Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
Who am I, when I am online? Why to I do the things I do? Who suffers? Who is right and who is wrong? This classic essay preceding the Internet is absolutely fascinating and oh, so well written…. They say…
As Hurricane Sandy started pummeling New Jersey shore, it is worth looking again at this map, published by The New York City Office for emergency Management, which indicates what New York City are most prone to flooding. The map displays in:…
Irene might’ve not destroyed the Manhattan skyscrapers with over 100 mph winds and 10 foot high tide surges, as some Godzilla-meets-King Kong extreme weather scenario aficionados dreamed, but it did do a lot of damage in the coastal areas of many seabord…
Irene landed in the New York metropolitan area with less force than expected but it still carried a punch. Various areas of the city were flooded, from Battery Park, to Hoboken and parts of Long Island. Manhattan took the hit, however, in…
Update: Sandy related map and article Pictures of Irene flooding in Manhattan Irene has made its first landfall last night in North Carolina at a weaker than expected intensity 1. As the cone of probable impact covers much of New York…
Al Gore’s next book promises to start a publishing revolution. Keep your eyes on Push Pop Press. The 800-pound gorilla in this digital space is Adobe, whose tools are used to create some tablet periodicals (including the iPad version of WIRED magazine).…
The book “DSK: Les Secrets d’un presidentiable” (Secrets of a presidential contender) affirms that Dominique Strauss Kahn, the recently resigned IMF head arrested for sexual assault at Sofitel Hotel in New York, was a customer of the Paris swinger (wife swapping) club…
Academic researchers have deployed in the last decade several innovative approaches to studying social networking and via graph and complexity analysis. Here is a sampler of most intriguing papers: 1. Critical mass and willingness to pay for social networks 2.NodeXL: Network Overview,…