10x10
100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time.

http://www.tenbyten.org/

10x10™ ('ten by ten') is an interactive exploration of the words and
pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes
shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world.
Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on
a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate
that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10
leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by
side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.

10x10 is ever-changing, ever-growing, quietly observing the ways in which
we live. It records our wars and crises, our triumphs and tragedies, our
mistakes and milestones. When we make history, or at least the headlines,
10x10 takes note and remembers.

Each hour is presented as a picture postcard window, composed of 100
different frames, each of which holds the image of a single moment in time.
Clicking on a single frame allows us to peer a bit deeper into the story that
lies behind the image. In this way, we can dart in and out of the news,
understanding both the individual stories and the ways in which they
relate to each other.

10x10 runs with no human intervention, autonomously observing what a
handful of leading international news sources are saying and showing.
10x10 makes no comment on news media bias, or lack thereof. It has no
politics, nor any secret agenda; it simply shows what it finds.

With no human editors and no regulation, 10x10 is open and free, raw and
fresh, and consequently a unique way of following world events. In 10x10,
we respond instinctively to patterns in the grid, visual indicators of
relevance. When we see a frequently repeated image, we know it’s
important. When we see a picture of a movie star next to a picture of dead
bodies, we understand the extremes that exist in our world. Scanning a
grid of pictures can be more intuitive than reading headlines, for it lets the
news come to life, and everything feels a bit less distant, a bit closer to
heart, and maybe, if we're lucky, gives us pause to think. If you'd like to
learn more about 10x10, you can read how it works.

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