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I found the article Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere very intriguing and an interesting way to use data. The first thing that the reader might notice is the conversational tone of the writing, as pointed out by HR: “the author wrote it like a class lecture or tutorial.” This keeps the reader engaged and  holds the readers attention throughout the piece. The author looks at different organizations of the time and finds how Revere connects to the organizations as well as how the organizations connect to each other. The author uses visuals, showing connections and strength of connections between organizations based on number of shared members. The visuals are good, but could be better if the user was able to interact with the visuals and possibly even click on individuals or organizations and only see that specific entity’s connections. This use of metadata and networking could be used in present day to learn more about terrorists, their organizations, and how they all relate.