This is the age of the word of mouth - The advert is out, people are in: Loud sponsorship no longer wins, The review from the trusted friend is king: This is the age of the word of mouth - Where retweets are the new high fives; Where clout is … [Read more]
Schemes and syllables
As the summer draws to a close, it feels like a good time to take stock of where we are with Poetry by Numbers. A lot has been achieved. Working with economists, pollsters, programmers and tech founders, our poets have created art. More than that, … [Read more]
Poetry by Numbers fights in The Tech Off
The need for poetry and data to mingle will be pitched at The Tech Off, a series of five-minute presentations where speakers pitch their best creative technology ideas to wow the crowd. Karan Chadda, Poetry by Numbers founder, will take the mic on … [Read more]
The Weathermen
We're not economists. We're weathermen - The best rewards Go to those who most swiftly spot approaching storms. Poring over balance sheets we go, often in vain, In search of risk, excessive debts - The first true signs of rain. How quickly climates … [Read more]
A poet talks to an economist
Our latest data poem, written by Musa Okwonga, looks at the work of economists. The poem is the result of a conversation led by Musa with Ross Walker, a senior economist at RBS. The conversation covered a wide range of areas; this … [Read more]
We were once tectonic
Mega bytes of me Slide like limestone Into my mobile phone Giga slices of me Fall like basalt Into my digital gestalt Tera tranches of me Crumble in the estuary Flooding my PC I am pure hinterland Reduced to binary Our love is sedimentary … [Read more]
In the margin of error
The analogue phones are picked up, the digital panels assembled; an electorate’s pulse is about to be taken, coded, parsed, pursued. Think of it as an expeditionary tasting, a random spoon dipped into the heat of the national soup – are they … [Read more]
The pollster and the poet went to tea
…to discuss voting intention. With the most unpredictable UK general election in living memory just over six weeks away, every new opinion poll is pounced upon by partisans and observers alike, all hoping to decipher its meaning and make sense of … [Read more]
There is logical magic in the data sets
There is logical magic in the data sets, Silent numbers are questioned to reveal. These algorithms are not a digital hex. The spreadsheet is today’s gazette, Macro formulas are now what we feel. There is logical magic in the data … [Read more]
Algorithmic poetry
Prior to publishing our first data poems, it seemed only fair to let the data have its say. In this post, we’ll look at some poetry that’s been generated by data. A quick Google search for algorithmic poetry returns a strong crop of projects that … [Read more]