Fast Thinking and Slow Thinking Visualisation | Spatial Analysis
I have seen bad examples of both slow thinking and fast thinking maps but there is undoubtedly more rubbish in the latter category. I blame the rise of infographics in addition to the increasing ease with which data can be mapped (I note, this latter point has also facilitated many great maps). It’s not all bad though, much like tabloid newspaper headlines I think clever fast thinking visualisations have required a lot of slow thinking by their creators and are good for portraying simple but important messages.
The first computer bug
The first computer bug, courtesy of the US Navy: HT: 60 Minutes
VncSharp: A .NET VNC Client Library
VncSharp is a free and open source (GPL) implementation of the VNC Remote Framebuffer (RFB) Protocol for the .NET Framework. VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a cross-platform client/server protocol allowing remote systems to be controlled over a network. via VncSharp: A .NET VNC Client Library.
World Economic Forum - Visualization Challenge - Jan Willem Tulp
Found this visualization from Jan Willem Tulp: World Economic Forum - Visualization Challenge. Looks very much like the visualization I did for Old Testament and New Testament references, but overall much more professional and polished. Since it was written using protovis, I might see if I can port OTNT to mimic his view. Also uses grid960.css, which I’ve wanted to use. Sounds like a fun challenge…
Cool Infographics - Blog - Geek vs. Nerd: Which Are You?
Cool Infographics - Blog - Geek vs. Nerd: Which Are You? is a clever infographic to help us distinguish between geeks and nerds. A little too much detail, but entertaining nevertheless. Another fun digression is the Geek Test [http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html] where you can see just how geeky you really are. I just scored 30.81181% – Total Geek. So there!
Stacey, The Lightweight Content Management System
Browsing around the web the other day, I found a clean, lightweight template system called Stacey [http://www.staceyapp.com]. The layout and look is very straightforward and uncluttered. Using a subset of HTML tags, the most interesting feature is that it does not rely on any database – it is completely text-based. It’s also opensourced at github [http://github.com/kolber/stacey] I wonder if anyone has found this useful or flexible enough to recommend this system over the other template systems out there.
The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy - David Weinberger - Harvard Business Review
Addressing the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom hierarchy by Ackoff (or Eliot? or Zappa?), David Weinberger argues that “knowledge is not a result merely of filtering or algorithms. It results from a far more complex process that is social, goal-driven, contextual, and culturally-bound.” via The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy - David Weinberger - Harvard Business Review. Is DIKW a simplification? Yes. An over-simplification? Maybe. But that’s what computer scientists, as Mr. Weinberger argues, crave – drilling down into the information, filtering out the extra, and refining the unnecessary to reach the real raison d’etre.
Applying Sentiment Analysis to the Bible « OpenBible.info Blog
What happens when you look at the language in the Bible, try to determine who’s happy and who’s not, then graph it all out? OpenBible.info has done just that and posted a nice, circular graphic showing the ebbs and flows of positive and negative vibes in the Bible. It’s a pretty vanilla linguistic analysis, and the circle is just for aesthetics (see the author’s comment to the post), but it’s still interesting.
Three people who should not be writing your content | Siegel+Gale
Three people who should not be writing your content | Siegel+Gale. Think of three people who shouldn’t be anywhere to the content creation process in your office. Who would they be? Why? Sarah Negugogor, at Siegel and Gale, has posted a concise argument against using lawyers, engineers, or managers to write content. I found myself nodding in agreement all the way through…
Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America - Medievalists.net
Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America - Medievalists.net. Wonderful news! Can’t wait to see the exhibition. Given the current collaborators, I’m sure it will be top notch. It has been a long time since I’ve seen a world-class medieval exhibition, the last one being “The Making of England” at the British Museum/Library some twenty years ago. For more information about the hoard, see the website. In late 2009, the British Museum Press published a small (48pp) volume on the hoard (ISBN: 978-0714123288), with a sampling of photographs.