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What you're looking at is a visualization of the dialog from the movie "The Apartment" which was generated by Cinematic Particles. I'll let the site explain what's going on in detail, but the image above is a form of analysis of the dialog stored in the subtitle files for the movie - different dialog patterns leave different visual patterns.One of the reasons I find this … [Read more...]

We went out this past weekend to celebrate the birthday of yours truly. We went to a place that had recently opened in our neighborhood in a location that used to be a speakeasy. They still had the original "escape hatch" from when it used to be a speakeasy. The food was pretty good, too.The reason I'm writing about it here is not because of the food or atmosphere, but … [Read more...]

It's been a while since I posted, and this was just the kick in the ass I needed to get started again. I'm sure you've all seen the awe-inspiring speech given by Ms. Teen South Carolina. Well someone actually created a map of her speech:It's beauty is in its simplicity. Start in the upper left and follow a line until it ends, then take another line back. Eventually, take … [Read more...]

I recently read that an a/v-centric distro of Ubuntu had been released. It was the latest version (Feisty Fawn) of Ubuntu packaged with a whole battery of audio, video, and graphics software. I've been a long time user of Apple and Macrodobe software to perform these tasks, but I wanted to see what an environment containing the best open source versions of that functionality … [Read more...]

I work for a professional services firm. I am currently involved in an effort to re-engineer our practice-facing technology and processes in order to make our consultants more efficient at execution, more effective at collaboration, and generally more satisfied on and off the job. In short, it is a huge effort to make the firm more usable for its employees.It's actually … [Read more...]

I generally think of usability in terms of 3 dimensions: Utility, Usability, and Experience. In order to be truly usable, a system needs to be useful, easy to use, and compelling. If any of these three dimensions doesn't get the attention it deserves, it's Utility. Visual designers are focused (often, to a fault) on ensuring that an experience is compelling. Traditional … [Read more...]

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