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When of the great things I like in some magazines if their hability to craft beautiful and interesting timeline tables. The tables of historical events and theirs correlations allow everyone to have a visual and immediate understanding of current affairs and history. I just came across two fascinating start-ups that launched web 2.0 timeline tools. Using either http://www.xtimeline.com or http://www.allofme.com you have many ways to creatively use the timeline. You can start to create the Personal Timeline of your life from any digital assets you have, such as pictures, videos, blogs, documents, or any Internet page. You can them compare it with feature timelines (like the covers of Wired or Life magazines, of the history of the US, etc). The possibilities are endless, since these websites allow you to not only start any timeline you want but also to feed your content in existing timelines. Timeline tools can be very interesting on public sector as well. It can become a great public service, a resource for accountability and for debate over current issues. Imagine the ability to describe the history of a public initiative; of to track the way government addressed complex issues like any war, education reforms, climate change, ageing ...
