Comments on: Visualizing History http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:37:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Imran http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Imran Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/#comment-58 Yeah, the information we choose to call out in visualizations builds the story we are trying to tell. My guess is that these are people that he sees as being the most influential on today's society. In terms of Space and Place, the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Space-Place-Perspective-Yi-Fu-Tuan/dp/0816638772" rel="nofollow">Space and Place</a> is a great primer on how we experience our surroundings. Yeah, the information we choose to call out in visualizations builds the story we are trying to tell. My guess is that these are people that he sees as being the most influential on today’s society.

In terms of Space and Place, the book Space and Place is a great primer on how we experience our surroundings.

]]> By: Kip http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Kip Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:46:18 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/#comment-57 Hey Imran. Neat post. I really like the visualization Dan Roam did. Also interesting how he chose the people he chose ... Out of all the people he could have chosen to contextualize history he chose ~8 people. Wonder what that means. Everyone else is an in-betweener. Wonder who the next orange person is going to be ... Does it also mean there hasn't really been a significant person since Columbus? Hehe. What is the book you were looking into that deals with "places"? Hey Imran. Neat post. I really like the visualization Dan Roam did. Also interesting how he chose the people he chose … Out of all the people he could have chosen to contextualize history he chose ~8 people. Wonder what that means. Everyone else is an in-betweener. Wonder who the next orange person is going to be … Does it also mean there hasn’t really been a significant person since Columbus? Hehe.

What is the book you were looking into that deals with “places”?

]]> By: Imran http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Imran Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:49:06 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/#comment-55 I'd love to hear more about the paper, sources you're using, and eventually read the final thing when it's complete :) I'm also curious about how things went at 2nd Road... I’d love to hear more about the paper, sources you’re using, and eventually read the final thing when it’s complete :)

I’m also curious about how things went at 2nd Road…

]]> By: Kyle http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Kyle Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2008/08/21/visualizing-history/#comment-54 Hey Imran, that's pretty much what my thesis paper is going to be about – the role of visualization in conversation to change organizations. That's a lot of "ations" I know. Hey Imran, that’s pretty much what my thesis paper is going to be about – the role of visualization in conversation to change organizations. That’s a lot of “ations” I know.

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