information aesthetics

a set of relational visualizations represent the relative frequencies of trigrams as they appear on the web, based on a massive (100GB) n-gram dataset from Google's corpus archive. n-grams are pieces of sentences. a trigram (n=3), for example, might be "I like food" or "frog is tasty."

the first visualization compares the 120 trigrams of the terms 'He' with 'She', while the other is based on 75 trigrams of 'I' & 'You'. the frequencies of the 2nd word in the trigrams were sorted in decreasing order. words are sized according to the square root of their use frequencies. the color-coded lines act like paths (similar to a tree structure), enumerating all of the occurring trigrams.

[link: chrisharrison.net

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another example of a spelling frequency graph, here showing the relative distribution of the different spellings for the terms "ohshit" (vs. "oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit") & "damn" (vs. "daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn") based on the data reported back via the search results from Google.

[link: ohshiit.com & daaamn.com|thnkx Mart!n]

see also:
. aargh spelling frequency,
. aah spelling frequency.

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some recently introduced visual search metaphors. searchme uses an interactive interface resembling Mac's Coverflow in iTunes & Finder, RedZee adopts a similar, but more rudimentary visual metaphor of showing screenshot thumbnails that can be navigated in a seemingly fluid way, while brynsbrain prefers a pseudo-3D interface that known from the 3D tilt viewer.

[link: brynsbrain.com & RedZee.com & SearchMe.com|via searchengineland.com]

see also:
.oskope visual search & shopping

.search crystal

.like image search

.mnemomap visual workflow search

.brainmap hierarchical search

.casual search

.tianamo 3D web search

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an alternative weather forecast visualization method that compresses 6 main weather parameters into a single image. every vertical line in the image is the colored representation of a data record with 6 main weather parameters for a particular time of the day (or night). the more similar the color patterns of 2 different vertical lines, the closer are the weather conditions they represent on the image.

users can analyze the image from left to right to spot color patterns occurring during the entire forecast period, which usually point to certain patterns in weather conditions, or even weather anomalies. for instance, almost every location will show 6 (by the number of days the forecast is given for) easily identifiable day/night color transitions as weather conditions at those times of the day significantly differ, especially in northern areas. the dark blue or dark red spots usually point to spikes in certain weather parameters like temperature, wind speed or cloudness, & result in weather anomalies like rain or severe thunderstorms.

[link: novospark.com]

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an open, free database from the United Nations of over 55 million records. the website brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users, allowing them to search & download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system. it is reminiscent of the final part of Hans Rosling's famous TED talk, to free & unify all global statistics to be explored, analyzed & visualized. in addition, it aims to educate users about the importance of statistics for evidence-based policy & decision making, & to assist National Statistical Offices of member countries to strengthen their data dissemination capabilities.

available datasets are multifold, & include trade statistics, key indicators, greenhouse gas inventory, internet users, & many many more. you might also appreciate Worldbank's online database.

[link: data.un.org & un.org|via eagereyes.org]

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an IMAP-based email analysis project, which generates tables, graphs & visual distributions based on time of day, senders, recipients, mailing lists, & so on.

graphs include distribution of messages by year, month, day, day of week & time of day, distribution of messages by size & the top 40 largest messages, the top senders, recipients & mailing lists subscribed, distributions of senders, recipients & mailing lists over time, & the distribution of thread lengths.

[link: code.google.com & blog.persistent.info|via googlified.com|thnkx jeffchin]

see also Google visualization API & Google chart API.

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an interactive network visualization of one's social network on facebook, which highlights commonalities between common friends.

this tool exists already since quite a while, but an anonymized demo can now be explored for those (few) without a Facebook account.

did anyone find any striking patterns in their social network?

[link: ludios.net]

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an impressive 3D navigable representation of the services that use our electromagnetic radiospectrum, ranging from 10Khz "radio navigation" to 100Ghz "inter-satellite communication".

the "services" view shows the range of applications (e.g. mobile, satellite, broadcasting) sorted by electromagnetic frequency, while the "projects" view documents different art works that have been based on specific spectrum zones (with accompanying descriptions & videos).

[link: spectrumatlas.org & vimeo.com|thnkx Tom]

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