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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March 31, 2013

Smelling is believing @ Google Nose -- Visual Search Revisited

Extract:

The new scentsation in search

  • Coming to your senses: go beyond type, talk, and touch for a new notation of sensation.
  • Your internet sommelier: expertly curated Knowledge Panels pair images, descriptions, and aromas.
  • Take a wiff: the Google Aromabase - 15M+ scentibytes.
  • Don't ask, don't smell: For when you're wary of your query - SafeSearch included. 


On the same shelf:

March 23, 2013

Social Graph or Graph Search -- What's in a name?

Mark Zuckerberg Introduces
See also:

Graph Search @ mashable.com
Double Comic Feature: Zuck and Users Weigh In on Facebook Graph Search


 

On the same shelf:

  • Facebook Graph Search: The Good, The Bad, The UGLY! by Barbara Starr, http://searchengineland.com  
    Extract:
  • The How: Facebook Graph Search:  Depicted in the figure below, is a user-centric version of the Facebook Open Graph schema. To dig deeper, I used a tool called Gruff, from Franz Inc, which provides beautiful visual displays of information in graph databases. I did take several “views” of the information as there were about 804 triple sets (subject, predicate, object ) which probably form the higher level data structure from which Facebook can derive its structured/graph search....
  • The What: Facebook Graph Search
  • A Word Of Caution (The Ugly)
  • Summary & Takeaways!
  • continue reading: Facebook Graph Search: The Good, The Bad, The UGLY! by Barbara Starr

    March 16, 2013

    Pope Francis' What's in a face - Visualization by Miriam Cervantes Rodriguez

    Extract:
    "What's in a face: Mexico-based facial-communication psychologist Miriam Cervantes Rodriguez analyzes the new pontiff's visage, Metro Mexico." (Source: Pope Francis puts humility on display, WEEKEND, March 15-17, 2013, page 11; metronews.ca) -- (courtesy : AP Photo, Dmitry Lovetsky):
  • Eyebrows 
  • Eyelashes 
  • Ears 
  • Chin 
  • Frontal Sinuses 
  • Irises 
  • Mouth 
  • Jawline   -----  Continue reading: What's in a face: Mexico-based facial-communication psychologist Miriam Cervantes Rodriguez analyzes the new pontiff's visage, Metro News, Toronto
  • See also: