Showing posts with label visual. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visual. Show all posts
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Maps for fun
This is what I do when I get a little bored: I create maps. This one is a sub-map on French Movie Music composers.
I think this is the first time I try to publish the html version of a map built with Inspiration. I've published the image version of some maps in the past but this one includes hyperlinks to YouTube videos.
I tried to go see Bill Conti conduct the National Symphony Orchestra yesterday at the Kennedy Center and was very disappointed that he couldn't get to D.C. because of the snow and the replacement program was ... not good enough. The fact that the music from the Nutcracker appears in multiple movies does not, in my humble opinion, qualify the Nutcracker as an appropriate selection for a movie music concert.
I think this is the first time I try to publish the html version of a map built with Inspiration. I've published the image version of some maps in the past but this one includes hyperlinks to YouTube videos.
I tried to go see Bill Conti conduct the National Symphony Orchestra yesterday at the Kennedy Center and was very disappointed that he couldn't get to D.C. because of the snow and the replacement program was ... not good enough. The fact that the music from the Nutcracker appears in multiple movies does not, in my humble opinion, qualify the Nutcracker as an appropriate selection for a movie music concert.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Playing with Pearltrees: social bookmarking meets web navigation
Joined a group on Diigo 24 hours ago, opened an email telling me about what other people are tagging in that group, followed a link, discovered Pearltrees. Next step: play for a couple of hours. Let the creative juices flow. How can I use this tool? How does it work?
That's how things happen. Copy some script and voila... click on the pearl below to visit my first Pearltree map.
Try it out for yourself! Discover Pearltrees' website! Watch a YouTube introduction to Pearltrees.
Disclaimer: I have no personal or professional connection to Pearltrees.
That's how things happen. Copy some script and voila... click on the pearl below to visit my first Pearltree map.
Try it out for yourself! Discover Pearltrees' website! Watch a YouTube introduction to Pearltrees.
Disclaimer: I have no personal or professional connection to Pearltrees.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Moving on....
Yesterday was my last day working at AED. I worked with AED for a little less than four years.
* rewarding -- most of the time :)-- as in "Wow... I can see how that has an impact on development."
* a great learning experience -- as in "That worked well, let's make sure to do it again this way," or "That flopped... let's not do it again," and "How did I not see that before...".
* challenging -- as in "that really pushed me to learn or do something I didn't know I could do" and "What on earth are we doing? This doesn't make any sense to me....".
In the process of reflecting on these past few years and looking ahead, I want to be able to remember as much as possible of the work I did, the relationships, the people. Below is a little collage representing the last few years at AED. Some of it would have meaning only to me but that's the idea.... The next time I have to go to an interview and I have to explain what I did at AED, I'd rather look at this collage to bring up memories than look at a few lines on my CV.
* rewarding -- most of the time :)-- as in "Wow... I can see how that has an impact on development."
* a great learning experience -- as in "That worked well, let's make sure to do it again this way," or "That flopped... let's not do it again," and "How did I not see that before...".
* challenging -- as in "that really pushed me to learn or do something I didn't know I could do" and "What on earth are we doing? This doesn't make any sense to me....".
In the process of reflecting on these past few years and looking ahead, I want to be able to remember as much as possible of the work I did, the relationships, the people. Below is a little collage representing the last few years at AED. Some of it would have meaning only to me but that's the idea.... The next time I have to go to an interview and I have to explain what I did at AED, I'd rather look at this collage to bring up memories than look at a few lines on my CV.
Monday, February 18, 2008
WikiMindMap
Click on the map to enlarge
WikiMindMap is a web-based tool that transforms Wikipedia articles into a mindmap. I haven't figured out yet how to use the tool on a different wiki, if it is at all possible.
The mindmap above corresponds to the article on telecenters in the English version of Wikipedia. I used "telecenter" simply because I am familiar with the content of the "telecenter" article on Wikipedia and I wanted to see how that familiar content would translate into a mindmap.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Influence Mapping
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is coming up with an influence mapping tool. The tool was created by Eva Schiffer. It's "an interview-based mapping tool that helps people understand, visualize, discuss, and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes." It's called NetMap. It's at the intersection of a game, a mapping tool, a strategic planning tool and something that can be used for community engagement. It looks like something that is both very hands-on, with board pieces, pens and paper, like a board game, but with potential for computer generated network analysis and diagramming as well.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen
Impressive dynamic visual presentation of development data... and at the end of the presentation, one animation showing the advance of the Internet in relation to economic growth across countries of the world. For more information about the software used, see the Gapminder.org website.
This is related to one of my latent interests -- visual representations of data. If you don't know the work of Edward Tufte, please do check it out. I haven't seen a lot of emphasis on dynamic/interactive data in his work. However, he has a greater emphasis on aesthetics in addition to a strong focus on the integrity of the visual representation of data and the analysis of data.
Impressive dynamic visual presentation of development data... and at the end of the presentation, one animation showing the advance of the Internet in relation to economic growth across countries of the world. For more information about the software used, see the Gapminder.org website.
This is related to one of my latent interests -- visual representations of data. If you don't know the work of Edward Tufte, please do check it out. I haven't seen a lot of emphasis on dynamic/interactive data in his work. However, he has a greater emphasis on aesthetics in addition to a strong focus on the integrity of the visual representation of data and the analysis of data.
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