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#dconstruct09: michael migurski and ben cerveny - let's see what we can see

Written by Mirona Iliescu on 4 Sep 2009

Michael Migurski & Ben Cerveny of Stamen – Let’s See What We Can See (Everybody Online and Looking Good). A presentation so academia geeky in its ways and complex in its examples (of little use to normal people, rather built for authorities) that it failed to retain our attention for long. I caught just a tiny tidbit of food for thought that rang true (though partial): last century, we were expressing complex concepts through language; today, we can do it through behavior. There’s a growing data literacy. To turn off complexity at any time = turning off understanding.

Still, I can’t help thinking I would have spent the 45 minutes (waaay too long for a presentation) in the Royal Pavilion Gardens and make more out of them.