15 July 2002

Valdis Krebs: social network analysis Valdis' work on social networks is fascinating. His software tool, InFlow, allows a visualisation of the connections and influences in a network of people. (Related?: The Brain, which seems to have mutated into a knowledge management tool.) Rodcorp thinks InFlow might be ideal for tracking the relationships between artists or between other creative people in history, eg: artists who taught/influenced/broke away from/competed with other artists. In its simplest sense it could be a art historical genealogy of teacher/student relationships, analogous to a family history (a genealogy of genetics/marriage). In a broader sense, there would be a genealogy/network of ideas. However it's more a network than a strict genealogy because it's wider than merely X taught Y taught Z, and for this reason, using genealogical software seems a little limiting. InFlow's network metrics could be run on the map to see who was most influential in the network. 8:46:32 PM     comments

Museum of Online Museums "online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions". However for transit maps, go here. 7:29:53 PM     comments