5th
March
2004
“my collection began in the fall of 2001, when i observed a friend of mine as he composed a map for a german exchange student who was visiting our college campus. you could see all of the effort he’d put into it; switching colors often and making lots of wobbly little arrows.†it was really quite a work of art.†i loved it, so i asked him to draw me a map of chicago heights, where we went to high school. this was followed by a map of the city of chicago, and shortly after i’d managed to acquire a map from a stranger directing me to some store.†i hung my meager collection of three maps on my apartment wall, and shortly afterwards i had to pack them away and leave for a study period in france. this began the second phase of my collecting.†being a foreigner, i was always asking for directions, in every new city i’d visit.†naturally, this led to many new additions to my collection.” (Thanks kottke.org)
posted in Mapping | Permalink |
5th
March
2004
“Much anecdotal evidence suggests that Google is the most popular search engine. However, such claims are rarely backed up by data. The reasons for this are manifold, including the difficulty in measuring search engine popularity and the multiple ways in which the concept can be understood. Here, I discuss the sources of confusion related to search engine popularity.”
posted in Searching | Permalink |
5th
March
2004
“This talk explores information visualization (InfoViz) from the perspective of information architecture (IA). InfoViz does not have a high profile among IAs. Skepticism dominates. InfoViz is often dismissed as either not ready for primetime, not applicable to IA problems, or as a good idea that hasn’t panned out ó a failed experiment.” Thanks InfoDesign
posted in Visual thinking | Permalink |
5th
March
2004
“Using Locations, Using Pictures to Represent Numbers, List of Words, 60-digit Number, Names and Faces, 60-digit Spoken Number, Deck of Cards in One Minute, 20 or 30 Decks of Cards in an Hour, 2000 or 3000 Digits in an Hour, 400 Digits in 5 Minutes, 150 Words in 15 Minutes, Binary Numbers.”
posted in Et cetera | Permalink |
5th
March
2004
“The urge to inform the public of official developments and pronouncements has been a characteristic of most autocratic rulers. This urge was fulfilled in ancient Rome by the Acta Diurna (Daily Events), a daily gazette dating from 59 BC and attributed in origin to Julius Caesar. Handwritten copies of this early journal were posted in prominent places in Rome and in the provinces with the clear intention of feeding the populace official information. The Acta Diurna was not, however, restricted to proclamations, edicts, or even to political decisions taken in the Roman Senate.”
posted in Old media | Permalink |
5th
March
2004
“Longtime online news consultant Vin Crosbie says newspapers and their Web sites†must change their approach to publishing news ó online and off ó if they want to successfully compete with the many Web sites and other new†information sources vying for readers’ attention and loyalty.”
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
