A news detecting device, programmed to activate under given tolerance level and tagged keywords. This is the code that will only activate when 25% of the wire stories are about Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister.

NYTNewsWire wire = new NYTNewsWire();
wire.addListener(this);
wire.addFilter(“person”, “HARPER, STEPHEN”, 0.25);

Jer (2009) NewsAlarm – wiring in to the NYT NewsWire API. [Online]
http://blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/newsalarm-wiring-in-to-the-nyt-newswire-api [11/07/2010]

A visualisation, which in sequence of images, highlights the organisational connections and its actions of the U.S. government. Data is collected from the NYTimes Developer Netwerk site.

NYTimes: 365/360. [Online]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blprnt/sets/72157614008027965/ [11/07/2010]