tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post7803167297048565759..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Make the Invisible VisibleMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-15008251170496087402009-11-17T02:04:28.750-08:002009-11-17T02:04:28.750-08:00Re the Nikon thing: I agree - the difference is in...Re the Nikon thing: I agree - the difference is in the control you have over it. *Getting* the scale requires one to be able to move it about as the mind tries to get a hook into it. Interactive control works much better.Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-63396608873861286052009-11-16T15:18:39.473-08:002009-11-16T15:18:39.473-08:00Off-topic, maybe, but the economists get the wrong...Off-topic, maybe, but the economists get the wrong.<br />Again:<br />http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/game-theory.html<br />Rather seriously wrong...David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-38515688216079138992009-11-16T14:15:32.851-08:002009-11-16T14:15:32.851-08:00Short answer: nope, not really.
Slightly longer a...Short answer: nope, not really.<br /><br />Slightly longer answer: you need more bandwidth to get the various messages. The whole point is that we have a new medium to work with, and there's always hope associated with a new medium.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-876694185985885212009-11-16T14:10:10.950-08:002009-11-16T14:10:10.950-08:00> "We must make the invisible visible. We ...> "We must make the invisible visible. We must make the vastness perceptible. We must make the alien familiar. We must make the implausible plausible."<br /><br />That sounds like good advice, but could someone give a 1-sentence gist of each video link, for those of us with slow connections and little patience?Anna Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15176850465809297298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-49822219781086726852009-11-16T07:53:50.498-08:002009-11-16T07:53:50.498-08:00Although more polished than the link I provided an...Although more polished than the link I provided and more complete, I don't like the Nikon app nearly as much because the user control is much clumsier, the sound track is gratuitous, and design trumps information. (See Edward Tufte). In fact, it's a great example of <a href="http://www.washington.edu/computing/training/560/zz-tufte.html#Maximize%20data-ink;%20minimize%20non-data%20ink" rel="nofollow">non-informative "ink"</a>.<br /><br />It doesn't hurt to tell the same story more than once, though, and it's a very interesting comparison. Thanks!<br /><br />Still looking for more examples, so I can help put together a good story.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-35396163220503899382009-11-16T07:22:48.196-08:002009-11-16T07:22:48.196-08:00I liked the "vastness perceptible" link ...I liked the "vastness perceptible" link (and the others) and want to recommend <a href="http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/universcale/index.htm" rel="nofollow">this one</a> as well, which deals well with both sides of the the "vastness" issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-44665775655865905842009-11-16T02:31:02.004-08:002009-11-16T02:31:02.004-08:00Amen. Did you also see the TED video re. filming g...Amen. Did you also see the TED video re. filming glacier retreat? -<br /><br />http://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss.html<br /><br />Your first link (timelase skies) is incredible: it really drives home that I can *think* I know the Earth spins and the stars are fixed, but when I see it, and get an actual sense of the Earth spinning, it turns out I just thought I knew that.Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-43676713475870446492009-11-15T19:39:22.307-08:002009-11-15T19:39:22.307-08:00I am pleased to confirm your opinion that I don...I am pleased to confirm your opinion that I don't believe anything like that is happening. Indeed, the way you phrase it I don't think it describes behavior that occurs in our species.<br /><br />If things are as bad as you say, my point stands. If you cannot change it, your ethical response is to strive to make it visible.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-14431102131301409742009-11-15T18:33:57.909-08:002009-11-15T18:33:57.909-08:00The world you are living in completely artificial!...The world you are living in completely artificial! <br />The real world is much more horrible. <br />Parents eating children because of starvation due to climate change is only one instance of the REAL world.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152292130415788120noreply@blogger.com