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an interactive network visualization that shows the current listening activity of MyStrands users. every time a user plays a track by a recognizable artist, it will show up in real-time on the map as a small circular node, along with the album art. if 2 or more artists are played consecutively, they will become linked. eventually, strands of related artists will form from individual user’s listening histories, establishing the artist as a “hub” of shared musical information between multiple users.
a tutorial movie explaining the visualization concept in detail is available after the break.
[link: mystrands.com & mystrands.com (blog)|thnkx Justin]
see also mystrandsmusic recommendation system.
HEADLINES
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
To see the balloon drop,
