Archives of links - network technology
October 19, 2005
VisualComplexity - visualization resource
From the MindJet Blog, a pointer to Visual Complexity
VisualComplexity - A unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks…across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web.
Tim found it on Emily Changs’s e-hub.
March 20, 2005
Book chapter: Software for Social Network Analysis
Impressive review of Social Network Analysis software. Software for Social Network Analysis by Mark Huisman and Marijtje A.J. van Duijn.
Abstract: This chapter gives a state-of-the art overview of available (free and commercial) software for social network analysis as of fall 2003. It reviews and compares six programs, illustrating their functionality with example data. Data manipulation options and available support are also discussed. Furthermore, seventeen other, of which nine special-purpose, software packages and five software routine packages for general statistical software are reviewed briefly. The chapter concludes with some recommendations.
October 03, 2004
SNA Tools Discussion
From Patti Anklam and Joseph Hutchinson's organization, comes a discussion of SNA Tools
Tools for SNA are best learnt through formal training or some form of apprenticeship or mentoring. The tools are not designed for novices; they assume some sort of prior training in the sociological and mathematical aspects of networks. Generally, the tools are taught in the context of a university course: either a graduate program (there are over a dozen universities, worldwide, that offer graduate courses in social networks), or (increasingly) in organizational development courses or in business schools.
May 12, 2004
Jabberwokky article
TheFeature :: Intel: Keeping Tabs on Your Slithy Toves
Mark Frauenfelder, one of the contributers to BoingBoing has written a short article on Jabberwokkey. A Bluetooth application from Intel which uses Bluetooth enabled cell phones to track "familiar strangers".
A familiar stranger is someone you see frequently but do not know personally, such as the people who take the same bus or train as you each morning, or the other regulars at your favorite café.
March 19, 2004
empyrean, a virtual network
empyrean is a parrallel universe, an etheric arena beyond space and time - the hungry void of potentiality. it is the place of emptiness where all things are possible, the realm of the spirit, embracing the folds of the soul.