From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0001.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0002.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0002.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0003.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0003.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0001.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0004.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0004.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0002.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0005.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0005.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0003.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0006.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0006.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0004.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0007.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0005.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0008.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0008.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0006.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0001.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0010.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0010.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0008.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0002.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0011.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0011.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0009.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0003.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0012.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0012.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0010.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0004.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0013.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0013.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0011.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0005.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0014.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0014.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0012.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0006.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0015.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0015.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0013.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0007.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0016.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0016.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0014.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0008.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0017.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0017.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0015.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0009.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0002.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0018.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0016.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0010.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0019.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0019.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0017.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0011.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0004.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0020.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0020.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0018.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0012.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0005.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0021.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0021.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0019.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0013.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0022.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0022.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0020.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0014.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0023.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0023.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0021.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0015.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0008.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0024.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0024.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0022.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0016.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0009.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0025.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0025.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0023.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0017.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0010.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0026.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0026.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0024.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0018.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0027.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0027.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0025.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0019.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0013.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0028.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0028.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0026.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego Union-Tribune_ for 28 Nov. 2009: "The company MolSoft, recently launched a platform it calls ActiveICM that enables authors to include three-dimensional, interactive graphics with the text of their articles. That means readers can click at the appropriate point in an article, call up an exhibit and view it from any angle. "This fall, scientists from the international Structural Genomics Consortium used the technology to publish a series of articles with 3-D representations of protein molecules believed to be related to disease. The first articles appeared in the journal _PLoS ONE_, but the consortium is also talking with the journal _Nature_. "'Essentially we're looking at proteins, which are very complex,' MolSoft founder Ruben Abagyan said. 'You can compare that with a planet or with a city, where you need to navigate. It's sort of like Google Earth in some degree.' "Abagyan, a professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego, had developed previous visualization programs as part of his work developing methods to design new drug candidates. He started MolSoft in 1994 to offer software tools to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. "While the initial uses relate to drug research, Abagyan thinks the potential applications of the technology are virtually limitless. For example, it might be useful in any publishing that involves displaying a product, from shoes to real estate. "The interface is straightforward, with an article's text on one side of the screen and whatever exhibit the reader has chosen to look at on the other. Authors can include Internet-like links in the text as frequently as they want to direct readers to the exhibits. "'It's not just animation,' Abagyan said. 'It's a fully interactive environment, which is extremely powerful, where you can look for things and in theory you can build it into any view (of the exhibit).' "Abagyan said a big advantage of the platform is that it works both online and off. So a reader can look at an article on the Web, where academic journals get much of their readership these days, or download it to read on a laptop whenever it's convenient. "The company started moving in the direction of publishing about four years ago, when the Structural Genomics Consortium approached it about finding a way to better visualize the protein structures it was studying. The consortium, which operates from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada, aims to place three-dimensional structures of medical relevance into the public domain. "Brian Marsden, a principal investigator in research informatics with the consortium, said consortium scientists used the platform internally to communicate about their work as it gradually became powerful enough for broader use. In 2006, the consortium and MolSoft felt confident enough to publish an article headlined, 'From a data dump to an automated story.' "'This time last year we felt comfortable enough to go to a number of publishing entities around the world and say: "This is cool. This is the new way of publishing this information in an interactive format,"' said Marsden, who is based at the University of Oxford in England. 'It's not like you have these 2-D bits of paper with some jargon on it and a couple of images that even people like me can't really understand.' "While Abagyan thinks the potential for the software is vast, he's in no rush to expand his company. With about 10 employees at an office near The Scripps Research Institute, MolSoft brings in more than $2 million a year in revenue and has been consistently profitable. "Abagyan said he has never taken on outside investors and doesn't plan to do so. For now, he sees the publishing application as mainly a conduit for the advancement of science. The software to read articles is free, and licenses for the publishing software cost $100 for students and $200 for academics. "'We're happy to be part of that noble mission and participate in this public dissemination,' Abagyan said. 'So we don't really care that it doesn't bring a large revenue stream at this point. But we know that the potential is there. I can apply it to shoes, casinos, whatever.'" Their website is at http://www.molsoft.com/index.html and the download page for their ActiveICM product is at http://www.molsoft.com/activeicm.html Lots of possibilities.... Deborah _____ Deborah Taylor-Pearce dtp at she-philosopher.com From m.meirelles at neu.edu Sun Dec 20 04:42:03 2009 From: m.meirelles at neu.edu (Isabel Meirelles) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:03 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: =?windows-1252?q?CFP=3A_Arts_=7C_Humanities_=7C_Compl?= =?windows-1252?q?ex_Networks_=97_a_Leonardo_satellite_symposium?= Message-ID: Dear friends and collegues, We would be happy to see some Information Design expertise. Please spread the word. Best regards, Isabel ********* We are pleased to invite you to Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci 2010 taking place at Barab?siLab ? Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on Monday, May 10, 2010. Abstract: By means of keynotes, contributed talks and interdisciplinary discussion we will explore and identify important issues surrounding the convergence of arts, humanities and complex networks. On the one hand we will concentrate on network structure and dynamics in areas ranging from art history and archeology to music, film and image science. In the same time we are interested in the development and critique of network visualizations from medieval manuscripts to the latest tools, such as Cytoscape and Processing. Our dual focus is based on the opinion that the study of networks and the study of visualizations of these networks complement each other, much in the same way as archeology cannot live without self-reflective art history ? studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Bringing together network scientists and specialists from the arts and humanities we strive for a better understanding of networks and their visualizations, resulting in better images of networks, and a better use of these images. Running parallel to the NetSci2010 conference, the symposium will also provide a unique opportunity to mingle with leading researchers and practitioners of complex network science, potentially sparking fruitful collaborations. Confirmed keynote speakers include: Fernanda Vi?gas and Martin Wattenberg (IBM Visual Communication Lab, Boston): http://www.research.ibm.com/visual Ward Shelley (New York artist): http://www.wardshelley.com Contributions: In addition to the keynotes we are looking for ten 15 minute contributions in order to cover a large territory around arts, humanities and complex networks. Abstracts should not exceed 200-300 words. Applications should include one relevant URL and your most awesome figure. Please send a one page PDF not exceeding 500kb to: artshumanities at netsci2010.net Selected original papers will be published in the Leonardo Journal, MIT Press. Proceedings will be published online. Important dates: The deadline for applications is January 22, 2010. Decisions for acceptance will be sent out by February 7. Possible subjects include: * Multi-modal networks of features and meta-data in art, film, music and literature; * Citation and transmission of motifs (Mnemosyne); * Emergence and Evolution of canon in art, music, literature and film; * Evolution of communities of practice in art and science; * History of network visualization (genealogies, trees, matrices); * Art history of taxonomy and evolutionary models (like Darwin?s corals vs. Wallace?s trees); * Networks in architecture (from the Ekistics movement to modern traffic planning); * Cultural exchange and trade networks (from the Neolithic to modern supply chains); * Contemporary art and network science; * Network structure in cultural heritage, film and music databases;? Attendance: Attending our symposium will be free of charge. As space is limited, we require registration. Registration will open on January 22, 2010 at http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net NetSci 2010 attendees can register directly now. For the NetSci 2010 registration fee and deadline please see http://www.netsci2010.net. Organizers: The symposium is organized by Maximilian Schich (Art Historian at Barab?siLab), and co-chaired by Roger Malina (Executive Editor at Leonardo journal) and Isabel Meirelles (Associate Professor at Dept. of Art + Design, Northeastern University). The symposium is a satellite to NetSci 2010 and counts with the support of the Barab?siLab ? CCNR and Dept. of Art + Design, both at Northeastern University in Boston, and Leonardo/ISAST. Links: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks: http://artshumanities.netsci2010.net Barab?siLab: http://www.barabasilab.com Dept. Art+Design: http://www.art.neu.edu Leonardo: http://www.leonardo.info NetSci2010: http://www.netsci2010.net Contact: artshumanities at netsci2010.net CFP: Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks ? a Leonardo satellite symposium _____________________________ M. Isabel Meirelles Interim Chair, Associate Professor Department of Art + Design 239 Ryder Hall Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5000 www.art.neu.edu m.meirelles at neu.edu phone: 617-373-7926 | fax: 617-373-8535 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091219/1f376e3b/attachment-0020.htm From bbegin at aol.com Fri Dec 25 20:29:14 2009 From: bbegin at aol.com (bbegin at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:29:14 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CC53AFAD1EFCE8-4EDC-36CD8@webmail-d055.sysops.aol.com> The Diagrams conference sounds fascinating. Will this primarily be for academics? I develop training for front-line users and use a lot of diagrams. Is this appropriate for me to consider? Thank you, and happy 2010. Beth +++++++++++++ Beth Lisberg Najberg 312-335-1218 -----Original Message----- From: Mateja Jamnik To: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org Sent: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 3:49 pm Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Diagrams 2010 - 2nd Call for papers **************************************************************** Diagrams 2010 Sixth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/ diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org 9-11 August 2010 Portland, Oregon, USA **************************************************************** Second Call for Papers News: - New Program Committee Members - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions **************************************************************** Diagrams is an international and interdisciplinary conference series, covering all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. Recent advances in technology have enabled the use of diagrams, sketches and other visualizations to become an integral part of our lives. For effective communication with these novel and sophisticated visual representations, we need insight into how diagrams are used, how they are represented, which types are available and when it is appropriate to use them. These concerns have triggered a surge of interest in the study of diagrammatic notations for communication, cognition, creative thought, computation and problem-solving. The study of diagrammatic notations and their use must be pursued as an interdisciplinary endeavour. Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams: for example, architecture, artificial intelligence, cartography, cognitive science, computer science, education, graphic design, history of science, human-computer interaction, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and software modelling. Diagrams 2010 is the sixth event in this conference series, which was launched in Edinburgh in 2000. Diagrams attracts a large number of researchers from virtually all related fields mentioned, placing the conference as a major international event in the area. Diagrams 2010 will be co-located with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Cogsci-2010). This co-location will provide a lively and stimulating environment, enabling researchers from related communities to exchange ideas and more widely disseminate research results. Diagrams 2010 will consist of sessions including presentations of refereed papers, posters, and also tutorial and workshop sessions. For the first time in history of Diagrams we will organize workshops and postgraduate student sessions. We invite submissions of: - long research papers (15 pages) - short research papers (7 pages) - posters (3 pages) - tutorial proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - workshop proposals (2 pages; see the conference web page for full details) - graduate symposium submissions (3 pages; see the conference web page for full details) that focus on any aspect of diagrams research. Long papers should present original research results. Short papers and posters should present original research contributions, position or problem statements, summarize software to support the use of diagrams, or integrate results published elsewhere which are of interest to the Diagrams community. All submissions will be fully peer reviewed. The proceedings, which will include accepted long and short papers and posters, will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, http://www.springer.com/lncs. Full details on the preparation of submissions can be found on the conference web site http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/submission Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - applications of diagrams - computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams - design of diagrammatic notations - diagram understanding by humans or machines - diagram aesthetics and layout - educational uses of diagrams - evaluation of diagrammatic notations - graphical communication - heterogeneous notations involving diagrams - history of diagrammatic notations - information visualization using diagrams - novel uses of diagrams - psychological issues pertaining to perception, comprehension or production of diagrams - reasoning with diagrams - software to support the use of diagrams - theoretical aspects of diagrams including, for example, classification and formalization - usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams - use of diagrams in disciplines of humanities, engineering, mathematics, science and technology. Important dates *************** Abstract submission: 8 January 2010 Paper, tutorial and workshop proposal submissions: 18 January 2010 Poster submission: 1 February 2010 Notification for workshops: 8 February 2010 Notification for papers and tutorials: 1 March 2010 Notification for posters: 8 March 2010 Camera ready copies due: 29 March 2010 Graduate symposium submissions: 5 April 2010 Notification for graduate symposium submissions: 19 April 2010 Diagrams 2010 conference: 9-11 August 2010 Organizers ********** Conference Chairs: Ashok Goel (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Mateja Jamnik (Cambridge University, UK) N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, USA) Workshop Chair: Unmesh Kurup (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Tutorial Chair: Stephanie Elzer (Millersville University, USA) Graduate Symposium Chair: Jim Davies (Carleton University, Canada) Program Committee ***************** Gerard Allwein (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Christine Alvarado (Harvey Mudd College, USA) Michael Anderson (University of Hartford, USA) Dave Barker-Plummer (Stanford University, USA) Alan Blackwell (Cambridge University, UK) Dorothea Blostein (Queen's University, Canada) Paolo Bottoni (University of Rome, Italy) B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University, USA) Peter Cheng (University of Sussex, UK) Phil Cox (Dalhousie University, Canada) Richard Cox (University of Sussex, UK) Frithjof Dau (University of Wollongong, Australia) Max J. Egenhofer (University of Maine, USA) Jacques Fleuriot (University of Edinburgh, UK) Jean Flower (Autodesk, UK) John Gero (George Mason University, USA) Mark D. Gross (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Corin Gurr (University of Reading, UK) Mary Hegarty (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) John Howse (University of Brighton, UK) Hans Kestler (University of Ulm, Germany) Zenon Kulpa (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland) John Lee (University of Edinburgh, UK) Richard Lowe (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia) Bernd Meyer (Monash University, Australia) Nathaniel Miller (University of Northern Colerado, USA) Mark Minas (Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Germany) Nancy Nersessian (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jesse Norman (University College London, UK) Luis Pineda (Universidad Nacional Autunoma de Mexico, Mexico City) Helen Purchase (Glasgow University, UK) Peter Rodgers (University of Kent, UK) Frank Ruskey (University of Victoria, Canada) Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University, Japan) Sun-Joo Shin (Yale University, USA) Gem Stapleton (University of Brighton, UK) Nik Swoboda (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain) Susan Trickett (Naval Research Laboratory, USA) Barbara Tversky (Stanford University, USA) Contact Us ********** diagrams2010 at diagrams-conference.org **************************************************************** Call For Workshop Proposals At Diagrams 2010 We solicit proposals for half-day workshops to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. Interested researchers should submit a one or two page proposal that includes a title, the focus areas and goals of the proposed workshop, the target community (or communities), the number of expected talks, the planned format and the program committee. For more information see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/workshops **************************************************************** Call for Tutorial Proposals at Diagrams 2010 We call for proposals for two or four hour tutorials to be offered as part of Diagrams 2010. Proposals should include a title, names and affiliations of instructors, preferred duration, benefits to be gained from attending the tutorial, features of the tutorial content, description of the intended audience, presentation formats, tutorial history, and any additional equipment or support requirements. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/tutorials **************************************************************** Call for Graduate Symposium Submissions at Diagrams 2010 We solicit submission for Graduate Symposium to be held as part of Diagrams 2010. The goal of the Graduate Symposium is to provide senior graduate students or recent master's and Ph.D. graduates with an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established people. A group of experts will be present to comment on the presentations. Talks will also be given on 1) how to present scientific papers and 2) dissertation advice. Submissions should be up to three pages long. Accepted papers will be printed and made available at Diagrams 2010 and also on the conference web page. For more details, please see: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/content/graduate-symposium ============================================================= Mateja Jamnik Computer Laboratory Email: Mateja.Jamnik at cl.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mj201 J.J. Thomson Avenue Tel: +44 (0)1223 763 587 Cambridge, CB3 0FD, UK Fax: +44 (0)1223 334 678 ============================================================= ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org __________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091225/cb97a5dd/attachment-0014.htm From abeesj at googlemail.com Fri Dec 11 11:59:39 2009 From: abeesj at googlemail.com (Abi Searle-Jones) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:59:39 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Message-ID: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/6b22be10/attachment-0029.htm From miles.kimball at ttu.edu Fri Dec 11 18:13:21 2009 From: miles.kimball at ttu.edu (Kimball, Miles) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:13:21 -0600 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2CF1E24240363D498E52E28F54F2F2088D9A5185E8@CRATUS.ttu.edu> A similar system, less polished but more developed, is available here: http://flightaware.com/live/ It's updated by ATC (air traffic control) tracking of radar transponders in IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft, so it covers both commercial and general aviation. Searchable by aircraft number, flight number, or airport. It also archives flights for some period - I think a month. Here's a plane I fly sometimes: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N828MC It's interesting to see this kind of tool as the visual display of databases. (in this case, a very busy display!) Miles Kimball From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] On Behalf Of Abi Searle-Jones Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:00 AM To: Discussions about information design Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Live aeroplane tracking Hi, I'm not sure if this is really information design. But it is awesome. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Abi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091211/f679a662/attachment-0029.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Mon Dec 14 00:19:48 2009 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts Message-ID: Hi all, Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is No Doctor." Here's the link: http://bit.ly/4WcB52 Happy holidays, Karen Karen Schriver, PhD KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. 33 Potomac Street Oakmont, PA 15139 412.828.8791 kschriver at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091213/be094f0b/attachment-0027.htm From frascara at ualberta.ca Mon Dec 14 12:28:38 2009 From: frascara at ualberta.ca (frascara at ualberta.ca) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:38 -0700 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Health Literacy Podcasts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20091214042838.91517aaie64aypwk@webmail.ualberta.ca> You ARE WONDERFUL, Karen. And wonderfully generous. Thank you Jorge Quoting "Karen Schriver" : > Hi all, > > > Just in case you haven't heard, I'd like to point your attention to > a website by Helen Osborne, who hosts a podcast called "Health > Literacy Out Loud." She interviews people from diverse backgrounds > who speak knowledgeably about different aspects of health literacy. > There is one by Ginny Redish on "writing for the web" and a newly > posted one that I did on "using design to get people reading and > keep reading." I think my favorite is her interview with Curt > Wands-Bourdoiseau on"Developing healthcare materials with and for > village health workers." Curt works with the Hesperian > Foundation, the people who wrote the training guide "Where There Is > No Doctor." > > Here's the link: > > http://bit.ly/4WcB52 > > Happy holidays, > > Karen > > Karen Schriver, PhD > KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc. > 33 Potomac Street > Oakmont, PA 15139 > 412.828.8791 > kschriver at earthlink.net > > From d.sless at communication.org.au Tue Dec 15 06:14:10 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (d.sless at communication.org.au) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:14:10 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: research library catalogue on-line Message-ID: Hi all, At long last, the first public prototype of our research library catalogue is on-line at: http://communication.org.au/modules/library/ David blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 From dtp at she-philosopher.com Fri Dec 18 07:08:17 2009 From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:08:17 -0800 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: the future of scientific publishing? In-Reply-To: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> References: <53a2d8ab0912110259n1ba81a28ya3f8ad616121c570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B2B1C51.6030100@she-philosopher.com> Cafe, As documented in an article from the _San Diego