A jet-lagged Regine Debatty of Worldchanging.com writes from etech08 in San Diego. She describes her excitement listening to Eric Rodenbeck, founder and creative director of Stamen Design, talk on Information Visualization is a Medium. clipped from www.worldchanging.com Worldchanging readers may already be familiar with the work of Stamen, especially with the visualizations they created for Digg.com (Swarm and Stack) or the brilliant cabspotting, which Alex wrote about here a while ago. The focus of the talk was on process of analysis and how the concept works both for Stamen and culturally. For Stamen Information visualization is a medium, not a technique per se. The first project that illustrated this statement is Trulia Insight, a real estate aggregator, search and information tool they developed for Trulia, a real estate company based in San Francisco which aggregates information about properties around the United States. The mashup...
Gary Hirsch in the Portland, Ore., office of On Your Feet, which he helped found. His consulting firm (a self-proclaimed "miniscule multi-national") helps employees loosen up and make “cool mistakes.”
The next best thing to telekinesis. clipped from thoughts-illustrated.blogspot.comWiiMote multitouch from CynergyLabs Building on Johnny Chung Lee's Wiimote example, CynergyLab in San Diego has created a multitouch prototype using a large screen display and IR emitters built into gloves. I'll bet Nintendo never thought of that!
Q: How can you see thought? A: Simple tools can make thinking clear and visible. Visualizing ideas improves communication, problem solving, and decision making. Pictureitsolved.com merges ideas of learning organizations--as articulated by Peter Senge et al. in The Fifth Discipline--with visual thinking and communication, as articulated by Robert Horn in Visual Language, plus the implications of modern physics. clipped from www.pictureitsolved.comOver the past five years, I've spent a lot of time learning about problem solving and visual thinking. These resources pages summarize ideas that have impressed me as particularly useful, timely, or important. I've tried to distill key information both so it's useful for others, and to clarify it in my own mind. Solving problems means changing something, and change is based on learning. Learning requires both thinking and doing. These concepts drove the structure of this section: 1. Problem solving basics - useful...
Over the last 20 years, the South by Southwest Festival has grown from a small Texas gathering of songsters into a star-launching mega-event with music, film, and tech components. This year, it runs from March 7-16. clipped from images.fastcompany.com
Listen to the subtleties and sensitivities involved in doodling in the current political climate. clipped from www.onthemedia.org (Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle) With an African-American and a woman battling for the Democratic nomination, editorial cartoonists face occasional criticism of racism or misogyny. Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson explains that he still tries not to hold anything back. And Professor Elaine K. Miller describes the cartoons depicting 1984 Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro.
Check out these video demos of the pen that records what you write--while recording the audio of the conversation--and import both to your computer. Smart Pen uses the Livescribe Paper-Based Computing Platform that turns a spiral notebook into a user interface.
CBS News is using graphic facilitators to explain the delegate system. The clip is interesting, but the whole things seems kinds of distracting.
When I don't want to carry my whole gear bag, these are great for the bare essentials. Even when I do need my gear bag, the BDU is compact enough I just slide it right in, as is. It really helps keep my stuff organized. I fit five pens, including the previously-reviewed 0.18 mm pen, a Moleskine planner, Sony Clie PDA, ID and credit card, pocket knife and a small flashlight.
Written by the talented content maven (and Dashboard Spy reader!), Meryl K. Evans, it features carefully vetted data visualization related web sites categorized into the 3 groups of Examples, Blogs and Resources. I’m a bit upset at being beaten to the punch (just a little), but I certainly respect the quality of the list. Meryl told me she spent 3 solid weeks editing the links. Let’s help her maintain and grow this valuable resource.