Comments on: Saving the World, One Animation at Time http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/ Motionographer shares the best in design and moving media, from student work to feature films. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:29:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: EM http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31511 EM Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:33:48 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31511 I am new to this site and my background is in health information (i am a statistician) so as far as amimation goes I know pretty much next to nothin! I did however come across Trendalyzer in gapminder last year and was blown away by how it brought what might be seen as boring statistics to life. I cannot seem to be able to track down the software so that I could use it to feed in my own data or can anyone recommend an alternative package I could use that would show informtion in motion that would come near to this. I am new to this site and my background is in health information (i am a statistician) so as far as amimation goes I know pretty much next to nothin! I did however come across Trendalyzer in gapminder last year and was blown away by how it brought what might be seen as boring statistics to life. I cannot seem to be able to track down the software so that I could use it to feed in my own data or can anyone recommend an alternative package I could use that would show informtion in motion that would come near to this.

]]> By: zeniamai http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31393 zeniamai Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:35:37 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31393 A very nice application... totally rad... This would have gone handy when I was presenting my feasibility studies... A very nice application… totally rad… This would have gone handy when I was presenting my feasibility studies…

]]> By: Simon Robson http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31389 Simon Robson Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:56:13 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31389 @ Marc B. No, not at the moment. I used to design in Flash until about 2003, but then animation fully took over. When you look at an incredibly well crafted ap like this and you consider the potential if it was able to load dynamic content, you realise just how linear, linear is. I know both interactive and linear have their place, but i am gob-smacked by the potential of an approach like this and the detail you can quickly access through it... @ Marc B. No, not at the moment. I used to design in Flash until about 2003, but then animation fully took over. When you look at an incredibly well crafted ap like this and you consider the potential if it was able to load dynamic content, you realise just how linear, linear is. I know both interactive and linear have their place, but i am gob-smacked by the potential of an approach like this and the detail you can quickly access through it…

]]> By: monovich http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31387 monovich Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:53:38 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31387 Amazing indeed. In the example @ the link you posted the way the life expectancy in Africa nose dives towards the end of the century is sickening...but it hits home because you watch it drop in animation while none of the other dots really do. It's like watching a car wreck. Amazing indeed. In the example @ the link you posted the way the life expectancy in Africa nose dives towards the end of the century is sickening…but it hits home because you watch it drop in animation while none of the other dots really do. It’s like watching a car wreck.

]]> By: Marc B. http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31386 Marc B. Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:28:12 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31386 Simon are you experimenting on anything interactive at the moment? Simon are you experimenting on anything interactive at the moment?

]]> By: Simon Robson http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31385 Simon Robson Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:06:42 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31385 This is an absolutely brilliant application. I am truly humbled and I've only been messing with it for 2 mins. you could literally use this single app as research fro a thesis or just to get a simple grasp of whats going on. And the data is so instantly digestable. You see the graphs animate out within the parameters and thats it. Thw potential is enormous. Makes me want to get hastily back into interactive... This is an absolutely brilliant application. I am truly humbled and I’ve only been messing with it for 2 mins. you could literally use this single app as research fro a thesis or just to get a simple grasp of whats going on. And the data is so instantly digestable. You see the graphs animate out within the parameters and thats it. Thw potential is enormous. Makes me want to get hastily back into interactive…

]]> By: justin http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31381 justin Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:59:30 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31381 "I’d be interested in seeing the result of a Buck or Shilo hitting up a data vis animation job some day; masters of quick visual communication given hard data as their source." That would indeed be rad. I guess Buck got into it a little bit by doing the Inconvenient Truth visuals, but I'd love to see what else they could do. “I’d be interested in seeing the result of a Buck or Shilo hitting up a data vis animation job some day; masters of quick visual communication given hard data as their source.”

That would indeed be rad. I guess Buck got into it a little bit by doing the Inconvenient Truth visuals, but I’d love to see what else they could do.

]]> By: wil http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31380 wil Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:24:08 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31380 Oops. Well too make up for the mistake i offer a link of interest to all buffs of data visualisation. http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ I'd be interested in seeing the result of a Buck or Shilo hitting up a data vis animation job some day; masters of quick visual communication given hard data as their source. Oops. Well too make up for the mistake i offer a link of interest to all buffs of data visualisation.

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

I’d be interested in seeing the result of a Buck or Shilo hitting up a data vis animation job some day; masters of quick visual communication given hard data as their source.

]]> By: justin http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31378 justin Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:13:28 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31378 Yep, I think that's the same link I used above for his name. Interesting guy. Yep, I think that’s the same link I used above for his name. Interesting guy.

]]> By: wil http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31377 wil Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:46:54 +0000 http://motionographer.com/2007/12/04/saving-the-world-one-animation-at-time/#comment-31377 Rosling gave a couple of TED talks on these themes and his software - available online. They make for some interesting viewing: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92 Rosling gave a couple of TED talks on these themes and his software – available online. They make for some interesting viewing:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92

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