Spiralized numbers
Posted on:: October 1st, 2008
New from Bestiario, the creators of the spectacular graphical user interface for Berkman@10, is this spiral visualization of data.
Since I cannot read road maps — I swear I have stood on street corners with a map in one hand and a freaking compass in the other and still gone the wrong way — I am the wrong person to evaluate the spiralizer. But it sure looks pretty
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Not precisely on-topic, but there’s more of a knack to using a compass than you might think. Once in Central America, I saw where our Geology Ph.D. head of program had led a gang of macheteros and a string of pack mules through three complete circles in high-bush jungle, trying to follow a compass bearing.
There’s a slight shift of perspective needed to use a compass effectively, and that doesn’t always come easily. (Use in political or socilogical metaphor is at the reader’s own risk).