check those concept maps out

inciong:

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Check thems:

http://www.dubberly.com/ (see concept maps)
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/ (yeah!)
http://coolinfographics.blogspot.com/

the concept maps on dubberly are really cool. i am curious if they might be better in a thinner, vertical format though, because it’s hard to take in something you can only read the text at certain levels- like the DNS map. print is certainly superior for things like this.

interestingly enough, i was finishing a tufte book today and he made a point to say that if the data commands no shape to aim for a horizontal orientation. i think this is only applicable to print though, because the natural direction for viewing things on a web browser is up and down. get with the times, edward. (this could be relevent to the transferring to different media idea)

projects/goals

a hand drawn contour map of my hometown that shows memories instead of elevation.

instead of elevation, the y-axis will be a scale of time from childhood to present day. the contour lines will give shape to personal memories of places, objects and locations.

studies and explorations using elements of real dialogue (opt: plotted over time) as a dataset.

• this starts with obtaining recorded speech conversations and transcribing them.
• then identifying common speech elements (e.g. stutters, interruptions, um’s…) and extracting the data into a table.
• still open ended on the next step. possibilities: visualization of multiple conversations overlaid on top of each other across a timeline; comparative analyses of dialogue on different mediums (e.g. instant message, email, internet relay chat)

a way to present both projects with a meaningful context or to attempt to translate them into different media.

possibilities for the latter are playing with elements of craft and sculpture. maybe something interactive, if i can think of something feasible.

dataplay:

this is a tumblelog that will run from now until about may ‘09.

it will act as a process and project archive of work i’ll be doing with data visualization and communication.

it will also serve as a way to keep my professor connected*, create open dialogue, share things i learn or discover and maybe even sometimes to rant.

* on that note, i think it is insanely cool that i will be using a tumblelog to supplement a class.