We Feel Fine scans the Internet for blogs and gathers sentences that state "I feel" or "I am feeling" in them. It then systematically indexes the full sentence up to the period and catalogs the feeling by various traits such as location and gender. The data is then translated into dots that represent the feelings; the brightness of color determining how happy the feeling is and the size representing the length of the sentence.
The site collects an average of 20,000 feelings a day and has catalogued more than 7.5 million feelings since its existence. It’s innovative, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Harris showcased it and his newest interactive project Universe at Ted Talks:
Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for
About author : Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris makes online art that captures the world's expression -- and gives us a glimpse of the soul of the Internet. Full bio and more links
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