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Data is the new (s)oil?
Fascinating TED talk from David McCandless on the beauty of data visualisation and its increasing importance in a connected world. McCandless quotes Hans Rosling: “let the data set change your mind set”.
Window on hidden truths?
Interesting post over at Creative Review re Data Visualisation. Features link to Newsnight’s recent piece on the subject (and in particular whether it helps articulate or distorts the message) with Kirsty Wark, David McCandless and Neville Brody.
See the infographic review of the designer’s respective performances here!
Example of data visualisation:
Mashed Library 2010
Open Labs partnered with LJMU’s Library and Student Support department to organise and deliver Liverpool’s first Mashed Library event at Parr Street Studios on May 13 – 14, 2010.
Mashed Library was a semi-unconference style event centred around the theme of data mash-ups in a library context. It brought together a range of participants (librarians, technologists, journalists and Liverpool’s creative technology community) from as far a field as Europe and the US.
You can get a taster of the preparation, event and feedback on twitter, a breakdown of who said what on Mike Nolan’s blog, photos are available on flickr and films on youtube (films produced by Wes and Chris at the Hatch).
