Another way of looking at news: www.tenbyten.org

[Be Brave]

I think it's cool!

Check it out: http://www.tenbyten.org (warning: picture-heavy)

About 10x10 (copied from the website):

10x10™ ('ten by ten') is an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.

10x10 is ever-changing, ever-growing, quietly observing the ways in which we live. It records our wars and crises, our triumphs and tragedies, our mistakes and milestones. When we make history, or at least the headlines, 10x10 takes note and remembers.

Each hour is presented as a picture postcard window, composed of 100 different frames, each of which holds the image of a single moment in time. Clicking on a single frame allows us to peer a bit deeper into the story that lies behind the image. In this way, we can dart in and out of the news, understanding both the individual stories and the ways in which they relate to each other.

10x10 runs with no human intervention, autonomously observing what a handful of leading international news sources are saying and showing. 10x10 makes no comment on news media bias, or lack thereof. It has no politics, nor any secret agenda; it simply shows what it finds.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. its pretty cool

but they seem to repeat pictures 4-5 times....

[Be Brave]

2. Yes, I noticed that too.

But if you read about how 10x10 works, they take the images from the news wires or the news sources. So I figured that the fact that there are repeating images means that the same image is used over and over by the news sources.

[lapfog_1]

3. Newsmap is pretty cool too

Stories that attract more views appear as bigger boxes, also broken
into categories.

http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

[Be Brave]

4. Bookmarked. Thanks, fellow news junkie! n/t

[neebob]

5. Okay, but who decides what matters most on a global scale?

Just askin'.

[Be Brave]

6. Hoping not to mischaracterize their work, I'll give answering your

question a shot. The reference to "what matters most on a global scale" probably alludes to the fact (according to their website) that the news they post comes from "several leading international news sources". Currently, their sources are Reuters World, BBC World, and New York Times International. They do a "linguistic analysis" of the top news stories, and come up with the hour's most important 100 words, along with corresponding images.

I personally wish that they would expand their list of news sources, say include Al-Jazeera, so that the view is even more "global". I hope something like this is in the works.

Hope that helped a little.

[xpunkisneatx]

7. repeated pictures

It said that if the picture is repeated it most likely means that it is of great importance

[Be Brave]

9. Thanks, it's good to know that info. n/t

[OctOct1]

8. Pretty cool

It is neat!!
A lot of world news.
I like the format.

[Be Brave]

10. I like the format too, especially the fact that it is graphically-driven

rather than text-driven like most news websites.