Weekly Filet #77: Legacy of the Arab Spring. And more.
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This week's top recommendation
It's as difficult as ever to predict how we'll look back, five years from now, ten years from now, at what's been labelled the «Arab Spring». One thing, however, is for sure: It has produced a probably unprecedented wealth of iconic images and videos, spread over social networks. Egyptian photographer Mosa'ab Elshamy has turned 16 months of photography into one great audio slideshow. It proves that photos plus sound can sometimes outclass video. Those images don't have to move to move you.
→ Egypt: 16 Months of Revolutionary Photography (The Arabist)
Further recommendations
A brilliant essay on the word «Hacker» and why it is important that there are people who hack things. Written in 2004, it hasn't lost a bit of its relevance.
→ The Word «Hacker» (Paul Graham)
Before the economy breaks down, lets break down the economy. Starring: A whiteboard and a lot of colorful pens.
→ Punk Economics 5 (David McWilliams)
In people's Wikipedia profiles, you'll often read that they influenced someone or were influenced by someone. Take that data, graph it and you'll get a fascinating visualisation.
→ Graphing every idea in history (Flowing Data)
Five intriguing experiments of how the internet transcends places. My favourites: the Sketchbots and the Data Tracer.
→ Chrome Web Lab (Google)
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