Today I watched one of my favourite TED presentations. It mixes some of my favourite topics, nowadays: data visualization and social networks. It’s almost a crazy dream to think that someday, everything you upload to the internet will be connected to the semantic web. You will be able to upload your holiday pictures and they will be tagged automatically. And if you forgot to shoot a little detail on the landscape, don’t worry, someone else did that task for you. On one hand, it seems a dream (everything connected, you, your data, your friends, your city, your favourite restaurant, etc, etc) but on the other hand there are many leaking issues such as privacy…

EDIT: check it here: http://photosynth.net/

Some days ago, I found this little video about Fractals on my iPod Nano. I truly recommend you to take a look at the video.

It’s a presentation by the mathematician Ron Eglash who exposes in 16 minutes his whole investigation about African fractals, in buildings and braids. The whole subject is fascinating even if you don’t like maths.

The main reason why I’m publishing this here, doesn’t have to do with fractals.
It has to do with modern lifestyle. I was watching the video then I stopped and thought: “Here I am, on my daily way to work, watching in a small (and beautiful) device the resume of an interesting life of investigation.” High quality devices, high quality contents… all on the palm of my hand.

More about this subject: a list of fractals in Wikipedia, including my favourite one: Pythagoras Triangle. This is very handful in boring meetings :) All you need is a pen and a piece of paper. The limit is your patience!