Via Ajaxian, I learned about a new data visualization project called JsVis, released in January 2007. JsVis, by Kyle Sholtz, is a JavaScript framework for creating “Snowflake graphs” like this one: There is a lot of potential for visualizing complex relationships with this sort of…
Simile, a project MIT, has created several open source tools for visualizing data on the web. The interfaces are clean and free of unnecessary decoration, and the AJAX interaction encourages exploration and questioning. These are an excellent addition to the information design toolbox. Timeplot is…
Interactive model of tobacco control, for University of Arizona/ERDU, 2007. Designed model in Flash, with wiki and threaded comments to invite practitioners to contribute.
Smashing Magazine compiled a long list of modern approaches to visualizing data, including mind maps, charts, maps, bubble charts, histograms and more. It’s an excellent reference for gathering ideas and challenging assumptions about how to present data and relationships. Example below from visualcomplexity.com. .
Last weekend I shook off my Berkeley inertia and took a trip in to the city to attend WordCamp. I particularly enjoyed a talk by Rashmi Sinha about social networks and popularity. There are some problems inherent in basing a site’s navigation on popularity. A…
Interactive, paper-based prototyping ideaI love this! No more excuses for not…
Loyalty – is there an app for that?This morning I was cleaning out my purse…Copyright © 2010 All rights reserved
