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Stefan Sagmeister talk on design and happiness

I went to a talk by Stefan Sagmeister that was really interesting. I particularly liked the idea of taking 1 year off every now and then to get things in perspective. That would be AMAZING! He also showed us a preview of a video about happiness that was really good, although based on his own pursuit of happiness, rather than societies.

Happiness book

The first draft of the book I made about happiness can be found at http://www.pandorataylor.co.uk/book/happy_book.pdf. This has been quite a tricky last minute project but an enjoyable one. The hardest part was making sure it wasn't too naff! There are also alot of blank pages but thats as some of the things in the book don't work virtually (e.g. actual chocolate, smelly stickers etc)

Sentiment analysis

I've been really interested in sentiment analysis lately and what it can tell you.

Sentiment analysis is a process that aims to determine the feelings of the speaker/writer in regard to a certain topic. There is such a wealth of information held in these databases I wondered whether I could use it for research into the general temperament of people.

Some great research can be found at twittermood.s3.amazonaws.com/images/poster.pdf

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