What Happens When You Click "Publish"?

 

When I hit "Publish" on my blog editor something interesting happens. Well, lots of things happen actually and  Matthew Hurst, an artificial intelligence researcher who studies this ecosystem at Microsoft Live Labs, has mapped the process in a sexy little chart. Here's how the whole process goes down during "the big game".

While some of this is fairly obvious if you sat down and thought about it, it's still pretty interesting  to look at. And the cool Flash chart is a great design. Make sure you check out the dataminer's website as well.

Link (via Wired)