danah boyd | apophenia

making connections where none previously existed

My name is danah boyd and I'm a researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society. I received my PhD from the School of Information at UC-Berkeley. I live in Boston, MA. Buzzwords in my world include: public/private, identity, context, youth culture, social network sites, social media. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

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finding fascinating flickr clusters

One of the best things about Flickr’s new clustering algorithm is that it brings out the treasure hunt desire. Surfing can go on for hours as you track down fascinating clusters amongst the bazillion photos. Ever since my night (where many hours disappeared), i forced myself to resist the temptation. But then, benchun went and pointed me to: the twister cluster: