27 February 2003

Edward Tufte: Project management graphics Good thread on designing (better) project management graphics/Gantt charts, and how they can help teams 4:56:17 PM     comments

Edward Tufte: Sources for Minard's famous 1861 map of the Napoleonic campaign in Russia 1812-13 Famous for Tufte-watchers/information-designers anyway. Also, notes on the Life of Charles Joseph Minard 4:54:53 PM     comments

UMTS Forum: 3G providers must understand mobile emotion to succeed mobile phones do not widen a person's social connectivity, but instead drive more frequent and intensive relations with existing contacts - colleagues, family and friends. Furthermore, the primary value of the mobile phone is perceived to be for 'functional' activities, for example talk and texting. Importantly relationships with business clients over the mobile were found to be minimal (mostly talk-based) - especially when compared to communication with business colleagues. [...] In addition, the study suggests that people have a more 'emotional' relationship with their mobile phone than they do with other forms of computational device, for example a PC or PDA. There is a distinct emotional attachment to the information contained on and delivered via their mobile phone. Mobile phones are increasingly becoming the only place people store their social and family phone numbers and diary dates. Consequently, the potential loss can cause anguish to owners. Indeed most of the people surveyed used emotional language categories to explain their mobile usage: these categories include panic, need, desire, anxiety, etc. [via ?] 4:52:27 PM     comments

Blood, dirt, and nomograms - a particular history of graphs [via robotwisdom] 4:12:07 PM     comments