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Neighborhood Visualizer: Revealing Material and Energy Use in Cities - information aesthetics
4 weeks ago by sophia
The Neighborhood Visualizer [urbmet.org], developed by MIT PhD candidate David Quinn and IST PhD candidate Daniel Wiesmann, aims to bring about a better understanding about urban patterns that relate to material use and energy use.
visualization
via:lyells
energy
neighborhoods
urban
4 weeks ago by sophia
App Store - NotesF1 To Do Free
january 2012 by sophia
This is the first true Lotus® Notes® To Do synchronization app. The app uses Lotus® Notes® Traveler server and therefore the user can start to synchronize all Notes® To Do’s (tasks) without any modifications on the Lotus® Domino® server or in the mail file. This app has it all:
lotus_notes
IBM
via:lyells
=app
january 2012 by sophia
Amazon.com: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Third Edition (9781879960749): Gloria Anzaldúa: Books
january 2012 by sophia
Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa’s experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remapped our understanding of what a “border” is, seeing it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This twentieth-anniversary edition features new commentaries from prominent activists, artists, and teachers on the legacy of Gloria Anzaldúa’s visionary work.
chicana
identity
=book
via:lyells
january 2012 by sophia
A Muscular Empathy - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic
january 2012 by sophia
Sent from Read It Later
empathy
via:lyells
poverty
january 2012 by sophia
Stumbling and Mumbling: Nice doesn't pay
november 2011 by sophia
It’s not just niceness that’s punished. So too, rather surprisingly, is conscientiousness.
As you might expect, the least conscientious quartile of people earn less than average. Being sloppy in your work costs you money. But there’s a penalty for being too conscientious. The most conscientious quartile of men earn 7.1% less than average, and the most conscientious 25% of women earn 8.7% less.
This is not because conscientious people go into routine jobs that are less well paid; these numbers control for industry and occupation. Instead, says Heineck:
A ‘too high’ standard in getting things done slows down decision processes and/or job performance which might eventually result in lower job productivity.
psychology
personality
leadership
effectiveness
work
career
via:lyells
As you might expect, the least conscientious quartile of people earn less than average. Being sloppy in your work costs you money. But there’s a penalty for being too conscientious. The most conscientious quartile of men earn 7.1% less than average, and the most conscientious 25% of women earn 8.7% less.
This is not because conscientious people go into routine jobs that are less well paid; these numbers control for industry and occupation. Instead, says Heineck:
A ‘too high’ standard in getting things done slows down decision processes and/or job performance which might eventually result in lower job productivity.
november 2011 by sophia
TED Talk: How Aaron Koblin is Visualizing Humanity - information aesthetics
september 2011 by sophia
Aaron Koblin, the talented interaction designer known from groundbreaking works like Flight Patterns, Bicycle Built for 2,000, eCloud, New York Talk Exchange, Hand-Drawn Sheep Market and Radiohead's 3D Laser Scanner Video Clip has recently given a TED talk, summarizing and demonstrating many of his works.<br />
Instead of clicking on all of these internal links above, you can watch all this, and much more, in less than 20 minutes below.<br />
Aaron currently leads the "Data Arts Team" in the "Google Creative Lab", a team who initiated the Google Data Viz challenge and just launched their WebGL globe.<br />
He claims that "an interface can be powerful narrative device. As we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity and maybe even an obligation to ... tell some amazing stories".
design
interface
storytelling
visualization
via:lyells
TED
=video
from delicious
Instead of clicking on all of these internal links above, you can watch all this, and much more, in less than 20 minutes below.<br />
Aaron currently leads the "Data Arts Team" in the "Google Creative Lab", a team who initiated the Google Data Viz challenge and just launched their WebGL globe.<br />
He claims that "an interface can be powerful narrative device. As we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity and maybe even an obligation to ... tell some amazing stories".
september 2011 by sophia
Zeugma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
september 2011 by sophia
Zeugma (from the Greek: ζεῦγμα, zeûgma, meaning "yoke"[1]) is a figure of speech describing the joining of two or more parts of a sentence with a single common verb or noun. A zeugma employs both ellipsis, the omission of words which are easily understood, and parallelism, the balance of several words or phrases. The result is a series of similar phrases joined or yoked together by a common and implied noun or verb.
grammar
language
via:lyells
from delicious
september 2011 by sophia
Solar Panels Take to the Water - NYTimes.com
april 2011 by sophia
Sent from Read It Later
solar
water
PV
via:lyells
reneweables
energy
april 2011 by sophia
Home » LibreOffice
april 2011 by sophia
LibreOffice is the free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, that gives you six feature-rich applications for all your document production and data processing needs: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math and Base.
word_processing
=software
open_source
via:lyells
from delicious
april 2011 by sophia
| Planning Tool Exchange
april 2011 by sophia
Join us on PlanIt X - the Planning Tool Exchange - your online hub for the best tools, resources, and organizations in community planning. Find and contribute resources to help grow an information bank for communities
urban_planning
foundations
via:lyells
april 2011 by sophia
DAYTUM
february 2011 by sophia
DAYTUM HELPS YOU COLLECT, CATEGORIZE AND COMMUNICATE YOUR EVERYDAY DATA
information
dashboards
tracking
visualization
via:lyells
february 2011 by sophia
Marina Gorbis | Institute For The Future
december 2010 by sophia
A native of Odessa, Ukraine, Marina is particularly suited to see things from a global perspective. She has directed international programs and led international development projects for SRI (formerly Stanford Research Institute) in China, Japan, Vietnam, India, and Eastern Europe. Marina has also authored publications on international business and economics, with an emphasis on regional innovation and competitiveness.
technology
cities
via:lyells
december 2010 by sophia
IMPURE | Home
november 2010 by sophia
Bestiario is a company founded five years ago. We are dedicated to data dynamic representation and to the creation of spaces for the collective creation of knowledge. Our slogan is: "making the complex comprehensible." We combine art and science to design and create interactive information spaces. We have developed a powerful framework based on graph theory, topological algorithms, physical models, and geometrical and geographical representations to provide the optimum solutions to our customers.
visualization
data
information
infographics
via:lyells
november 2010 by sophia
Ory Okolloh | Profile on TED.com
october 2010 by sophia
Ory Okolloh is a blogger and open-government activist. She runs Mzalendo, a pioneering civic website that tracks the performance of Kenya's Parliament and its Parliamentarians. With a vote tracker, articles and opinion pieces, the site connects Kenyans to their leaders and opens the lid on this powerful and once-secretive body. (This is a Parliament that finally agreed to have its procedings televised in August 2008.)
activism
:kenya
via:lyells
october 2010 by sophia
Map Scripting 101 - O'Reilly Media
october 2010 by sophia
An Example-Driven Guide to Building Interactive Maps with Bing, Yahoo!, and Google Maps | Map Scripting 101 uses a project-based approach to teach you how to create useful and fun online map mashups like weather maps and local concert trackers. Author Adam DuVander shows you how to use Mapstraction, an open source JavaScript library, to create and manipulate basic maps by setting zoom levels, showing and hiding markers, geocoding addresses, customizing maps for visitors based on their locales, and so on. You'll also learn to handle complex GIS (geographic information system) data and formats like KML and GeoRSS, and to create graphical overlays to make sense of data and trends. This is a perfect book for any web developer, whether their goal is to build a map to track earthquakes around the world, or to simply mark the best coffee shops in town.
via:lyells
mapping
programming
october 2010 by sophia
Edward Tufte: Courses
october 2010 by sophia
fundamental strategies of analytical design
evaluating evidence used in presentations
statistical data: tables, graphics, and semi-graphics
business, scientific, research, and financial presentations
complexity and clarity
effective presentations: on paper and in person
interface design
use of PowerPoint, video, overheads, and handouts
multi-media, internet, and websites
credibility of presentations
animation and scientific visualizations
many practical examples
visualization
via:lyells
data
=class
evaluating evidence used in presentations
statistical data: tables, graphics, and semi-graphics
business, scientific, research, and financial presentations
complexity and clarity
effective presentations: on paper and in person
interface design
use of PowerPoint, video, overheads, and handouts
multi-media, internet, and websites
credibility of presentations
animation and scientific visualizations
many practical examples
october 2010 by sophia
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