kwntm

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Using ImageMagick and CSS animations to create mobile previews for video(notes.embed.ly)
5 points by kwntm 10y ago|0 comments
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by kwntm 11y ago
I really like how you visualized it. What are you using for that specifically?
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by kwntm 11y ago
Periscope is a ton of fun to use, and I've had some wonderful experiences. The problem here is that it will be the first time a lot of people do livestreaming. Coming in and seeing these obscene comments is unsettling and certainly mak
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by kwntm 11y ago
Probably one of the most important things overlooked with the embed is responsiveness. Most embeds have width=100% to fit in the outside container, but FB does not do this. Hopefully they'll adopt it.
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by kwntm 12y ago
You bring up great points! >1. Using YT as a proxy for overall attention 'Overall' attention is never a claim. This is simply building upon the views data with what is measured around how far people watch in a video. >2. Adv
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by kwntm 12y ago
>The only thing that matters when putting forth a Superbowl commercial is that the viewer stood around long enough to figure out who sponsored it >The Youtube attention statistics are a nice proxy for it but it didn't take into c
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by kwntm 12y ago
TLDR: highest to lowest cost per minute https://superbowl.firebaseapp.com/s/watched/costminute-
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by kwntm 12y ago
The idea here is that if people connected with the video while watching the superbowl, they shared it online. Commercials were uploaded to YouTube by their respective company, and included a hashtag- deliberate pushes to form a conversation
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9 Hacks to Help Newsrooms Thrive(blog.embed.ly)
1 points by kwntm 12y ago|0 comments
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by kwntm 12y ago
Check out http://www.gfycat.com/about
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Twitter's GIF hack(blog.embed.ly)
280 points by kwntm 12y ago|153 comments
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The shape of what we share: measuring design features of online content(blog.embed.ly)
1 points by kwntm 13y ago|0 comments
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by kwntm 13y ago
I love how smooth this is on mobile, regarding touching and dragging. I've been working on making UIs for simple art projects on mobile browsers and this will be great to learn from. The palette option is fantastic, it's cool to
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Facebook now lets you embed posts anywhere on the web(theverge.com)
1 points by kwntm 13y ago|0 comments
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by kwntm 13y ago
Are there any posts in particular you're thinking of? This would be a very compelling visualization. Haven't seen posts like this myself, but I imagine if I hang around /r/politics I'll see one.
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by kwntm 13y ago
Wow, that's a great idea for next steps. This is the direction I'd love to take this work- getting into the comments and running an analysis. The comments range in size and some can have subtle humor- I wonder how that would affe
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by kwntm 13y ago
That's an awesome idea. A buddy was telling me to create a bot for it too, like if a conversation derails enough and focuses on one of the comments, it would post an image of the network having been derailed. On discovering hot topics
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by kwntm 13y ago
Haha, ok, I guess it's gotta happen then!
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by kwntm 13y ago
Yea, I thought about this a bit. I've seen HN threads turn nasty when they have several layers of depth. Those kinds of conversations are discouraged too with the delay for response. Either way, you're right- it would be cool t
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by kwntm 13y ago
Author here, all the code is available on Github if you want to play around with the visualization or have ideas to improve it: https://github.com/whichlight/reddit-network-vis . Also, you can see a sort of meta discuss
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by kwntm 13y ago
I love the browser editor you made. Very easy to get up and running fast. It'll be a useful tool for teaching, and also for small js projects. Fun project- Thanks!
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Stop trying to figure out which aaS you are, You're a Cloud API company(blog.embed.ly)
4 points by kwntm 13y ago|0 comments
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How embeds make tumblr so addictive(blog.embed.ly)
1 points by kwntm 13y ago|0 comments
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by kwntm 13y ago
churn - for a recurring service the number of people who leave in a given time period. Also represented as a percentage of total customers at the beginning of the time period. related: leaky bucket.
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Tonic - Fast and easy audio synthesis in C++(github.com)
2 points by kwntm 13y ago|0 comments
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Hacking public art with twilio and the rascal micro [video](vimeo.com)
2 points by kwntm 14y ago|0 comments
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Hacking ginormous public art to make it more interactive(newamericanpublicart.tumblr.com)
3 points by kwntm 14y ago|0 comments