July 2, 2008


Delighting with Data

Tom Taylor discusses the fun of reprocessing data, making things, like the Tower Bridge in London, speak via twitter. Other examples include asteroids, the International Space Station:

You’re probably here because you’re a geek. That’s cool, so am I. And if you’re anything like me, you probably like data, and lots of it. I’m sure you know loads of fantastic examples of repurposing boring data for incredibly useful stuff.

But sometimes we geeks forget about all the delightful and beautiful things we can build. The things that aren’t necessarily useful or purposeful, but pointless, silly and wonderful. So, I’m talking about building beautiful things out of (sometimes) boring data sources. I’ll be talking less about design and visualisation, and more about projects and ‘things’.

posted by Andrew Simone in technology 

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