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IBM Many Eyes After One Month

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the measuring-the-web dept.

ReadWriteWeb writes "IBM's Many Eyes app, a 'shared visualization and discovery' service, has been running for a month now. In this article two of the IBM researchers behind Many Eyes, Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda B. Viégas, showcase some of the best visualizations so far. They also talk about the future of 'social data analysis' on the Web. Wattenberg and Viégas believe that Many Eyes is not just social software, but 'societal-scale software.' They say that Many Eyes represents a break from conventional visualization research. Traditionally, computer scientists concentrate on scaling in terms of data, making visualizations work for bigger and bigger databases. IBM's agenda with Many Eyes is to scale the audience, not the data."

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  1. I'm glad the summary was there by greenguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because otherwise, that would have been the most unintelligible headline I've ever seen on Slashdot.

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    What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
    1. Re:I'm glad the summary was there by Chacham · · Score: 3, Funny

      Upcoming headline:
      "IBM Many Eyes After Two Months"

      Or: Many eyes eye IBM Many Eyes
      Or: IBM eyes many Many Eyes implementations
      Or: I spy with my Many Eyes, something by IBM

      iii... this is too much.

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  2. Best way to get people to look... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've found the best way to get people to look is to mark the package:
    "Private and confidential"
    and make sure everyone knows about it.

    Its from the same school of thought as the big red button.

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    1. Re:Best way to get people to look... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought the magic phrase was 'barely legal teens'.

  3. A million eyes attached to half a million idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It seems to be the Linux philosophy when we look at the design.