Zoe Fox, mashable.com Click here to view this galleryIf Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates say so, it must be true: Understanding how to code is the new literacyTake Zuck and Gates’ advice — learn to code. Understanding computer programming will open doors to new jobs … Continue reading Learn to code with these online resources

Quadrigram: New visual programming environment

Blog Archive » Quadrigram: New visual programming environment launches May 15th, 2012 in news, resources, visualisingdata.com Quadrigram: New visual programming environment launches In recent months we’ve seen a num­ber of new devel­op­ments on the tools side of the visu­al­i­sa­tion field. We’ve had Datawrap­per, the Miso project and are still wait­ing in antic­i­pa­t… RT @visualisingdata: Quadrigram: New … Continue reading Quadrigram: New visual programming environment

Spotmaps translates every second of a film into a block of color

Spotmaps translates every second of a film into a block of color By Amar Toor, theverge.com What can a film’s color scheme say about its nar­ra­tive? Accord­ing to Spotmaps, quite a lot. Cre­at­ed by Andy Willis, Spotmaps is a Python-based project that con­cep­tu­al­izes clas­sic movies not in words or sto­ry­boards, but highly-detailed… RT @verge: Spotmaps … Continue reading Spotmaps translates every second of a film into a block of color

Funf: computational social science in your pocket

Open-source Funf platform taps into Android’s huge knowledge about you By Daniel Cossins, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Novem­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flip.it/FiWXt Related articles Why … Continue reading Funf: computational social science in your pocket

Why Panasonic Lumix GH3 will be the best video tool

Panasonic Lumix GH3 launches on December 13th, but pricing remains a mystery Mat Smith, engadget.com Pana­son­ic’s forth­com­ing mirror-less mul­ti­me­dia won­der has been given a release date. Yep, the Lumix GH3, with its ‘unlim­it­ed record­ing time’ and mag­ne­sium alloy build, will arrive in the Land of the Ris­ing Sun just over a month from… http://flpbd.it/IcIl5 Related … Continue reading Why Panasonic Lumix GH3 will be the best video tool