Tag Archives: Europe

Facebook’s ‘Locality of Friendship’

This visualization by Facebook intern Paul Butler illustrates what he calls the locality of friendship. I was interested in seeing how geography and political borders affected where people lived relative to their friends. I wanted a visualization that would show which cities had a lot of friendships between them. It’s a magnificent effort and scores… Read More »

Podcast: Truthiness

The BBC World Service Business Daily version of my piece on Truthiness.  (The Business Daily podcast is here.)   Loose Wireless 101208 To listen to Business Daily on the radio, tune into BBC World Service at the following times, or click here. Australasia: Mon-Fri 0141*, 0741  East Asia: Mon-Fri 0041, 1441  South Asia: Tue-Fri 0141*, Mon-Fri 0741  East Africa: Mon-Fri… Read More »

Podcast: Miscall, The Decade’s Zeitgeist

The BBC World Service Business Daily version of my column on the miscall.  (The Business Daily podcast is here.)   Loose Wireless 101117  To listen to Business Daily on the radio, tune into BBC World Service at the following times, or click here. Australasia: Mon-Fri 0141*, 0741  East Asia: Mon-Fri 0041, 1441  South Asia: Tue-Fri 0141*, Mon-Fri 0741  East Africa: Mon-Fri… Read More »

Podcast: Impoverishment of Design

The BBC World Service Business Daily version of my column on the danger of making computers like appliances (The Business Daily podcast is here.) I’ll try to post the original column at some point. Loose Wireless 101103 To listen to Business Daily on the radio, tune into BBC World Service at the following times, or click here. Australasia: Mon-Fri 0141*,… Read More »

Podcast: The Unfriending Wind

The BBC World Service Business Daily version of my column on unfriending/unfollowing (The Business Daily podcast is here.) I’ll try to post the original column at some point. Loose Wireless 101027 To listen to Business Daily on the radio, tune into BBC World Service at the following times, or click here. Australasia: Mon-Fri 0141*, 0741  East Asia: Mon-Fri 0041, 1441 … Read More »