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Visualization

Visuals are information intrinsically

abstract visuals as sth with meaning, not sth purely visual thus associate objective to each visual representation possible transformation too, etc... then be able to apply them to any content that is relevant, eventually auto-assign them based on content meta-data and visual meta-data

(even build ontologies and make a real "visual language" with a grammar and possible transition, as discussed in semantic web channel on freenode , cf log)

Dealing with information overload

Ideal solution

• All information display SHOULD be tailored to the viewer ability to deal (cope?) with it, especially quantity.
  • grow on (eventually implicit) demand
    • communication of website
    • features on the software
  • examples of gradual information growth
    • newspapers capitalized first letter then big letter first lines then classical size.
    • books title then outline then introduction then content
    • ..? more visual ones ?
• 1 button synthesis
  • Always provide a pre-selected default choice (if possible smartly with Markov chain prediction)

Simplified solution

Basically we can have 2 views of the same data :

1. (default view) with the most popular ideas, the easier to grasp and the safest according to the community
   1. targeting the new user who just want to try
2. the latest ideas (user would have to decide to explore this more advance view)
   1. targeting the advance user who wants to go further

Inspiration : Freshapps by ReadWriteWeb : "Instead, "fresh" means popular, which is why the "freshest" apps include what we now consider old standbys like Facebook, Pandora, and Wikipanion. That's not to say that you can't discover apps that are new to you here, but at this time, this doesn't look like the place to discover the absolute latest releases."

To add : should add the previous discussion I had with Emilie before.

Interfaces

Bubble web interface	Shapeless web interface	Behaviors oriented	Dedicated to children	Soap bubbles	Propositions on perspective (2D vs 3D iso vs 3D)	Co-existence of different visualizations

Proposition for future interface, visual and streamlined (early March 2009).

Skins and separated communities

As mentioned in "Co-existence of different visualizations" Seedea can take different forms. It could be interesting to split in different communities (E:\Work\pensine\a integrer\entry points.jpg). Here is a possible list of communities (also according to Xye.Targetmarket) that would maximize synergies (cross competencies and domains) but still offer skins that each community could feel used to.

General visuals

• Seed according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • A seed /ˈsiːd/ (help·info) (in some plants, referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant.
• our little virtual gardener
  • 
• Poster Potential - Focus on your potential not your limitations
• Data Pointed byStephen Von Worley

High-tech visuals

• Recommanded by Dwair
  • z-design's brushes set 1, 2, 3; interface 1
  • awesome ideas for transitions on GUI
  • extreme interface design
• Ghost in the Shell - The Information Age, very nice visuals of "the Net"
• Wallpapers from Animepaper.net
  • GitS:SAC - AI Design Project
  • Living Inside The S.H.E.L.L
  • Blue Solo
• Pictures found with GoogleImage : [1], [2], [3]
• 1st Ave Machine presented in 1stAveMachine Ads - Cyborgs Can be Atomized by CyberPunkReview, November 21, 2008

PS : separation is a difficult point, keeping a general approach has some fundamental advantages (factorizing cross-domain studies and thus real innovation) and some disadvantages (risk of going nowhere by being to idealistic or fuzzy).

Virtual assistant module

Being a very exciting topic, the Virtual assistant module now has it's very own page!

References

• Wiki Growth over Time as a Force-Directed Network Layout - information aesthetics or History Flow
• A Few Thoughts on Cognitive Overload by David Kirsh for Intellectica (2000)
• VaIL: Visual and Iconic Language 2007 nicely pointed at by Dave Gray, founder and chairman of XPLANE after a question on "visual thinking as a way to cope with cognitive overload"
• Information Overload Research Group
• The eyes have it on Communication Nation : Actual bandwidth of the five senses, compared to the bandwidth we are consciously aware of.
• Handbook of Data Visualization, Springer 2008
  • tree view with polar coordinates mapping gives a perfect style for hi-tech Ghost in the Shell
• VAC Views Visual Analytics from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

To integrate

• Information Overload: What It Is And You Can Avoid It on Robin Good's Latest News