Here is what Bruce and I presented in class today, the tweets are not loading online for some reason, but the basic functionality is there.
This prototype is for functionality purposes only. We are moving towards this aesthetics once we achieve the functionality that we desire.
Wordpress won’t let us put html code into the html tag, it removes it, so we can’t put the presentation here, we have to link to it 
Read more about the post on my blog.
Tufte Article:
This article seems pretty straight-forward, and could probably be condensed down into one sentence. But I think that the concept of data ink is interesting. He failed to mention color in his article, which can play a key role in organization. He talks about a bar and how it represents the data in 6 different ways. He says that if you eliminate 5 out of 6 it represents the height, it will still indicate the height, it will but an arbitrary height of a line, does not convey much information than the dimensions of a simple graphic. If one of these six representations were placed in a graph layout, then it may or may not be successful.
Christiane Paul Article:
I agree with Steve that the article feels dated, even though most of the projects referenced are only about 7 or 8 years old. Having all of our information online is interesting in the associations in which it is organized and categorized. One issue that was not discussed is ownership of data that populates all of these databases.
Design and the Elastic Mind is a MoMA exhibition represented in a web site. “The exhibition highlights designers’ ability to grasp momentous changes in technology, science, and history—changes that demand or reflect major adjustments in human behavior—and translate them into objects that people can actually understand and use.” The site contains information for over 300 projects. The site visually links the projects together by drawing lines between similar projects. Projects can be viewed by clicking on them.
