Comments on: Design and technology showcased on Election Night http://blog.hotdesign.com/2008/11/design-and-technology-showcased-on-election-night/ The creative agency for technology companies Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PhipPhip http://blog.hotdesign.com/2008/11/design-and-technology-showcased-on-election-night/comment-page-1/#comment-22 PhipPhip Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:24:17 +0000 http://blog.hotdesign.com/?p=271#comment-22 Edward Tufte must have been in heaven during this election! I really enjoyed a silly graphic from the NY Times magazine a couple of weeks ago (http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/11/02/magazine/02wwln-lede.graphic.ready.html). Such a full story in so few pixels! Edward Tufte must have been in heaven during this election! I really enjoyed a silly graphic from the NY Times magazine a couple of weeks ago (http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/11/02/magazine/02wwln-lede.graphic.ready.html). Such a full story in so few pixels!

]]> By: PhipPhip http://blog.hotdesign.com/2008/11/design-and-technology-showcased-on-election-night/comment-page-1/#comment-21 PhipPhip Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:21:30 +0000 http://blog.hotdesign.com/?p=271#comment-21 The amount of visual data displayed at once (go Tufte!) was incredible - especially on the HD channels. Sure kept me watching! I loved the CNN "drawers" of information, but I would much rather see a clear satellite feed of just someone's face than that silly beam-me-up-Scotty "hologram" thang. That was just wasted technology - kind of like calling a video conference call "telepresence" so you can remarket existing technology that never took off... The amount of visual data displayed at once (go Tufte!) was incredible – especially on the HD channels. Sure kept me watching!

I loved the CNN “drawers” of information, but I would much rather see a clear satellite feed of just someone’s face than that silly beam-me-up-Scotty “hologram” thang. That was just wasted technology – kind of like calling a video conference call “telepresence” so you can remarket existing technology that never took off…

]]> By: Kristine http://blog.hotdesign.com/2008/11/design-and-technology-showcased-on-election-night/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Kristine Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:27:54 +0000 http://blog.hotdesign.com/?p=271#comment-13 I'm really into the InDecision2008 blog's election map, with only the swing states in the shape of our country, and in "Electoral Map" you can actually change the electoral votes yourself! Brilliant! If only it were this fool-proof. http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/10/30/jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-to-join-forces-for-live-election-night-special/ I’m really into the InDecision2008 blog’s election map, with only the swing states in the shape of our country, and in “Electoral Map” you can actually change the electoral votes yourself! Brilliant! If only it were this fool-proof. http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/10/30/jon-stewart-and-stephen-colbert-to-join-forces-for-live-election-night-special/

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