04.17
randomly discovered cool content
A book by Nathan Yau who writes for FlowingData, Visualize This is a practical guide on visualization and how to approach real-world data. The book is published by Wiley and is available on Amazon and other major online booksellers.
Fridaying: drifting in the office from Manny Balbin on Vimeo.
This is a close friend of mine on a late friday afternoon at work. He’s always one that knows how to bring life to any environment that he’s in.
I’m really long overdue in writing, but thought this was a pretty cool video that I stumbled upon. Combines my love for snowboarding with my love for technology. Fittingly, in tribute to Steve Jobs – who always pushed the design envelope.
Source: Signal Snowboards
My friend Marcus directed a short film. Check it out:
Source: Mayday Filmworks
This video is from a fellow NYU student.
So much stuff. That’s the general theme of a new short film, Web 3.0, by Kate Ray
, a Journalism/Psychology major at NYU.
Video on Web 3.0.
Featuring:
• HIGH-VELOCITY PRESENTATIONS (TED format) by thought leaders from industry, academia,
and Gen Y
• GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH on Gen Y values, spending power, and media consumption
• PERFORMANCES by Gen Y emerging artists
• EDGE-OF-THE NETWORK product demonstrations
• NETWORKING with 500+ senior executives from prestige, media, and technology firms
Agenda:
| SCOTT GALLOWAY: The Next “Greatest” Generation |
| MATTHEW BISHOP: The World Gen Y Will Inherit |
| JANE BUCKINGHAM: What Gen Y Wants from Your Brand |
| JARED COHEN: How Gen Y & Technology Are Changing the Course of History |
| KRYSTAL BALL: How Gen Y Will Govern |
| DR. JAY PARKINSON: Gen Y, Health, & the House Call |
| ERIN SCHRODE: The Green Generation |
| MARK ZANDI: Economic Forecast for Gen Y |
| CINDY GALLOP: Make Love Not Porn |
| DEMO: From the Edge of the Network |
| STERLING LANIER: A Video Tour of Young Affluents’ Closets |
| GREG SHOVE: Finding Gen Y Online |
| ADAM WALDEN: Video Games: Insights & Demo |
| LAURA McEWEN: Gen Y, Fashion, & Influence |
| ANDREW WAGNER: Mindful Consumption: Gen Y & the New Marketplace |
| BEN KAUFMAN: Crowdsourcing, Product Development, & Gen Y |
| DOUG AKIN: How Gen Y Can Evangelize Your Brand |
| PANEL: Prestige Brands They Love |