Data+Image+Interaction

Another infographic Mapping ‘time travel’ in film. I...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:00:54 -0400

Another infographic

Mapping ‘time travel’ in film.

I dont mind that he misses a few critical films in this genre, but I do find it curious/awkward how he refers to to himself in third person?

mr-dalliard:

Mr. Dalliard used OpenOffice Draw to make the chart itself and Photoshop to add a background and do some additional editing.

And his response to some feedback: http://mr-dalliard.tumblr.com/post/48112327449/foremostly-mr-dalliard-wishes-to-thank-all-the

Mr. Dalliard appreciates the criticism as well, and is painfully aware that he might have failed to include your favourite motion picture into his flow diagram, although the comprehensiveness of that diagram has never been a goal of this humble man

And an article in Co.DESIGN: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672395/infographic-a-flowchart-maps-time-travel-in-the-movies#0

Some designers stop you in your spinning tracks and delight you...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:45:32 -0400

Some designers stop you in your spinning tracks and delight you for hours…

http://moebio.com/

I invent and develop algorithms, visualization methods, interactive narratives and new ideas for internet. I help organizations with the analysis and communication strategy of their information. Santiago Ortiz.

Thanks to Geoff http://www.geoffgoddard.com.au for the find…

Great advice on how to maintain a cre-active...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:33:20 -0500

Great advice on how to maintain a cre-active practice.

Yes… I did just make that up… mostly because I have been asked a number of times just this year already, to discuss ‘what is creativity?‘

This is a question that quite irritates me. It is one that may deserve some attention and contemplation… but an actual definitive answer should never be attempted. As soon as some fool asks it of me… my brain goes into overdrive… making brash statements that seem to be profound answers for a millisecond… until my very same brain completely contradicts itself… and suggests I slap my own face.

Some things should remain in the inconceivable yumminess of the sublime.

However, articulating, and in this case visualising, how to maintain a creative practice… seems well worth sharing.

Infographic by Islam Abudaoud of Jordan.

InMaps by LinkedIn...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:08:12 -0500

InMaps by LinkedIn Labs

http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/network

Above is a screen image of my LinkedIn network visualised using InMaps… It shows how I have labelled the colour codes… and have clicked on one of the largest nodes (connections) which happens to be my friend and colleague, Colleen Morgan. By doing so, I can see how Colleen sits in my network.

This doesn’t necessarily provide any new information to me, as I am aware of most of the networks within my networks… and this visualisation may not alter any of my LinkedIn habits and interactions… but it is a unique way to witness part of your life.

LinkedIn Labs are experimental, low-maintenance features that were created for use with LinkedIn. http://engineering.linkedin.com/linkedinlabs/

InMaps examines all the connections on your LinkedIn profile and comes up with a map showing the extensive, intertwining links that have been created through your account. Each person is shown as a dot on the map and is linked with a line. They add some color to identify different networks, make it more organized, and visually appealing. There is also a function that enables people’s personalized labeling of networks. Zooming in and out of the different connections is both entertaining and informative in seeing how many people you are able to reach through one website.

http://www.myinspiredmedia.com

U.S. GUN MURDERS IN 2010 An Examination of the U.S. Federal...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:17:07 -0500

U.S. GUN MURDERS IN 2010

An Examination of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Report

This is a beautiful example of data visualisation. But more significant, and unlike my previous post example, this work provides an important service… that is, access and insight to the data presented. Insight, that may be difficult to recognise, understand and articulate without this work.

From the makers of http://guns.periscopic.com/

Our data comes from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, which include voluntarily-reported data from police precincts across the country.

As an interested user, I am compelled to experiment with the data and find my own stories and conclusions within the presentation, and by using the various sorting and filtering such as specific gun types and regions, and the ethnicity, sex and age of the victims of gun crime… but the creators also offer some important interpretations from their own insights such as:

69% OF THESE VICTIMS WERE KILLED WITH A HANDGUN

According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), 69% of all gun murders in 2010 were committed with a handgun. This figure is especially poignant as we debate the effect of banning assault rifles.

Tweetping “Check out the Twitter activity in...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:46:00 -0500

Tweetping

“Check out the Twitter activity in realtime”

It is definitely data, visualised.

However… apart from ‘presenting’ the data (in a very pretty way), Im not convinced it provides any real insight into the ‘realtime’ activity on Twitter…

From an article by Mark Wilson at fastcodesign.com :

Tweetping scoffs in the face of simplicity and legibility, opting instead to celebrate what Twitter is: the shouting of every connected human being on Earth. By Franck Ernewein, Tweetping is a map that shows where everyone in the whole world is tweeting from in real time.

oh… and Australia, doesn’t rate a mention?

superpunch2: The Guardian: Billionaires’ basements: the luxury...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:18:42 -0500

superpunch2:

The Guardian:

Billionaires’ basements: the luxury bunkers making holes in London streets

A new billionaires’ craze for building elaborate subterranean extensions is making swiss cheese of London’s poshest streets – but at what cost?

My 2012 Election Race Resources Live interactive data...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:49:27 -0500

My 2012 Election Race Resources

Live interactive data visualisations (web) - with clear sorting, filtering and overlaying of relevant and comparable data. Politico: http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map

Live editorials (broadcast + web) helpful interpretations, historic reflections and informed predictions. ABC http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/587926

NEW ECOS Release! During this session with the ECOS System, I...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:52:51 -0400

NEW ECOS Release!

During this session with the ECOS System, I have compromised on the Comfort of the inhabitants to maximise green energy efficiency… based on the live weather conditions. This will make it very uncomfortable for the inhabitants of those ECOSpheres in the Northern hemisphere… sorry Paris and Moscow and Beijing peeps! But this evidences how difficult it is to acheive green energy efficiency while taking into account the external weather conditions on a global scale :-(

http://theecosproject.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheEcosProject

ECOS New Version Release! This is a screen image of my attempt...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:49:00 -0400

ECOS New Version Release!

This is a screen image of my attempt to make the ECOS System as green energy efficient as possible without compromising the Comfort of the ECOSphere inhabitants… based on the current live weather conditions.

http://theecosproject.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheEcosProject

cassiebot: iomikron: Studying the reblogging These graphs...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:45:20 -0400

cassiebot:

iomikron:

Studying the reblogging

These graphs represent the network created by tumblr bloggers who reblogged a previous post of mine. The first graph corresponds to the network formed after 2 days, and the second one is the same network after 3 days. In both networks, there are some clusters, where a blogger reblogs my post and after that successive rebloggings are occuring from his/her followers. I created a little program in Mathematica, which can read the notes of the post and identify who reblogged from whom.

I have attributed a name to some of these clusters by the name of the blog located in the root of the cluster. For example, my cluster is the number 1. The biggest cluster though, for the first graph, is that of jtotheizzoe. For the second graph, the huge cluster is that of n-a-s-a, which has its origin from the jtotheizzoe’s cluster (number 2)… The seperated couples at the bottom are users that have reblogged my post by the ‘likes’ list’ of the other user, and then I couldn’t know where they came from…

I really enjoy that, and I’m curious how the structure of the network will look like eventually…

I wish tumblr itself actually offered a feature like this. Google+ does, but unfortunately, nobody cares.

We Know What You’re Doing… Facebook + Foursquare...

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:06:00 -0400

We Know What You’re Doing…

Facebook + Foursquare Mashup: http://www.weknowwhatyouredoing.com/ by Callum Haywood

And we think you should stop…

This Mashup aggregates public Facebook and Foursquare data based on the following:

- Who wants to get fired?
- Who’s hungover?
- Who’s taking drugs?
- Who’s got a new phone number?

The site’s disclaimer is a riot… or not?…

Disclaimer: All data is pulled directly from Facebook, it is not censored, and it is publicly accessible via the Graph API. I cannot be held responsible for any persons actions as a result of using this experiment.

And from http://thenextweb.com

The freaky part is that the app is matching check-ins to “homes” on foursquare with Google streetmap images.

Thanks http://notational.tumblr.com/ for the post…

Pennsylvania needs it’s borders moved further into the...

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:40:00 -0400

Pennsylvania needs it’s borders moved further into the cultural dessert of the Southeast!

I won’t be spending a cent of my hard earned cash, a single breath of my life or a precious beat of my heart in these wastelands, barren of empathy and intellect.

Interactive Data Visualisation: Gay rights in the US, state by state

Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying. The handling of gay rights issues vary by state and follow trends by region

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-states

Steffanie Roberts Mashup: Tea or...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:09:21 -0400

Steffanie Roberts Mashup: Tea or Coffee

http://www.steffanie-roberts.com/teaorcoffee/coffee.html

And her design progress tumblr: http://steffanie-roberts.tumblr.com/

Im just supa glad I had my coffee already when I reviewed this work!

So well resolved… my favourite data view is the ‘Together’ filter… you’ll need to scroll to the bottom of the page to see it.

UI vs UX: what’s the difference? Article by Dain Miller:...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:41:02 -0400

UI vs UX: what’s the difference?

Article by Dain Miller: twitter at @_dain, or find him on about.me.

the UI and UX parties should never run on their own without coordination from the other.

Diagram by Dan Saffer

via crashcut thx!

thetart: How Can You Measure Income Inequality? Count The...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:03:54 -0400

West Oakland: median income $26,432

Piedmont: median income $165,903

thetart:

How Can You Measure Income Inequality? Count The Trees

Turns out there’s a direct correlation between the number of trees a neighborhood has and its monetary wealth — and we can see how this dynamic plays out in space. Environmental journalist Tim De Chant mapped it all out for us on his blog, Per Square Mile, where he worked up a small project called “Income Inequality, As Seen From Space.” De Chant took satellite images from Google Earth that compared two neighborhoods from selected cities to show income disparities. READ MORE»

Visualising Biosynthetics Another great visualisation of...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:40:00 -0400

Visualising Biosynthetics

Another great visualisation of scientific ideas and progress.

Testing of understanding by building is the shortest path to demonstrating what you know and what you don’t.
Drew Endy, Synthetic Biologist, Stanford University.

These kinds of visualisations provide important insight for our community as it is essential for us to be included in conversations that determine a society’s scientific trajectory. Discussions outside the labs can include ethical, social and cultural dimensions and concerns had between informed participants of our imagined futures.

So I would add to Drew Endy’s statement: …demonstrating what we want and what we dont.

ralphewig:

Synthetic Biology - A great video explaining what synthetic biology is, and the amazing possibilities it opens up for future engineering capabilities. Given the now complete sequencing of the human genome, and our increased understanding of genetic code that followed, the field is now advancing to the stage where the manipulation of genetic traits has become possible. The tools of synthetic biology combine genetic science with that of engineering and software development, turning DNA into a programming language for new lifeforms.

Jeremy’s ‘Chalkd’ Mashup...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:00:54 -0400

Jeremy’s ‘Chalkd’ Mashup app

http://jeremyku.com/chalkd_app/

And project tumblr: http://jeremyku-kib204.tumblr.com/

Chalkd is a social way to find and play sport with people in your community. As someone who enjoys sport and friendly competition, there is very few opportunities to play socially within my social network. Therefore an app was conceived to expand my network to local members to play socially. By combining the data sources of Google Maps, Google Places and Twitter API.

HTML5 and CSS3. A resource and showcase of new features of the web

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:32:42 -0400

HTML5 and CSS3. A resource and showcase of new features of the web

"People think of data visualization as output, and the insight that I think Ben has had with Bloom is..."

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:34:26 -0400

“People think of data visualization as output, and the insight that I think Ben has had with Bloom is that data visualization will become a means of input and control… Being able to manipulate data in real-time is an important shift. Data visualizations would then become interfaces rather than reports.”

- Tim O’Reilly, on Bloom: new ways to see and communicate (via courtneybolton)