Along with surfacing stories and putting them in context,
one of Techmeme’s chief functions is providing a kind of visualization
for news. Headline size, cluster size, and “Discussion” length all
signal the structure of the buzz surrounding a story.

I’ve always wanted to make a cool, time-lapse view of Techmeme
to take this to the next level. So I was very happy to
find Amit Agarwal
arrive at the idea, and most importantly, pull it off.

Fifty hours in the recent life of Techmeme unfold in a mere 50 seconds in
the video available at this link.
It’s also embedded below, but a little hard to read due to compression, so
use the previous link if you’re on broadband.