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We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion
The creators of the award-winning website of the same name draw on science, art and blogs to reveal what people throughout the world are actually feeling, in a volume that summarizes a database compilation of several million search results analyzed by weather, location and other factors.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2009
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February 17, 2010
This isn't a book you "read" but it is interesting and innovative.
February 2, 2019
A throwback to an earlier time of the weird internet (and sadly dodgy printing practices to match). The broken narrative makes it seem coffee-table book, but there are some surprising punches hanging around the edges of the book
December 30, 2009
I was asked awhile back if these guys could use one of my pictures for this book (I can't even remember which one at this point), but it eventually got cut. However, they were still super nice and sent me a free copy of the book and invited me out to New York for the release party.
I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from this--they had explained what they were trying to do here, but I couldn't quite picture it, until I received my copy in the mail. And I have to say, it's kind of fascinating! It's basically a book of photos and attached text found online, dealing with feelings...and it's also a book of statistics! The statistics are by far my favorite part--who is more likely to express what feeling, connected to which other feelings, at which time of day...it's really interesting! And I like that they include at the end a bit of the code they used to extrapolate all this data from the internet.
I'm a little bit blown away by how much work must have gone into this, and by how much detail they managed to get out of it. Fantastic job, guys!
I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from this--they had explained what they were trying to do here, but I couldn't quite picture it, until I received my copy in the mail. And I have to say, it's kind of fascinating! It's basically a book of photos and attached text found online, dealing with feelings...and it's also a book of statistics! The statistics are by far my favorite part--who is more likely to express what feeling, connected to which other feelings, at which time of day...it's really interesting! And I like that they include at the end a bit of the code they used to extrapolate all this data from the internet.
I'm a little bit blown away by how much work must have gone into this, and by how much detail they managed to get out of it. Fantastic job, guys!
May 14, 2010
This amazing book is the product of years of research and dazzling computer programming, browsing tens of thousands of blogs, selecting quotes whenever the writer has used one of the phrases, "I feel" or "I am feeling" and pairing them with the photo that accompanied the post (permission was granted by the authors for everything that appears in this book). The result is a stunning visual catalog of the range of human emotion, cross-referenced wherever possible with data for age, gender, location and even weather. All together, it provides a fascinating insight into feelings and their expression.
May 13, 2015
A tribute to the livejournal years, this book collects a lot of drivel on emotion as reported on blogs (although I question the reality of defining human emotion as anything written after the words "I feel" on a blog) There were many interesting montages, and some conclusions that were pleasant/interesting as well. To no one's surprise, men blogged about sex and money while women blogged about relationships and religion.
December 8, 2011
I was actually supposed to be in this book. They contacted me to use a picture I had posted in an old livejournal post from high school. I signed papers and they sent me the book for free, but when I got it, the picture wasn't in there =[. It's still a really cool concept, and I think the website is way cooler than the book. Y'all should check it out.
September 8, 2010
Really navel-gazey and superficial. I got really tired of page after page of teenage and early 20s angst over relationships.
September 15, 2010
interesting to skim through it.
February 20, 2011
I'm in this book :) page/pic 51-B. loved the idea when they asked me to use my picture even if it's a sad topic in this case
March 18, 2011
Love the web site. The site is the ideal medium, though. The book is ok.
August 4, 2011
interesting and fun ...
October 26, 2011
This book is perfect. So much information packed into a beautifully put together book.
May 15, 2015
Lovely book - beautiful work. Wish I could have seen the exhibit in person. If you are curious about patterns, human emotion, and contagion give it a gander
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