Information Visualization

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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November 26, 2008

Becoming Screen Literate (aka Digital Literacy, Browser Literacy)

By KEVIN KELLY
Published: November 21, 2008 @ NYTimes.com
Everywhere we look, we see screens. The other day I watched clips from a movie as I pumped gas into my car. The other night I saw a movie on the backseat of a plane. We will watch anywhere. Screens playing video pop up in the most unexpected places —

like A.T.M. machines and supermarket checkout lines and tiny phones; some movie fans watch entire films in between calls. These ever-present screens have created an audience for very short moving pictures, as brief as three minutes, while cheap digital creation tools have empowered a new generation of filmmakers, who are rapidly filling up those screens. We are headed toward screen ubiquity. continue reading

NB. Info courtesy: doshdosh.com

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October 21, 2008

INTERACTIVE MAP: U.S. Newspapers pick the president

Info courtesy: markstoneman @ Newspaper Endorsements & blog.techfun.org

10000words.net: "The following map is a collective representation of the endorsements made by newspapers across the country for the 2008 presidential candidates. Currently Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. John McCain in the number of endorsements made by the nation's newspapers as indicated by the blue markers. You can read the actual endorsement from each newspaper by clicking on the corresponding marker:"

http://10000words.net/presidential-endorsement-map.html
See also previous post: Visualizing Election Polls: An Animated, Interactive Way To Analyze Opinion Data

October 15, 2008

Visualizing Election Polls: An Animated, Interactive Way To Analyze Opinion Data

ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2008) — "Do you want to know the percentage of white women who support vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin? What about college-educated versus high school-educated white women? Or those who also hunt?"
Continue reading / see alos: 5 Ways To Visualize The U.S. Elections

PS. This post is inspired by a visual: Palin's Debate Technique by deunadiana @ Cosmopolites' Kaffeeklatsch

October 12, 2008

Blog Popularity Visualized... + 75 Tools to Analyze your blog or website

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Technorati Links: 105

Info courtesy: bhutree / Traffic Guru / 75 Tools to Analyze your blog or website

October 05, 2008

Concept Map / Mind Map Re-visited

Brainstorming for fun and profit.

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: creativity brainstorming)

>>NB. information courtesy: .:: Peta Konsep Anak Bangsa ::.
>>Older posts on the same shelf: Mind map / Concept Map

September 23, 2008

Visual dictionary -- open for all, free for all!

We're redefining the dictionary: Wordia. Search, define, share.
Think of a word that has a special meaning to you.

Record a video defining your word.
Upload your video
See on the same shelf:
Birch Backs Wordia - A Video Dictionary
globeandmail.com: Dictionary democracy