30 January 2007

Knowledge and Learning Concept Map : http://cognitiveoverload.com/files/kmap.pdf developed (by Rod Savoie at NRC in Moncton) . Via

OrthoZoom Scroller: 1D Multi-Scale Navigation (PDF) - View as HTML to browse large textual documents with semantic zooming and snapping on the structure.

Information Visualization: Principles, Promise, and Pragmatics ...
(Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTML Connectedness. (Slide adapted from Tamara Munzner)

Syria Map : http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/syria/map_flash.html Click here for a non-flash version.

Favicons : http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/ are the little icons that show next to bookmarks and in the address bar of most browsers. (upload a 16 x 16 pixel PNG and click 'Faviconify!' to create a favicon for your website.) This favicon maker supports alpha transparency.

http://www.frappr.com/secondlife

Getting Some Perspective : http://www.psc.cornell.edu/gssop/courses/Maps_And_Monsters/2005/index.php?page=8 and session text: Maps_And_Monsters_session6.pdf

Context + Appropriation Revisited
http://www.1-900-870-6235.com/Images/PeaceInOurHands.jpg

DanteWorlds : http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/ an integrated multimedia journey--combining artistic images, textual commentary, and audio recordings. The site is structured around a visual representation of Dante's worlds: it shows who and what appear where. Via

Map Symbol Brewer : http://www.oschnabel.gmxhome.de/mapsymbolbrewer/mapsymbolbrewer.htm#

Real stories about real people trying to get on Google Maps Via

Science Tribune Factorial mapping can be likened to the long-standing art of maps and cartography that synthesizes a mass of information and gives an overall view.

Escher Animations : http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~gershon/EscherForReal/

Conquering the Information Deluge -- Handling Books, Magazines ... (PDF) - View as HTML (also "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler)

Photography of this sculpture is prohibited : http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2007/01/the_stranger_arrested

More YouTube MashUp examples : http://kowtower.wordpress.com/tag/mashup/

"All great truth's begin as blasphemies." - Bernard Shaw Via
"If we want to solve a problem that we have never solved before, we must leave the door to the unknown ajar." - Richard P. Feynman, physicist and Nobel laureate
"Yeah, this is who I am. It must have been meant to be." - The Universe
"To design an angel, it is said, you need a map of heaven. You need to know the nature of goodness and perfection." - Bryan Appleyard, "Brave New Worlds"
"If my eyes will not tell me about men and events, ideas and doctrines, I must find another way." - Louis Braille

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