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Projects and Experiments by FlowingData

Projects and Experiments by FlowingData

Google Use this free Java application to explore the connections between related websites. Try it now! Enter keywords or a URL, and click 'Graph it!' Getting Started Make sure you have the latest version of java, at least Java 1.5 Type in your search keywords or a URL, and press "Graph It!" Sample Searches: Arquitectura de la información La arquitectura de la Información (AI) es la disciplina y arte encargada del estudio, análisis, organización, disposición y estructuración de la información en espacios de información, y de la selección y presentación de los datos en los sistemas de información interactivos y no interactivos. En relación con la World Wide Web, el Information Architecture Institute define la Arquitectura de la Información como: 1. El diseño estructural en entornos de información compartida.2. La Arquitectura de la Información trata indistintamente del diseño de: sitios web, interfaces de dispositivos móviles o gadgets (como los lectores de mp3), CD interactivos, videoclips digitales, relojes, tableros de instrumentos de aviones de combate o civiles, interfaces de máquinas dispensadoras, interfaces de juegos electrónicos, etc. Origen del término Arquitectura de la información[editar] El término arquitectura se comienza a usar en el contexto computacional por la empresa IBM alrededor del año 1959.

Haystack Blog » A Knight News Challenge Application The Knight News Challenge is an ambitious undertaking to fund innovation in tools that can help digital journalism. I’m planning to submit a proposal around our Datapress data-blogging plugin for WordPress and am seeking some early-adopter WordPress bloggers who’d be interested in experimenting with our tools on their sites. I believe that publishing rich interactive data visualizations is a powerful way to get your story across. If you’re the New York Times you can build your own Visualization Lab to create these sorts of presentations. We’ve created a WordPress plugin called Datapress that lets you WYSIWYG author—not program—interactive visualizations of any data you like. Datapress uses the Exhibit framework, which has been used to create several hundred interesting data visualizations on the web, including some by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Star Tribune, and the St.

Carbon Ratings Agency: an IDEAcarbon company: Home PearlTrees: Visually Organize and Share Web Bookmarks - informat Pearltrees [pearltrees.com] is a new online visualization tool that allows users to organize their favorite content found on the Web as a network graph, which then reveals the connections between the interests of people. Or, in other words, Pearltrees is a somehow alternative visual version of the social bookmarking concepts that drive delicio.us, or a "collaborative network" that let users create, organize and share the world of their interests. However, in contrast to a tag-based system, Pearltrees connects people by the real content that is shared. Users can save their favorite websites, organize what they find interesting, and explore what others have saved and are saying about specific web destinations. You can watch a documentary video below.

The best free graphic design software | Graphic design Not everyone has the cash to spend kitting themselves out with the most expensive graphic design software, particularly when starting a new business or embarking on a new career in design. There's no denying that paid-for creative software – like Adobe's fantastic Creative Cloud suite of applications – will always be better than a freebie. Exclusive offer: Save 15% on Adobe Creative Cloud now But for those who don't want to pay and have time to do the groundwork, there is some free graphic design software out there that will do the job well. To save you from doing said groundwork, we've compiled this list and divided it into five sections – use the drop-down menu above to navigate to the page you want. 01. Platform: Online, PC, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS Previously known as plain old Gravit, Gravit Designer is a full-featured vector design app suitable for all manner of jobs, from screen and icon designs through to presentations, illustration and animation. 02. 03. Platform: Web Browser 04.

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How Apture can create meaning in the brain by channeling Tom Wujec’s TED Talk – Blog – Apture.com Watch Tom Wujec , Information designer at Autodesk discuss three key qualities of successful information design to create meaning. It is fascinating: The video outlines how good Information Design builds meaning in the brain by activating three key areas: the ventral stream of the visual processing pathway, the dorsal stream of the visual processing pathway, and the limbic system to deepen the way people experience information. Tom’s message is identical to how Apture presents content and enhances the way readers experience information on the web. Five years ago at Stanford University, I took Professor Kalanit Grill-Spector ’s classes on the Psychology & Neuroscience of Perception and read certain literature which influenced a lot of how I think about Apture’s user interface. Here are the three take-aways and similarities I saw: 1. Apture let’s you turn flat phrases of text and flesh them out into visually rich and memorable representations: images, videos, slideshows, etc. 2. 3.

Mesh: Responsive Portfolio WordPress Theme A clean and well-structured portfolio theme with a focus on full screen media. Perfect for artists, designers, photographers and other creative types. Released: 25 Nov 2013 Version: 1.0 (Changelog) Last Updated: 25 Nov 2013 Requirements: WordPress 3.5+ Theme Type: Portfolio, Responsive Designer: Orman Clark Accent colour control Control the accent colour of your site without touching a single line of code. Full multimedia support Use different media to display your work. Fully responsive design Serve an optimised version of the theme to your visitors on tablet and mobile devices. Post format support Spice up your blog with multimedia content. Fully filterable portfolio Showcase your talent using the inbuilt gallery function and allow site visitors to filter your work by discipline. Bloat free codebase A nimble little theme which focuses on the task at hand.

WordPress Theme Customization Guide & Tutorial | Press Coders New to WordPress theme customization? Just brushing up? This tutorial guide will teach you how to customize a WordPress theme the right way. Who is this guide for? This guide is intended for those with some knowledge of HTML and CSS, but aren’t too familiar with the way WordPress themes work. If you don’t know much about web design but you are interested, that’s good too. Even if you’re a skilled web design veteran there’s always something to learn, I know I’m still learning! Why should I listen to you? At Press Coders we have over 20 years combined experience with web design, and we have been creating our own themes full time since 2010. We created our own theme framework, and we currently have 6 themes in our catalog, with more on the way. This whole guide summarized Here’s the big picture: this guide will allow you to customize any theme using the best practices in child themeing, with a little CSS and PHP magic. Next Chapter… Percentage of sites running WordPress 1. Use a child theme! 2. 3.

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