Existing tools that visualize web network data

heatmap_egHere’s a good list of automatically mined network visualizations, mostly leveraging Internet data.  Found it while searching for do-it-yourself network visualization tools which I could use to play with my own real network relations and embed in my blog.  We’re looking at ways to track link utilization on the virtual home website – the visualization show above from Crazy Egg is certainly a neat trick (if not actually analytically useful)

Mining your folders to learn more about expertise

From Bill at Indiana, an article in Technology Review on mining folders in your computer to track what you really do. This and similar efforts mining email always makes me nervous.

The article’s a summary of a human computer interaction conference session.

But mostly it reminded me that I’ve been dissapointed by the quality of information – the depth and, dare I say it ‘expertise’ – revealed in Tech Review articles. I think I cancelled the office subscription, but am open to alternatives…