I have more ideas than the amount of the time I have, for both research and creation, and ended up spending time to figure out what to do.
2021-04-18
2021-04-17
Good charts
This is an excellent practical guide to information visualization, with three main parts: a theoretical background including a brief history, perceptual mechanisms, and types of visualizations; a workflow part of chart design and prototype; and finally how to present and read charts. The book concludes with the observation of upcoming interactive visualizations enabled by computer programs beyond traditional static charts for print mediums.
In addition to the technical content, the book has beautiful layout and examples, with pointers for further readings.
2021-04-16
Associative memory
Looking at this dithering technique today brought back memories of my previous work on blue noise sampling and the associative life, almost like traveling back in time.
2021-04-15
SIGGRAPH versus CHI versus UIST
Here is my (somehow tongue-in-the-cheek) comparison of the 3 venues:
SIGGRAPH – this paper presents the best invention since the fire, the wheel, the electricity, the internet, etc.
CHI – 2 pages of technical content + 8 pages of user study.
UIST – somewhere in between, no time for conducting/claiming too much user study or technical novelty.
2021-04-10
Krispy Kreme
This creation was inspired by recent discussions centered at this tweet.
2021-04-04
2021-04-03
Bearded profile
Small changes can cause large perceptual differences in a face sketch.
2021-04-01
Remote working
Since I do not really have the notion of “work” days, I am already well set-up for remote work when the lockdown started.
🙂
2021-03-31
Total return swap
I listened to this WSJ podcast about recent block selling from some banks caused by a total return swap.
Apparently, it is possible to structure financial instruments into various forms as long as there are counter parities on each side.
In that particular case, a bank purchased a set of stocks and swapped the variable return (dividends and capital gains/losses) with a fixed return, and had to sell the assets when the counter party failed to pay for capital losses, causing further downward spiral.