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We have Dietmar Offenhuber, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, on the show again to talk about “Indexical Visualizations”: visualizations that reduce the gap between the recorded phenomenon and its representation. In Dietmar’s words: “If we understand ‘data’ as a collection of symbolically encoded observations, could we think of a display that conveys information—without the symbolic encoding of data—through the object itself?” On the show we talk about strategies to define and build indexical visualizations. Dietmar provides numerous examples, including thermometers, tree rings, petri dishes, and the blinking lights in your router. He also offers tips on experimenting with this kind of visualization and connecting to the indexical vis community. If you enjoy this episode you may also want to listen to our previous episode with Dietmar and to our “data sculptures” episode with Domestic Data Streamers. Enjoy the show! This episode is sponsored by Tableau. Tableau helps people see and understand their data. Tableau 10 is the latest version of the company’s rapid fire, easy-to-use visual analytics software. It includes a completely refreshed design, mobile enhancements, new options for preparing, integrating and connecting to data and a host of new enterprise capabilities. You can find more information on the upcoming Tableau 10 here. LINKS  OddOne (who made our new title music) Dietmar Offenhuber: http://offenhuber.net/ Paul Slovic’s “Psychic Numbing” Example: Kamel Makhloufi’s Iraqi casualties Example: Hydrogen sulfide measurement Documentation from Indexical Design Symposium Photoviz book from Nicolas Felton Related Data Stories episodes: DS 51 | Smart Cities w/ Dietmar Offenhuber DS 58 | Data Installations w/ Domestic Data Streamers   Book chapter: Offenhuber, Dietmar, and Orkan Telhan. 2015. “Indexical Visualization—the Data-Less Information Display.” In Ubiquitous Computing, Complexity and Culture, edited by Ulrik Ekman, Jay David Bolter, Lily Diaz, Morten Søndergaard, and Maria Engberg, 288–303. New York: Routledge. Other examples: Standing Waves on a String Bubble Chamber Representations http://www.highres.factum-arte.org/Tutankhamun/ Pinterest’s collection of indexical visualizations Hydrogen Sulfide Measurement Slime Mold Latent Figure Protocol  

We have <a href="http://offenhuber.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dietmar Offenhuber</a>, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, on the show <a href="http://datastori.es/data-stories-51-smart-cities-w-dietmar-offenhuber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">again</a> to talk about “Indexical Visualizations”: visualizations that reduce the gap between the recorded phenomenon and its representation. In Dietmar’s words: “If we understand ‘data’ as a collection of symbolically encoded observations, could we think of a display that conveys information—without the symbolic encoding of data—through the object itself?” On the show we talk about strategies to define and build indexical visualizations. Dietmar provides numerous examples, including thermometers, tree rings, petri dishes, and the blinking lights in your router. He also offers tips on experimenting with this kind of visualization and connecting to the indexical vis community. If you enjoy this episode you may also want to listen to our <a href="http://datastori.es/data-stories-51-smart-cities-w-dietmar-offenhuber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous episode with Dietmar</a> and to our <a href="http://datastori.es/data-stories-58-domestic-data-streamers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“data sculptures” episode with Domestic Data Streamers</a>. Enjoy the show! This episode is sponsored by <a href="http://www.tableau.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau</a>. <a href="http://www.tableau.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau</a> helps people see and understand their data. <a href="http://www.tableau.com/coming-soon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau 10</a> is the latest version of the company’s rapid fire, easy-to-use visual analytics software. It includes a completely refreshed design, mobile enhancements, new options for preparing, integrating and connecting to data and a host of new enterprise capabilities. You can find more information on the upcoming Tableau 10 <a href="http://www.tableau.com/coming-soon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. LINKS <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oddone.de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OddOne</a> (who made our new title music)</li> <li>Dietmar Offenhuber: <a href="http://offenhuber.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://offenhuber.net/</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Slovic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Slovic</a>’s “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_numbing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psychic Numbing</a>”</li> <li>Example: Kamel Makhloufi’s <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/522628731739829045/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iraqi casualties</a></li> <li>Example: <a href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/hydrogen-sulfide-sensor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hydrogen sulfide measurement</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/indexical/videos.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Documentation from Indexical Design Symposium</a></li> <li><a href="http://shop.gestalten.com/photoviz.html?utm_source=flyer&amp;utm_medium=pp&amp;utm_campaign=campaignall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Photoviz book</a> from Nicolas Felton</li> <li>Related Data Stories episodes: <ul> <li><a href="http://datastori.es/data-stories-51-smart-cities-w-dietmar-offenhuber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DS 51 | Smart Cities w/ Dietmar Offenhuber</a></li> <li><a href="http://datastori.es/data-stories-58-domestic-data-streamers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DS 58 | Data Installations w/ Domestic Data Streamers</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Book chapter: Offenhuber, Dietmar, and Orkan Telhan. 2015. “<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/823528/Archive/offenhuber_telhan.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indexical Visualization—the Data-Less Information Display.</a>” In <a href="http://ubiquity.dk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ubiquitous Computing, Complexity and Culture</a>, edited by Ulrik Ekman, Jay David Bolter, Lily Diaz, Morten Søndergaard, and Maria Engberg, 288–303. New York: Routledge.</li> <li>Other examples: <ul> <li><a href="http://web.stanford.edu/dept/astro/dorris/StandingWaves.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Standing Waves on a String</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.ihep.su/library/pubs/aconf00/tconf00/ps/c6-4.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bubble Chamber Representations</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.highres.factum-arte.org/Tutankhamun/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.highres.factum-arte.org/Tutankhamun/</a></li> <li>Pinterest’s <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/dietmaro/indexical-visualization/%20http://www.factum-arte.com/pag/724/It" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">collection of indexical visualizations</a></li> <li><a href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/hydrogen-sulfide-sensor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hydrogen Sulfide Measurement</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/522628731731944429/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slime Mold</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.paulvanouse.com/lfp.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Latent Figure Protocol</a></li> </ul> </li></ul>

80 | Indexical Visualization with Dietmar Offenhuber

We are now sponsored by Qlik. You can download it for free here. Hi Folks!  We have another great guest on the show. Dietmar Offenhuber visits us to talk about smart cities and visualizing data coming from cities. Dietmar has an interesting background. He has a background in architecture with a Dipl. Ing. from the Technical University Vienna and then he got a MS in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab and a PhD in Urban Planning from MIT. He’s also been a key researcher at Ars Electronica Futurelab. Now he is an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in the departments of Art + Design and Public Policy, where he does research on the technological and social aspects of smart cities and urban governance. In the show we talk about many of his super interesting projects such as Wegzeit  (timespace visualizations of LA) and Trash Track (on tracking and visualizing where garbage goes), and interesting concepts such as Accountability Technologies and Infrastructure Legibility. We also talk about the future of smart cities and what we should expect to get our of smart cities. Enjoy the show! LINKS (Moritz Launched ON BROADWAY with Lev Manovich, Dominikus Baur, Daniel Goddemeyer) Our Guest: Dietmar Offenhuber Arts Electronica Future Lab MIT Senseable City Lab Northeastern University Department of Art + Design Wegzeit – timespace visualizations of LA Comment Flow (social media visualization) Semaspace (graph editing tool) Trash Track (tracking and visualizing trash) Smartcitizen (distributed crowdsourced sensors) Bill Mitchell (MIT Media Lab Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences) Mapping the archive (project with Dietmar and Moritz on the Arts Electronica Archive) Dietmar’s Interview: Sorting Out Cities Deitmar’s Book: Inscribing A Square (how urban data shapes public space / discourse, and what kinds of representations are involved, and what is their function) Dietmar’s Book: Accountability Technologies – Tools for Asking Hard Questions Dietmar’s Book: Decoding The City 

We are now sponsored by <a href="http://www.qlik.com/us/explore/products/sense/desktop?sourceID1=datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Qlik</a>. You can download it for free <a href="http://www.qlik.com/us/explore/products/sense/desktop?sourceID1=datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hi Folks! <a href="http://datastori.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/offenhuber1.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> We have another great guest on the show. <a href="http://offenhuber.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dietmar Offenhuber</a> visits us to talk about smart cities and visualizing data coming from cities. Dietmar has an interesting background. He has a background in architecture with a Dipl. Ing. from the Technical University Vienna and then he got a MS in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab and a PhD in Urban Planning from MIT. He’s also been a key researcher at Ars Electronica Futurelab. Now he is an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in the departments of Art + Design and Public Policy, where he does research on the technological and social aspects of smart cities and urban governance. In the show we talk about many of his super interesting projects such as <a href="http://residence.aec.at/wegzeit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wegzeit</a>  (timespace visualizations of LA) and <a href="http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trash Track</a> (on tracking and visualizing where garbage goes), and interesting concepts such as <a href="http://offenhuber.net/accountability-technologies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accountability Technologies</a> and <a href="http://offenhuber.net/the-designer-as-regulator-new-paper-on-infrastructure-legibility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Infrastructure Legibility</a>. We also talk about the future of smart cities and what we should expect to get our of smart cities. Enjoy the show! LINKS (Moritz Launched <a href="http://on-broadway.nyc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ON BROADWAY</a> with Lev Manovich, Dominikus Baur, Daniel Goddemeyer) Our Guest: <a href="http://offenhuber.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dietmar Offenhuber</a> <a href="http://www.aec.at/futurelab/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arts Electronica Future Lab </a><a href="http://senseable.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MIT Senseable City Lab </a><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/camd/artdesign/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northeastern University Department of Art + Design</a><a href="http://www.aec.at/futurelab/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>Wegzeit – <a href="http://residence.aec.at/wegzeit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">timespace visualizations of LA </a><a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~dietmar/myspace.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comment Flow</a> (social media visualization) <a href="http://residence.aec.at/didi/FLweb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Semaspace</a> (graph editing tool) <a href="http://senseable.mit.edu/trashtrack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trash Track</a> (tracking and visualizing trash) <a href="https://smartcitizen.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smartcitizen</a> (distributed crowdsourced sensors) <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~wjm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Mitchell</a> (MIT Media Lab Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences) <a href="http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/09/mapping_the_archive_30_years_of_ars_electronica.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mapping the archive</a> (project with Dietmar and Moritz on the Arts Electronica Archive) Dietmar’s Interview: <a href="http://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2015/02/26/sorting-out-cities/%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sorting Out Cities </a>Deitmar’s Book: <a href="http://offenhuber.net/inscribing-a-square-new-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inscribing A Square </a>(how urban data shapes public space / discourse, and what kinds of representations are involved, and what is their function) Dietmar’s Book: <a href="http://offenhuber.net/new-book-accountability-technologies-tools-for-asking-hard-questions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accountability Technologies</a> – Tools for Asking Hard Questions Dietmar’s Book: <a href="http://offenhuber.net/decoding-the-city-new-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decoding The City</a>

51 | Smart Cities w/ Dietmar Offenhuber