The 2009 Feltron Annual Report
Никълъс Фелтрън се е отдал изцяло на визуализацията на информация. Последните две години издава книжки с най-различни персонални статистики, оформени в приятни инфографики. От уменията му се възползват и няколко печатни и онлайн издания, като The Wall St. Journal, Wired и Creative Review. Съосновател е на сайта daytum.com, който ви позволява да записвате и визуализирате различни аспекти от ежедневните си занимания. Тук ви представям последния му личен ежегоден доклад, The 2009 Feltron Annual Report, който можете да закупите оттук. До голяма степен този проект е бил възможен заради изключително интересния програмен език за визуализации Processing. Инфо за това как точно е използван в този проект можете да намерите в блога на автора.
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Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of several Personal Annual Reports that collate countless measurements into a rich assortment of graphs and maps reflecting the year’s activities. He is the co-founder of Daytum.com, a site for counting and communicating daily data, and frequent designer of information graphics for numerous corporations and publications. His work has been profiled in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Wired and Creative Review.
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Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience.
I kept track only of who I gave survey invitations to, the number of the card and where it was given. The surveys answers were submitted via text forms, allowing the respondee to write whatever they desired, and leaving the task of making comparisons between the data up to me. I have used only this information to create the report, however accurate it may be. I have strived to sort and collate the data in a clinical and repeatable manner that could be reproduced by someone looking for the same stories I have selected.
The data set itself was messy and overwhelming, and filled with enough information for several more reports. There are inherent shortcomings (like the unrepresentative amount of water recorded), and endearing strong suits (like the exploration of mood). I used several tools to make this task a more manageable, including Processing, which allowed me to map and explore alternate layouts much more quickly than previously, and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
The printed edition of the report is being letterpressed by Swayspace in Brooklyn, New York. It is 16 pages and printed using 4 colors on 80 lb. French Durotone cover stock, and will be individually numbered, signed and mailed in March.
