VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. Manuel Lima, currently working as an interaction designer at R/GA Interactive, has created this archive as an integrated and extensive resource on the topic of complexity. The resulting gallery of images is a powerful filter through which one can see the invisible webs that connect the systems we depend upon––the biological, the cosmic, the financial, the social.
Disaster Timelines contains several well-laid out graphic timelines chronicalling disaters and terror attacks in last 30 years or so.
The recent inflamations caused by caricatures of the prophet Muhammed are most disturbing.
Just finding some simple 2mm graph paper with 1cm semi bold and 2 cm bold turned out to be a near impossible task. Then I discovered the Graph Paper PDF Generator at incompetech.com. It does plain paper, lined paper, multi width, hexagonal, even semi-bisected trapezoid! All completely customizable. And it's free!
Roadstrips reveals the bizarre geographies and snarled personal self images for every flavor of American: a Mexican-American punk rocker; an African-American working in an international youth hostel; a Phillipino-American kid fretting over nuclear war; a liberal Jew raising a family in Chicago; or a whitebread redneck turned yuppie who is torn between Seattle and New York.
The Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind. Innovation requires no special thought processes, says an expert. Creative people just work harder at it. Posted on Time.com | Sunday, Jan. 08, 2006
Snapz Pro X 2 allows you to effortlessly record anything on your screen, saving it as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot that can be emailed, put up on the web, or passed around however you please. Snapz Pro X 2.0 costs $69. Upgrades from Snapz Pro X 1.0 w/ movie capture are $20.
As the community of graphic facilitators continue to grow and expand, we want to make sure that the community can see itself. If you are a graphic facilitator--either independent or working inside an organization, school or business--make sure and register with The Center for Graphic Facilitation. It is free and easy. Then, make sure and get on the map.
Yahoo is buying up all the smart little companies out there and integrating them into it's main offering. But Yahoo Widgets are user-created and communally shared. For Mac and PC, Yahoo offers a tidy install folder of life management widgets that allow you scan and execute simple tasks.
As 'Chief Architect' of PixelCorps, Alex Lindsay merges the very old idea of a guild system made up of independent craftsman with the demands of mastering new and emerging media. PixelCorps serves as 'a guild for the next generation of craftsmen--digital craftsmen.' They are currently transfering skills in digital imaging and animation to regions in the developing world, so that those citizens can capitalize on the coming media revolution.