library hack - it's time to let the data loose
DESCRIPTION
Edge Catalyst Colleen Morgan presents a whole host of fabulous data visualisations and mashups to get you excited and inspired for National Library Hack competition. Data visualisations are a way of making complex data sets meaningful. They can be beautiful, insightful, informative, entertaining, digital or physical and can reveal relationships you may never of thought of, like that most Facebook breakups happen just before the weekend! Colleen will also highlight the data sets that have been made available by the State Library of Queensland and we will all throw around some data visualisation ideas.Some resources to whet your data whistle: http://infosthetics.com/ and http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/Bio:Colleen Morgan is a Catalyst for the Digital Visual Arts at The Edge, Queensland's Digital Culture Centre. When she's not at The Edge tinkering with sewable electronics, Colleen is a a PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology looking at the opportunities for using intelligent systems to improve teaching and learning. She also teaches Communication Design at QUT and is learning how to be a Jeweller.TRANSCRIPT
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Library Hackit’s Time to Let the Data Loose
Colleen Morgan | Digital visual Arts catalyst | the edge
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What is Library Hack
• A mashup and application competition using data from Australian and New Zealand Libraries.
• State and National Competitions
• Great prizes up for grabs
• A chance to tell you own QLD story, reveal hidden connections and stories yet unthought of.
• An opportunity to experiment and have fun!
http://libraryhack.org/
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Comp Categories
Photo MashupCreate your own photo mashup using one of the released photo sets and any other freely available images that are rights-free.
PrizesOpen: $6000
Youth: ipad2
QLD: $2000
Library Staff: ipad2 (some terms and conditions)
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Photo Mashups
ABC Open Producers - Now and Then
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Photo Mashups
Warren Handley
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Photo Mashups
Warren Handley
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Comp Categories
Application/Data MashupCreate your own application or data mashup using one of the released data sets and any other freely available data sets.
PrizesOpen: $6000
Youth: ipad2
QLD: $2000
Library Staff: ipad2 (some terms and conditions)
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Comp Categories
Digital Media MashupCreate a short film, sound recording or soundscape [up to 90 seconds] using rights free digital content from the library datasets and any other rights-free content
PrizesOpen: $6000
Youth: ipad2
QLD: $2000
Library Staff: ipad2 (some terms and conditions)
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http://xkcd.com/657/large/
Visualising Narrative
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http://chrisharrison.net/projects/bibleviz/index.html
Visualising Narrative
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Visualising Poetry
Boris Muller - http://pingmag.jp/2007/03/23/infosthetics-form-follows-data/
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Visualising Words
Ebon Heath - http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/ebon-heaths-sculptures-create-beautiful-visual-noise.html
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Visualising Networks
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
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Visualising Networks
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcrowe/4002050596/sizes/l/
Visualising Travel
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http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/timelines/
Visualising Travel
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Hungry Beast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcUuwdy7W7U
Visualising Politics
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http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/store/left-vs-right-world-edition/
Visualising Politics
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Jonathan Harris & Sep Kamvar http://www.wefeelfine.org/
Visualising Feelings
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Jonathan Harris - http://thewhalehunt.org/whalehunt.html
Visualising Events
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http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
Visualising Names
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Hans Rosling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
Visualising World History
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
Visualising Archives
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
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http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html
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http://exhibition.pictoplasma.com/portfolio/the-essence-of-rabbit
Visualising Collections
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Chris Jordan - Prison Uniforms- http://chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#prison-uniforms-set
Visualising Stats
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Kate Lyons
Student Examples
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SLQ Data Sources
• Picture Queensland
• Music Queensland
• Assisted Immigration Index 1848-1912
• British Convict Transportation Registers
• Digitised Maps
• Queensland Public Libraries - Locations
• Real Estate Maps
• http://data.gov.au/jurisdiction/queensland/
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Picture Queensland
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Music Queensland
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Assisted Immigration Index
1848 - 1912
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British Convict
Transportation Register"William Goss, one of 260 convicts transported on the Henry Porcher, 01 August 1836" "Convicted at Jamaica Court Martial for a term of life. "
"William Reeves, one of 304 convicts transported on the Sea Park, 30 December 1853" "Convicted at Berkshire. Abingdon Assizes for a term of 15 years. Ticket of Leave. "
"Thomas Haycock, one of 304 convicts transported on the Sea Park, 30 December 1853" "Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 10 years. Ticket of Leave. "
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Real Estate Maps
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Tips and Tricks
Strike a Balance:• Visual Aesthetic
• Visualisation Techniques
• Knowledge
Identify interesting patterns and relationships in data
Choose you visualisation techniques
Sketch out ideas
Choose your colour scheme
Create visual clues to indicate subject matter
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Helpful tools
• Yahoo Pipes - www.pipes.yahoo.com
• Many Eyes - http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
• After Effects
• Adobe Photoshop / GIMP
• Adobe Illustrator
• Flash
• Coloured Paper?
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Sites for inspiration• Information Aesthetics - www.infosthetics.com
• Information is Beautiful - www.informationisbeautiful.net
• Visual Complexity - www.visualcomplexity.com/vc
• Flowing Data - www.flowingdata.com
• Cool Infographics - www.coolinfographics.com
• David McCandless TED Talk - The Beauty of Data Visualisation - http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html
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Library Hack Events
April 20 Photo Mashup WorkshopLearn how to mash up old photos using Gimp (Linda Barron)
May 7 & 15 Hack in Motion WorkshopLearn how to animate old photos using aftereffects and photoshop
May 8 Hack to the FutureLearn how to turn old scores into MIDI files for remixing
May 14 Data MashupLearn how to use Yahoo Pipes and PHP to create your very own mashup
May 28Library Hack Lock In
Come along to make your own Library Hack entry. Learn special techniques from the experts. Mini comps on throughout the day.
Mount IsaThen and Now Digital Media Mashup
Match old and new photos, add vox-pop questions and turn it into a mini 90 sec documentary snap shot
More info at: www.edgeqld.org.au/category/libraryhack