January 2012
8 posts
Modern & Im/material things: Pie Chart of the Day:... →
modernandmaterialthings:
This morning I learned coyotes have been spotted in my neighborhood (Andersonville). After cracking many jokes in that kind of “this is funny but I hope to Yeezy I never run into any of these coyotes” way, I discovered Urban Coyote Research, a website about coyote behavior/spottings in…
December 2011
5 posts
“New York City has opened up hundreds of datasets through NYC OpenData.”
– nycopendata.tumblr.com
The Language of Interface Design →
November 2011
10 posts
Some Tumblr Numbers →
via marc: “I think they are really Tumblr Numbrs.”
We Love Infographics on Google+ →
ernestolago:
via weloveinfographics
Are we really going to accept an Interface Of The...
lebowitz:
via worrydream.com
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
“It would be ridiculous to try to express by curved lines moral ideals, the...”
– An early vision for data visualization by Alexander von Humboldt circa 1811, quoted in the excellent volume Visual Storytelling (via curiositycounts)
viewshare: interfaces to our heritage →
tingletech:
Viewshare is a free platform for generating and customizing views, (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow users to experience your digital collections.
Google Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or... →
azspot:
In the name of visual consistency, Google has updated the visual style to match Gmail, Calendar and Docs. I have nothing against visual consistency (and in fact, this something that Google should be doing), but it’s as if whoever made the update did so without ever actually using the product to, you know, read something.
When you log into Reader, what the hell do you think your primary...
October 2011
6 posts
“Across the board Google and Android is taking design a lot more seriously,”...”
– Exclusive: Matias Duarte on the philosophy of Android, and an in-depth look at Ice Cream Sandwich | This is my next… - I like airport toilet signage. It’s good signage. Mocking good things doesn’t inspire confidence in your taste. (via iamdanw)
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September 2011
3 posts
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Watchverticalfiles:
librarypadawan:
Here’s a screencast demo for National Archives of Austalia’s Visible Archive Series Browser. At first glance I found the sea of little colored squares confusing, but then things get cool.
o. m. g.
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Big list of data visualisation tools →
August 2011
5 posts
infographics: iPad App →
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Spread of Earthquake-Related Tweets
miguelrios:
Below is a visual of the Tweets from VA and Washington, DC one minute after the August 23 #earthquake.
This is an official Twitter visualization we created to see how far and fast a tweet can travel. This is part of what we do on Twitter’s analytics team. Join us: http://twitter.com/jobs .
“The tekkie outlook is often the hireling’s mentality: that first you do this...”
– WAY OUT OF THE BOX (via azspot)
July 2011
4 posts
Visual.ly →
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Managing UI Complexity →
jayrobinson:
Facebook, Capo, and Billings designer Brandon Walkin shares some solid principles of user interface design, with real world examples:
I’ve spent the past year redesigning a particularly complex application with my primary focus being on reducing complexity. In this article, I’ll go over some of the issues surrounding complexity and techniques that can be used to manage it.
June 2011
3 posts
“Today, municipalities and citizens more than ever need to understand their...”
– Quote by Milind Naphade, program director, smarter city services, IBM Research. Quote found at “Dubuque, Iowa and IBM Combine Analytics, Cloud Computing and Community Engagement to Conserve Water” (via smartercities)
May 2011
14 posts
Showcase: Ghost Counties →
“The ultimate question is how much visual design is enough? Even more important...”
– Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience
Amen. This by the way is one of the most intriguing UX/UE article I’ve read in some time. Here’s another little nugget from it: “… total number of hours consumed by Angry Birds players world-wide is roughly...
