This is Lukas Bergstrom's personal weblog. You might want to visit my professional site. You can also find me on Twitter, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.

In most observed real-world networks, the value of the network is given by n log n, not n^2.

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
Just published, sounds v. good. Buy at Amazon or download CC-licensed PDFs. Also see the associated wiki maintained by the author.

graphviz (unix, win32), pixelglow (os x)
Feed it a list of what connects to what, and it'll create a pretty graph of your network.

Google is underhyped. I believe it is the coolest thing on earth.

references on zipf's law
zipf's law and website popularity

...and EditThisPage: "...must be doing something right!" Since when is Zipf's Law normative? (He does have a point, but still.)

Tech
s60, Data, PIM, Business, Audio, Medical, MacOS, Social, Open, Hardware, Net, Crowdsourcing, Wearables, WRX, barcamp, Mobile, Collaboration, AI, Visual, Security, Javascript, Development, Automobile, Shopping, Web analytics, a11y, Android, Storage, Product Management, Energy, RSS, OS, Web

Other
Games, Boston, Surfing, Clothes, Feminism, Law, Minnesota, Personal care, California, Food & Drink, L.A., History, San Francisco, Podcasts, Politik, Quizzes, Housing, Berlin, Bicycling, Toys, CrowdFlower, Video, Travel, Life hacks, Transportation, Agriculture, Geography, Friday, Statistics, Activism, Sports, NYC

Music
Lyrics, Events, Making, Mailing lists, Business, History, House, Booking, Hip-hop, Mixes, Musicians, Good tracks, Reviews, Streams, Videos, Shopping, Labels, Mp3s, L.A., Boston

People
Languages, Me, Life hacks, Vocations, Health, Heroes, ADD, Buddhism, Meditation, Subcultures, MOTAS, Working with, Enemies, Family, Friends, Gossip, Stories, Exercise, Weblogs

Arts
Comix, Spoken Word, Sculpture, iPad bait, Desktop wallpaper bait, Animation, Visual, Movies, Events, Literature, Humor, Rhetoric, Outlets, Burning Man, Poetry

Commerce
Non-profit, Macroeconomics, Investing, Marketing and CRM, Microfinance, Personal services, Web, Shopping, Taxes, International Development, Real Estate, Management consulting, Personal finance, Insurance, IP Law

Design
Type, Cool, Process, Tools, Web, Data visualization, Algorithmic, Architecture, User experience, Presentations, Furniture, IA

Science
Environment, Physics, Networks, Psychology, Cognition, Zoology, Statistics and Data

Travel
Vagabond '08, Kenya, Uganda, Kingdom of Siam

Photos
Moblog, Photos I Wish I'd Taken, Friends

Philosophy
Mind

Internet classic

One Acre Fund

Mathematics

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