Items of Interest

Modelling Network Infection

Kevin Simler has a fascinating interactive post on meltingasphalt.com describing how infections or ideas spread within a network of nodes. The spread of a contagion through a network can be used to not only model disease propagation but also the spread of ideas or nuclear reactions.

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Emergence & Diversity

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Quartz has an interesting article about how John H Holland's Emergence in computer science theory could be applied to understanding and managing diversity in the workplace. Emergence investigates how the whole can be different from the sum of its parts, or how an entity can have behaviours that its parts do not have on their own.

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Company Culture Blueprint

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If you are looking for a blueprint on how to operate a good company culture, this Seth Godin blog post is a great place to start. Testing falsifiable assertions in a supportive a progressive environment is the goal.

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Which Visualization

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Steven Franconeri has created a nice data visualisation reference guide that helps you choose how to display data based on the structure of the data rather than on how people want to see the data.

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Swearch

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Swearch is an interesting tumblr project created by Dublin based art director Niall Staines. The site creates a palette of colours for a movie based on the pre-loader colour returned from a google images search for that movie.

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Climate & Biodiversity Emergency

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Following the release this week of a summary of a 1,500 page UN report detailing how humans are accelerating the extinction of up to one million plant and animal species, the Green Party in Ireland have successfully passed an amendment to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency in government. Ireland is the second country to do this, following the UK.

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Eco Passenger

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Eco Passenger is a handy website that allows you to compare the environmental impact of trips across mainland Europe. TL;DR; Take the train.

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Hay NAWR #1

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Last weekend, the first NAWR spin-off concert series launched in Hay-On-Wye. Hay NAWR #1 took place in The Globe at Hay and featured performances by Peiriant, Jenn Kirby, Beresford / Hammond and Teddy Hunter. Check out the photos from the concert here.

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TV Review: Knock Down The House

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Netflix released its political documentary Knock Down The House this week. The film follows the campaigns of four non-career politicians that ran for congress in the U.S. 2018 midterm elections, endorsed to run by the Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress committees. The stories and journeys of all four campaigners are riveting and emotional, but perhaps the most famous of which is the story of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who contested in the district of The Bronx & Queens in New York City.

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Movie Review: Ralph Breaks The Internet

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Ralph Breaks The Internet (aka Wreck It Ralph 2) is a fantastic animated film with the irony and metaphor levels of Family Guy while still being family friendly. Along with the well rounded plot and character interactions (extended from the first instalment), the film is full to the brim with internet references and memes, translated expertly into the universe paradigm of the Wreck It Ralph movie franchise. Add in an ample sprinkling of Disney multiple franchise character appearances and you have a very enjoyable watch.

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