What does an hour’s worth of movement in front of the TV look like? One Flickr user endeavored to find out, using a video camera & a grid of masking tape to plot the positions of dad, kids, and cat. [Via]
For the greater good:
Easier voting through graphic design: Marcia Lausen is "determined to apply the highest possible standards of information design to make [voting systems] clear, accessible, easy to use and the results accurate." [Via]
Edward Tufte shouldn’t be left out of the information design lineup…
Though I found his one-day class a little lacking, the information and references are pretty solid. Note that he is not interested in usability – just making information displays as dense as possible, but still useful.
[Oh, don’t worry–Tufte gets more than his fair share of love on these here internets. I saw that guy in New York years ago and came away unimpressed. –J.]
How about this retro “transit map” on a national scale:
http://www.chrisyates.net/store/fullinterstatemap-web.jpg
Found here:
http://www.chrisyates.net/store/toys.html
And I found it while reading:
http://jalopnik.com/364921/and-now-your-jalopnik-moment-of-zen
–Bill
[Cool, thanks for the links. –J.]