Excellent ! 2009/12/8 Christophe Tricot <[email protected]>
> > > Sent to you by Christophe Tricot via Google Reader: > > > 10 Gifts For Data > Lovers<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Datavisualization/%7E3/YRaESj3K8ho/10-gifts-for-data-lovers> > via Datavisualization.ch <http://www.datavisualization.ch> by Benjamin > Wiederkehr on 12/7/09 > > [image: gifts_00] > <http://www.datavisualization.ch/articles/10-gifts-for-data-lovers> > > Did you stumble upon this website because of the browser history of your > roommate or did you follow one of the many links your girlfriends constantly > send over Twitter? Consider yourself happy then because: I’ve got some of > *the best christmas gifts* for before mentioned person. (Also, if you want > to tell your friends about some gifts you, as a desperate infographic or > data art fiend, would really appreciate) > 1. Conference Tickets > > [image: gifts_02]Conferences are a fantastic way to get inspired, learn > about different approaches and see cutting-edge technology. Also it’s always > a ton of fun to meet *mentors*, see old *friends* and *connecting* to new > people. Not to mention the good coffee in the morning and booze at the > afterparty. Some great suggestions are: > > - TED <http://ted.com> > - POP! <http://poptech.org/> > - VisWeek <http://vis.computer.org/VisWeek2010/> > > 2. Books > > [image: gifts_05]There is plethora of great books out there. Some are > deeply *inspirational* and other highly *informative*, but worth a closer > look are most of them. Now all that a happy designer needs in addition is a > rainy / snowy weekend without deadlines the next monday (Feel the irony?). > > - There are a lot of books on my wishlist on > Amazon<http://www.amazon.de/wishlist/YALKXFXNDP9V> > > 3. Posters > > [image: gifts_07]Is there a better way to decaorate the walls of your > office, studio or kitchen with a beautifully crafted *Infographic*? No? I > think so too! Here are some good sources for Infographic posters. > > - Flowing Prints <http://www.flowingprints.com> > - Infojocks <http://www.infojocks.com/> > - WebTrendMap <http://webtrendmap.com/signup/> > - Visual > Aid<http://www.visualaid-shop.com/posters.php?pageno=1&PHPSESSID=2f450fbf85f4f9413309da05f7066b64> > - RoadTrip <http://www.oostring.com/weblog/?p=181> > > 4. Portraits > > [image: gifts_08]If an infographic is a bit too unpersonal, i got > something that’s a personal as it gets: *DNA Portraits* are visualizations > of your very own DNA signature printed on high-quality canvas. You collect > the data (your DNA in this case), send in the sample, they extract the > information needed for the visualization and 3 weeks later you have your > picture in your hands. Creepy maybe, but unique for sure. > > - DNA Posters <http://www.dna11.com/gallery_portraits.asp> > > 5. Family Tree > > *[image: gifts_09]My Tree And Me* provides beautifully illustrated custom > family trees. Delivered as high-quality prints ready for your wall. Once the > family tree form is filled out, a visualization method is chosen and a color > scheme is defined the picture is ready for creation. Three weeks later it > already might hang on your wall. > > - My Tree and Me <http://www.mytreeandme.com/> > > 6. Getting physical > > [image: gifts_06]Once in a while playing with digital representations > isn’t enough for the kid in us. If the receiver likes to get his hands dirty > with some serious sothering and loves to play with receptors, motors and > sensors the *Arduino Starter Kit* might be the perfect gift. Arduino lets > you program sensors in a Processing-like environment to draw visualization > with real-life data or create analog representations of digital data. > Possibilities are endless! > > - Arduino <http://www.arduino.cc/> > - Arduino Starter > Kit<http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSAK> > > 7. Furniture > > [image: gifts_10]Fluid-Forms.com lets you create your very own “timezone”. > The face of the *Street Clock* is a section of *OpenStreetMap* *data* that > you can choose freely. Just select a city or country and then zoom and pan > the map to your liking. Thec lock is cut out of wood or acrylic glass. > > - Street > Clock<http://www.fluid-forms.com/design-your-own/streets-uhr-individuelle-design-wanduhr> > > 8. Jewelery > > [image: gifts_03]Data scientists may not be easily excited by jewelery but > these pieces are on of a kind. With their “Gestalt” based on actual data > they tell an interesting story AND look pretty. > > - Weather > Bracelet<http://www.shapeways.com/model/46496/weather_bracelet.html> > - Plot <http://thisisplot.com/index.html> > > 9. Clothes > > [image: gifts_04]Newsknitter is project that produces *sweater* based on > 24 hours of new feed from the Internet. Good looking, warming and surely a > topic the wearer has to explain more than once. > > - Newsknitter <http://www.casualdata.com/newsknitter/> > > 10. Help me out! > > Right, these are just 9 of the promised *10 gifts*. Would you mind helping > me out finding the 10th gift? Just add any suggestions in the comments. > Thanks for your contributions! > > Nathan has compiled another datageek wishlist on > flowingdata.com<http://flowingdata.com/2009/12/07/8-great-gifts-for-your-data-geek/> > > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Datavisualization?a=YRaESj3K8ho:PPExCTdGO00:I9og5sOYxJI> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Datavisualization?a=YRaESj3K8ho:PPExCTdGO00:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Datavisualization?a=YRaESj3K8ho:PPExCTdGO00:qj6IDK7rITs> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Datavisualization?a=YRaESj3K8ho:PPExCTdGO00:V_sGLiPBpWU> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Datavisualization?a=YRaESj3K8ho:PPExCTdGO00:gIN9vFwOqvQ> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/Datavisualization?a=YRaESj3K8ho:PPExCTdGO00:yIl2AUoC8zA> > > > > Things you can do from here: > > - Subscribe to > Datavisualization.ch<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FDatavisualization?source=email>using > *Google Reader* > - Get started using Google > Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with > *all your favorite sites* > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Vous avez reçu ce message, car vous êtes abonné au groupe Groupe "Cartographie d'informations" de Google Groupes. 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