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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philosophy
Mind

Mathematics

Internet classic

One Acre Fund

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