[FRIAM] Fwd: Information Visualization - Table of Contents alert Volume 9 Issue 2

2010-05-18 Thread Tom Johnson
Some interesting work here on data visualization, and all the articles are free for the download until May 31, 2010 -tj -- Forwarded message -- From: Information Visualization Alert i...@ealert.nature.com Date: Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:47 AM Subject: Information Visualization -

Re: [FRIAM] AAMAS 2010

2010-05-18 Thread Owen Densmore
Wow, very impressive set of papers, and not behind a pay-wall! Thanks for posting. Owen I am an iPad, resistance is futile! On May 17, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Roger Critchlow r...@elf.org wrote: The complete conference proceedings are here,

[FRIAM] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Owen Densmore
Interesting attempt by apple to develop a flash equivalent. Key challenge I think, is whether they can use standard JavaScript + libraries. Note the AIR link at the bottom of the page. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/07/apple_developing_flash_alternative_named_gianduia.html

Re: [FRIAM] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Tyler White
The articles say that On May 18, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote: Interesting attempt by apple to develop a flash equivalent. Key challenge I think, is whether they can use standard JavaScript + libraries. Note the AIR link at the bottom of the page.

Re: [FRIAM] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Tyler White
The articles say that Gianduia is not a Flash alternative and not to expect motion tweens or easy drawing anytime soon. It's more of a collection of Javascript, HTML 5, and CSS objects used to help build Apple-like user interfaces and web apps. The hype comes from a year-old tweet by the

Re: [FRIAM] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Robert J. Cordingley
Owen In the Flash vs HTML5 'debate', I thought these comments were telling: HTML5 is already delivering comparable performance to Flash Flash objects are stuck in their own context, and can't easily integrate with the rest of the web page nor other embedded Flash objects on the page. that

Re: [FRIAM] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Robert J. Cordingley
The demos from the 'manipulated' link in the article looked fun. See: http://www.craftymind.com/2010/04/20/blowing-up-html5-video-and-mapping-it-into-3d-space/ Thanks Robert On 5/18/10 10:11 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: Interesting attempt by apple to develop a flash equivalent. Key challenge I

Re: [FRIAM] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Bin Hu
Thanks for the link. It is a nice demo. However, the cpu consumption was not low compared to Flash. Apple claims that flash consumes too much cpu power. Bin On May 18, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: The demos from the 'manipulated' link in the article looked fun. See:

Re: [FRIAM] [WedTech] AppleInsider | Apple developing Flash alternative named Gianduia

2010-05-18 Thread Roger Critchlow
Here's a little linked verse on the general subject from someone saying goodbye to apple development. From http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/ http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/ http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/It’s not about Adobe. It’s not about Flash. It’s not about cross-platform. It’s about less code. It’s

[FRIAM] In the Light of Evolution IV: The Human Condition

2010-05-18 Thread Roger Critchlow
PNAS has published the papers from the latest Sackler Colloquium: In the Light of Evolution IV: The Human Condition with open access. http://www.pnas.org/content/107/suppl.2 -- rec -- FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets

Re: [FRIAM] WARNING: Political Argument in Progress, Beep Beep Beep

2010-05-18 Thread Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky
Steve , Vicki, and Honorable Lurkers, I have tried to respond and seem to have entered an existential fog. Steve's reply is almost identical to one I was preparing but trashed. I pulled out a copy of Bertrand Russell's POWER and started poking around again. We apparently have repeated much of

Re: [FRIAM] WARNING: Political Argument in Progress, Beep Beep Beep

2010-05-18 Thread Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky
Sorry about the replies but thought this insight might be useful, If as I speculate POWER is completely or essentially illusionary then some interesting other social phenomena start making considerable sense. Most power structures are lately trapped into massive media campaigns. The amount