What are the limits of small multiples? At what point do the charts lose their individual meaning and blend back into a single, collective image/pattern? This is a quick experiment using bar graphs with random values to test the visual limits of small multiples.
Recreating Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing 146A in code
I put together some code and work-in-progress photos to document a project I finished a year ago. The project was to implement Sol LeWitt’s rules for his Wall Drawing 146A and draw it on a wall in my home office. The instructions are seemingly very simple. "All two-part combinations of blue arcs from corners and … Continue reading Recreating Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing 146A in code
Learning Processing – Simple Text Parsing, Cleaning and Saving
This past Saturday, I spent the day teaching about 60 women the basics of programming using the Processing language. It was a lot of fun and a bit nerve wracking since it was my first time. Since that class I’ve been thinking that I could create a few code examples using Processing for some straightforward … Continue reading Learning Processing – Simple Text Parsing, Cleaning and Saving
Creating Data Visualizations for the CBC
I recently started using Processing (processing.org) at the CBC to visualize the dependencies of the content areas on projects being built by Media Ops & Technology (MO&T). Roughly speaking, MO&T builds out platform related projects and the content areas leverage the functionality of those projects to build out their sites. The previous post here was a first sketch … Continue reading Creating Data Visualizations for the CBC
tnoc_Attractor_Duotone_vM500 from sspboyd on Vimeo.(Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)
Coloured Boxes Image Sampling 10 from sspboyd on Vimeo. This goes with the image from the previous post. Video from a Processing.org sketch that reads the colours in an image and represents them as rectangles. The width is based on the brightness levels.(Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)
Choosing Descriptive Variable Names: Code !is English
When starting a new project I often find one of the hardest parts is choosing accurate, descriptive variable names for the objects and variables I’m working with. I’m sure this isn’t a new observation but it is striking me now as I try to sort through the best way to structure a Class in Java … Continue reading Choosing Descriptive Variable Names: Code !is English
Data Visualizations with Processing, TSU prints
This image,Tsu-20041226-005853UTC, was created shortly after the Christmas 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. It was made using satellite images and population density information for the affected countries in the Indian Ocean. I wrote a program in Processing to read this data and generate the black and white representation below. Lines representing people who died from … Continue reading Data Visualizations with Processing, TSU prints
18147 tweets about the Toronto Mayoral election
Toronto Mayoral Election: @RobFordTeam vs @G_Smitherman vs @JPantalone Tweets with @RobFordTeam are in red. Tweets with @G_Smitherman are in purple. Tweets with @JPantalone are in teal Tweets mentioning two or more are multicoloured. Tweets mentioning none of them are transparent. Tweets were gathered from searching via the api for: #voteTO OR #RobFord OR #Smitherman OR #Pantalone … Continue reading 18147 tweets about the Toronto Mayoral election