A visualization of people who’ve contributed to the Barack Obama page on Wikipedia. Users who edit a lot drift toward the center. Best watched full screen. Visualized using code_swarm (Processing) and my new Wikipedia page history parser Wikiswarm (Ruby). Instructions on how to make your own visualizations can be found in the README.
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looking fwd to more!!
I wish the graphics were a little more detailed in the video. In full size they rendered really poorly, though.
Politics aside, that was one of the best mashup songs I have heard since the Ballmer “developers” techno mashup.
@NGinuity
You can view it in HD on the vimeo site.
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