Posts tagged Argentina
Not Your Ordinary Bookstore
Argentina’s El Ataneo Grand Splendid opened as a theater in 1919, later became a cinema and is now a bookstore.
Images: El Ataneo Grand Splendid, via Atlas Obscura.
First Papal Tweet
Introducing Pope Francis, via @Pontifex.
CORRECTION: We’re too shorthanded in this title. It’s the first Papal tweet under Francis. @Pontifex was tweeting under Benedict but those posts were erased after he resigned.
Argentina’s El Ateneo.. Bookshelf porn?
El Ateneo Grand Splendid in downtown Buenos Aires is a spectacular bookstore that retains all the glamour of its former life as a 1920s movie palace, with a original balconies, painted ceiling, ornate carvings and crimson stage curtains. More stunning pictures can be found here.
Image: El Ateneo, via the Chicago Public Library.
FJP: Bookshelf porn? Our favorite kind.
La Nación gives Tableau a try
Argentinian newspaper La Nación has been experimenting with the Seattle-based Tableau software and the result is impeccable: a good-looking, interactive data-built map with a list of local transparency laws or applicable regulations.
Internal insight, via Nación DATA blog:
This collaborative project consists of an interactive map about transparency and public information in Argentina. The final version includes different provisions, ordinances, laws and resolutions on transparency sorted by political jurisdiction.
It took many months to be finally finished. We have no doubt that this map will be useful not only for those who advocate a more transparent government, but also for journalists, code developers, and activists of all sorts.
Image: Partial screenshot of the Nación DATA blog, via LaNación.com
FJP Fun Fact: Pat Hanrahan, one of Tableau’s founders, was also a founding employee at Pixar.
An alert photo editor noticed that the pattern on the dust repeated itself in an unlikely way and subsequent investigations revealed the visual fraud.
A freelance photographer for AP was caught manipulating sand granules in one of his photos of children playing soccer in Argentina. A memo was later sent out announcing that the photographer would no longer be associated with AP as their “reputation is paramount.”
Is this an example of technology as a double-edged sword? What does photo (or even content) manipulation say about credibility in an industry when credibility is the foundation?
H/T: Poynter
