Personal Connection

Part of what makes blogs such a powerful and important tool is the Speed of Information has been exponentially increased through a network of connected Gatherers and feeders, each referring link back to the Original Source is spiced with a little preparatory opinion. It is not merely an unbiased hyper-text connection, but a personalized connection of what is important within the Network community.

Nussbaum is just making a simple comment about the impact made with data visualization, as any Wired subscriber knows. And re-filtering people back to something which made an impact on himself. Which I find hides a secondary layer of meaning because the original source is the NYTimes Online. He makes a comment about the "decline of the New York Times" while simultaneously helping to reinforcing their position as an online entity...

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/05/great_data_visu.html