OK, so I just got really obsessed with a very arcane question. There are 'land' and 'water' hemispheres that maximize the amount of each (below). But can you divide the earth into two hemispheres that are each 29% land, 71% water, just like the earth as a whole? The LLMs said no… but I persisted.

Find us today at the MIT @medialab.bsky.social — and at Northeastern tomorrow and Sunday — during #infoplus2025 with the latest books on data visualization and design. Looking forward to presentations by authors @kanarinka.bsky.social, @laurenfklein.bsky.social, @dietoff.bsky.social, and others!

What's a data object, and why are they innovative as hell?! Check out today's blog post! datasoapbox.com/book-review-... Edited by @cybunk.bsky.social @tnagel.bsky.social Lora Oehlberg & Wesley Willett, featuring projects by @dietoff.bsky.social @flowingdata.com @kimsauve.bsky.social & many others!

Book Review: Making with Data - Data Soapbox

If you’ve been around Ye Olde Blog for a while, you may have seen me geek out about data art. So, when I heard about Making with Data (MWD), I had to check it out.* MWD features more than 25 physical ...

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Sharing this recent interview with @dietoff.bsky.social, E76 | "The Shape of Synthetic Data" Pondering AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njJ...

E76 | The Shape of Synthetic Data with Dietmar Offenhuber | Pondering AI

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An absolutely fascinating visualization of astronomical objects in scientific publications by date of publication. @dietoff.bsky.social #VK25

@dietoff.bsky.social referring to the difference between “data” (things given) and “capta” (things taken) from Johanna Drucker. A third perspective could be “acta” (things done). #VK25

At the 2025 Architectural Biennale in Venice, @dietoff.bsky.social and his @northeasternu.bsky.social team have created a project, transforms Venice into a physical reservoir computer, using tidal waters to process information and visualize slow environmental changes. @nu-policyschool.bsky.social

Looking forward to our Haystack residency in July. Thanks for the invitation, Orkan! www.haystack-mtn.org/summer-works...

Crafting Intelligence — Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Every day we are increasingly surrounded by algorithms, chatbots, and language models that alienate us from the art, craft, and materiality of intelligence. But does digital intelligence have to be be...

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Experiments in Time Distance Map - gorgeous new collection of Kohei Sugiura’s time space maps going back to the 1960s. Deeply influenced me 20 years ago, but then I knew them only in BW- the color schemes are amazing. The appendix explains the geometry and math.