Meet the Man Behind the Map: Washington, D.C.'s and Baltimore's Historical Trains, Subway-Style - Curbed Interviews The remnants of abandoned train lines are still visible to this day, often drawing curiosity from what David Edmondson calls "legacy train nerds." As a railway enthusiast, himself, Edmondson became tired of not knowing where these train lines were or how they connected, deciding to take it into his own hands to map each line in a colorful subway-style map. He describes his maps as "quasi-geographical train service diagram[s]" that are able to show the rails and also the service of each train. By utilizing 1930's railway timetables, he's completed a map of the San Francisco Bay Area's historical trains and is currently working on one that will cover the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore areas. What interested you in starting your project to create historic railroad maps? Basically, I was sick of not knowing what [the] train services [were] that ran on the abandoned lines I saw on Google Maps or heard about from legacy train nerds. What areas in the U.S. are you hoping to cover?
Utiliser les médias sociaux dans les campagnes de communication (c) blog.aysoon.com Maintenant que tout le monde est au même diapason et que nul ne peut nier l’omniprésence des médias sociaux dans notre société, il serait pertinent de savoir comment les utiliser et les intégrer dans nos campagnes publicitaires. Toute entreprise qui se respecte désire faire partie de la vague mais jusqu’à ce jour les offensives menées se sont avérées plutôt négatives. Pourquoi ? Les entreprises sont impatientes et s’empressent de mettre sur pied leur propre blogue, s’ouvrent un compte Twitter mais n’ont aucun contenu à mettre en ligne, rien d’intéressant à dire et surtout rien qui suscitera l’intérêt d’un consommateur. Icono (c) Ipub Cet article sera divisé en 3 sections Qui sont les médias sociaux ? Qui sont les médias sociaux ? Avec tous ces sites qui rejoignent des milliers de personnes partout à travers le monde il faut bien que du contenu soit généré…. par quels moyens ? Contenu social FlickrYou TubeDeliciousRSSWidgetsWikisForumCommentaires… Les avantages… facebook.
The 1944 Court Decision That Changed Hollywood The showbiz press has been abuzz all day with news of a surprise shake-up (a group of high-powered talent agents defected en masse from one top agency to another). Most of the coverage has been inside baseball, but an analysis in The Hollywood Reporter by Matthew Belloni provides some interesting insight into Hollywood history: Consider the case of the late legendary agent, who spent most of his career at ICM before defecting to William Morris in 2007, taking with him such clients as Denzel Washington, Steve Martin and more. [Ed] Limato was under contract to ICM but when the agency tried to diminish his status, he argued, in effect, that his contract was “illegal” because it violated California’s strict “seven-year rule” for personal services contracts. That law dates back to actress Olivia de Havilland’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. in the 1940s for repeatedly extending her contract with the studio after “suspending” her for rejecting suggested roles. Read the story Like this: Related
14 B2B Thinkers to Follow on Twitter One of the best values that Twitter offers is the opportunity to follow smart people and to listen to what they have to say. As Twitter is a conversational medium, you also have the chance to interact with people in your industry that you may have never met. It’s a great way to build relationships, gain insight and have some people to seek out at conferences you may attend. The following is a list of some top B2B thinkers worth following on Twitter. This list is meant to get you started in the space, or to let you know a few more people to follow. If there are others in the B2B space that have provided value to your Twitter experience, let us know in the comments below. Jason Falls @jasonfalls Jason Falls thinks a lot. Kyle Flaherty @KyleFlaherty Communications for @BreakingPoint | Red Sox & Patriots Fan | Bostonian turned Austinite Louis Gray @louisgray Silicon Valley Tech Geek Blogger and Early Adopter Andrew Spoeth @andrewspoeth Marketing director at Enquiro.
July 18, 1992: The First Photo Uploaded to the Web, of CERN’s Parody All-Girl Science Band by Maria Popova Love and science set to song, from quarks to colliders. In 1990, shortly before a CERN physicist subverted gender and science stereotypes by adapting Alice in Wonderland as an allegory in quantum mechanics, a different type of delightful subversion was afoot at the famed European Organization for Nuclear Research, now home to the Large Hadron Collider: Michele Muller, a former British model and actor working as a 3D graphic designer for a virtual reality project at CERN, was dating CERN computer scientist Silvano de Gennaro and found herself frustrated with her boyfriend’s seemingly unending shifts. Rather than fight over it, the two decided to have some fun with the relationship sticking point — Michele set her frustrations to song, asking Silvano to write some music that she would perform at the CERN Hardronic Festival. Oh, and they were actually very, very good. Thanks, Paola Donating = Loving Bringing you (ad-free) Brain Pickings takes hundreds of hours each month.
Avis dexpert : En 2010, travaillez votre "Customer engagement" Les deux maîtres mots de cette année 2010 pour votre stratégie "marketing" risquent bien d’être "Customer engagement" et "Customer Experience". Pour y arriver, si ce n’est déjà fait, il faudra plonger corps et âme dans l’univers impitoyable des réseaux sociaux. Pour étayer ma vision, j'ai eu la grande joie de parcourir la merveilleuse étude "2009 Social Media & Online PR Report" réalisée fin 2009 par bigmouthmedia et Econsultancy. Celle-ci a été menée auprès de plus de 1.000 sociétés (41%), agences (47%) et individus (13%) principalement basée en angletterre (64%) mais qui nous permet de dégager des conclusions intéressantes pour tous. 1. 24% d'entre elles parlent également de l'inabilité de mesure en terme de succès pour un meilleur engagement au niveau des réseaux sociaux. Si personne ne se trouve aux commandes, qui va être la voix de leur société et qui va s'intégrer aux conversations ? Heureusement, quelques marques ont pourtant commencé à s'inscrire dans ce changement.
Five Technologies to Make Sure Your Data Lives Forever They say that on the Internet, nothing ever goes away. This is true, for popular content that’s endlessly shared and remixed. But this kind of viral candy is only the tip of a really big iceberg. One of the major lessons from physics is that thermodynamics hates your guts. How Digital Data Dies This poses a problem, because it makes data storage take effort. Consider the problems posed by data compression. Lossless formats eliminate redundancy, identifying chunks of the file that repeat and replacing them with shorter descriptions. This is generally a good thing: it allows us to download much higher-quality content much faster than would be possible if we were stuck using lossless formats. When you re-encode a file into a lossy format, data is lost. As files travel around the internet, being copied and backed up and remixed and re-encoded, this data loss adds up, and files can become heavily degraded. The same goes double for online content. Can We Do Better? ~50 years ~100 years
Comment r?ussir sa communaut? virtuelle ? La fidélisation reposant souvent sur la création d’une communauté d’utilisateurs, voici un article qui traite des communautés virtuelles, de la création à leur promotion. Qu’est-ce qu’une communauté Virtuelle ? Une communauté virtuelle est un groupe de personnes qui communiquent par l’intermédiaire de mails, internet, courrier, téléphone, pour des raisons professionnelles, sociales, éducatives ou autres. A la source de la communauté, il y a “mettre en commun”, cela implique que ce n’est pas une seule personne qui anime et participe, mais bien qu’il y a un échange entre tous. Le mot virtuel est employé pour signifier qu’il ne s’agit pas de communication face à face (comme dans une association classique), mais via des outils numériques. Cette communauté peut utiliser différents outils pour se “matérialiser” sur internet, du simple forum comme Yahoo Questions / Réponses, à la communauté sur Facebook, en passant par des leaders fédérant une communauté autour d’un Blog, d’une chaine Youtube. 1.
The Film That Launched America's Debate About the Suburbs - Curbed Features The city is over. That's an argument we've heard before. We're hearing it again now, an apparent backlash against the past decade's trend toward new urbanism, with its live/work city lofts, mixed uses, and rooftop gardens. For over a decade, this trend has brought young urban professionals and retirees alike back to the city with its compact streets and walkable spaces. The suburbs were first pushed on the masses during the 1930s. The film, though not directly commissioned by FDR, was certainly a product of his administration: the script was based on an eleven-page outline by "FDR's filmmaker," documentarian Pare Loretz, and the original concept for the film was that of the Housing Act of 1937's co-author, the housing advocate and urban planner Catherine Bauer Wurster. An aerial view of Greenbelt, Maryland, under construction. The film project began in earnest when Clarence Stein launched a non-profit production company called Civic Films in 1938. The film was divided into three parts.
[E-book] Comment les médias sociaux changent l’entreprise DowJones a publié récemment un e-book sur les usages des médias sociaux dans l’entreprise et comment ces nouveaux médias impactent l’organisation et les pratiques actuelles. L’ouvrage rédigé par Robert Scoble et Shel Israel présente 10 conseils pour ne pas perdre le fil de la conversation, ainsi qu’un guide didactique pour générer et maîtriser les conversations. Les outils de médias sociaux révolutionnent la façon de créer et de partager les informations. Télécharger le document Articles similaires:
What The Internet Thinks About - Interactive Infographic What if you saw the Internet’s most-read stories all at once? You would see a picture of what the Internet thinks about – this (click on each story). How do we know all this? What Does the Internet Say About Us? If the Internet is the largest collection of information, it likely reflects what matters to us, humans, the most. Articles that are not as personal, are either useful, like the article that advises on how to extend your Android phone’s battery life, or entertaining, like the article that shows how we sound when we use #hashtags. If we were to condense all these articles into a recipe for a great article, it would be personal, useful, and entertaining. How Did We Get The Data For each top English-language media website in the world, we found the most shared articles using Ahrefs Content Explorer (You can explore these yourself by clicking on the names of publications under the bubbles. The top articles of the top media websites are inside the head based on these criteria: Credits