Howard Rheingold: Streamtools – a Graphical Tool for Working with Streams of Data

Introducing Streamtools: A Graphical Tool for Working with Streams of Data New and open source from the New York Times R&D Lab We see a moment coming when the collection of endless streams of data is commonplace. As this transition accelerates it is becoming increasingly apparent that our existing toolset for dealing with streams of data is …

Jean Lievens: BITCOIN – How It Works And Why It Could Threaten Legacy Payment Tools (e.g. Credit Cards)

BITCOIN: How It Works, And Why It Could One Day Threaten Legacy Payments Tools Like Credit Cards Bitcoin is most often discussed as a volatile digital currency, beloved by some, derided by others. But where Bitcoin’s real value lies is as a payments technology that has the potential to revolutionize the legacy payments industry. Bitcoin …

Robin Good: Beyond Search to Content Curation Tools — 21 Evaluation Criteria

  Content Curation Tools Buyer’s Guide: 21 Criteria To Identify Your Ideal One From www.masternewmedia.org – January 21, 6:11 PM Nonetheless we are just at the beginning of a new era, in which content curation will be as important as search, there is already an apparent abundance of content curation tools of all kinds. Evaluating …

Robin Good: Curation Tools and Techniques for Journalists

Paul Bradshaw, author, blogger and reference point for anyone doing online journalism, illustrates with a rich series of examples, the different types of content curation tools and techniques that can be effectively used by journalists today. The article covers basic curation principles and guidelines as well as offering a set of mini-tutorials on curating lists, …