Information Visualization: December 2009

About this Blogsphere:

This blogsphere attempts to capture, catalog and share resources relating to visual perception of information. It is about a world mostly dealing with Physical (Touch, Taste, See/Sight, Smell and Hear) and sometimes Metaphysical (and that is none-of-the-above category). Physical, for instance, touch (e.g., feel, felt, found), look and visualization, is here with an attempt to combine verbal, vocal and visual--to synchronously see, hear, share and do much more. Interestingly, in order to visualize one does not need special skills, competencies, etc. It is all about common sense, especially with human visualizations. In short, "information is in the eye of the beholder." Continue reading much more all-ado-about this Blogosphere

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December 23, 2009

Information Visualization: A Day In The Life of New York Times

December 17, 2009: NYT.com-traffic
Extract:
"Today in the Bits blog, Nick Bilton shares valuable findings about the readers of NYTimes.com. The Times’ research and development group created a visualization project to explore the subject. The objective of the research was to find more about NYTimes.com readers. Where did they live and what type of devices were they using to view the content?" continue reading

The New York Times site traffic, World View, June 25, 2009 from Nick Bilton on Vimeo.

See on the same shelf:

Visualizing a Day in the Life of the MBTA - information aesthetics

December 08, 2009

Google Goggles: Visual search, without typing or saying a word

"Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: we attempt to recognize the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview."

More here:

Using Google Voice Search;

10 ways Google Goggles will change the world

Info courtesy: IT World Canada