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November 29, 2007
Visualize Whirled Peas
Today's post is all about visualization.
First up, we've got Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury visualizing (i.e., making visual) the recent phenomenon of the "Barack Obama is a Muslim" e-mails:
(Click on the link or on the cell to go to the full comic strip. The thread continues for several more strips, so hit the "Next" button.)
This visualization, of course, correctly identifies these e-mails as desperate attempts to smear a candidate. We expect as much from our political cartoonists. The Washington Post? Eh, not so much. AJ Rossmiller at AmericaBlog and Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo call the WaPo on its pathetic performance.
Our next visualization is a real brain-bender. BoingBoing points us to the wall-sized chart of Irene Pereyra and Tom Klinkowstein showing "A Day in the Life of a Network Designer's Smart Things, or A Day In a Designer's Networked Smart Things, 2030." The idea here is that ubiquitous computing and wearable computers will mesh by 2030, providing us with an uninterrupted flow of data and processing all day long. It's wild and incredibly detailed. As Anthony Townsend notes: "t seems also to be a potential inspiration for user interfaces to the vast amounts of personal data and media we'll throw off in the future." Cool stuff. Click on the link or on the image to download the full pdf file and scroll around it. The key to all of the future-terms is on the far right-hand side.
And finally, one last bit of visualization goodness (and naughtiness)! Artist Maurico Ricardo starts by drawing people's private bits, and then, magically, transforms them into perfectly harmless (ha!) cartoons. With some of the drawings, it becomes very difficult to see the original randy line-drawings. Enjoy!
Posted by reparent at November 29, 2007 3:56 PM
Comments
Hi Richard,
Thanks for the flattering comments about our poster, it's nice to see people enjoying it after months of hard work.
Great blog!
Irene Pereyra
Posted by: Irene Pereyra at November 30, 2007 1:12 PM
Yes, thanks for taking a look.
We're interested in other people's ideas about the future (as inspiration for future projects of course!).
Tom Klinkowstein
Posted by: Tom Klinkowstein at November 30, 2007 5:03 PM