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Ethan Zuckerman has a great post up on Visualizing Social Networks via Excel, and shares some interesting behavioral patterns for Usenet technical support via Microsoft Research.
The findings identified some key behavioral patterns in participants:
Rather than analyzing the content of these newsgroups (hard to do, as they’re huge), Smith and his team looked at structures. […]

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Via Autism Vox, a great story about Matthew Morreale’s micro enterprise, the Matthew James Co:
Matthew Morreale, 24, could help answer a question that vexes advocates, politicians and parents of autistic children: Can we help these adults be more than a tax burden? Matthew is thought to be the first local example of a statewide trend. […]

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Look what showed up in the mail today!
They made a good choice - I’ll probably use both the cookbook and the apron.
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When Matt Harding quit his job in 2003, he didn’t plan on becoming an internet celebrity, but in the years since, his dancing videos have racked up more than 15 million online views. In 2006, he was approached by Stride Gum and their sponsorship has led to steady gains in traffic and attention.
His most recent […]

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