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Mousetrack, now with visualization.

Posted on June 26th by Matthew Hockenberry.
We've got the mousetrack visualizations working (go to the experimenter list here to check it out, follow the visualize link). Some notes: There are preferences, but I wouldn't even go into ...
President’s Men

[graph-watch] All the President’s Graphs

Posted on June 13th by Matthew Hockenberry.
The Wall Street Journal has a nice graph selection taking a look at U.S. presidents' job-approval ratings. The site showcases the average approval ratings over time of modern ...
Diagrams

Chi Review: Qualities of Perceived Aesthetic in Data Visualization

Posted on May 16th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Great (and content packed) talk by Nick Cawthon, University of Sydney, Australia. Fair warning, Alt.Chi presentations aren't considered archival by the Chi community (although maybe they should be). Abstract:Through results gathered ...
Lots of Data

Recycled Canvas Beta Report Highlights / Version 1.0

Posted on April 17th by Matthew Hockenberry.
As we wind down our beta period for Recycled Canvas we're in the process of preparing an internal report of some of the results. We're planning on getting the ...
Font family

Font Farm - Breeding Typography

Posted on April 17th by Matthew Hockenberry.
genoTyp is an incredibly interesting experiment in genetic typography by Michael Schmitz. I have a strong interest in the idea of genetic algorithms and the elegance with which genoTyp ...
Mashup-graph

[mashups] Lots of coal, but the engine is full.

Posted on March 26th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Read/WriteWeb points out that mapping continues to be the dominate API used for mashups, and wonders if mashups have lost their luster: There are few surprises in this information. Google ...
mousetrack

Mousetracking for fun (but not profit)

Posted on March 15th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Creative Synthesis is now set up for mousetracking. Here is some of the activity, you can see where people held the mouse longer (bigger, darker circles). If you want to see ...
mapofscience

Paradigm Synthesis

Posted on March 1st by Matthew Hockenberry.
This Map of Science (found via Information Aesthetics) suggests that ways of visualizing scientific thought and contribution can offer incredible insight into the state of the art. This ...