Digital Ethnography

For those having trouble finding the Schienke essay

New book on most things considered "digital" and "ethnography" from UT Press.

A fascinating article about crowdsourcing and asking people online to help categorize images in the name of research! Presents an interesting take on highlighting the difference between what people and computers are capable of.

A great resource for free graphic tutorials. Tutorials are arranged by software type: Adobe Illustrator After Effects Dreamweaver Final Cut Pro Flash Pro InDesign Manga Studio Maxon Cinema 4D Maya Muse Nuke Painter Photoshop Premiere Pro QuarkXPress RealFlow; & by Techniques: Animation Colour Drawing Fashion illustration Graphic Design Hacking & Maker Hand-made Illustration Interactive & Web Design Lighting effects Mixed media Painting Patterns Photo retouch Photography Printing Typography Vector VFX Video Web. *Tutorials are available for all skill levels.

Another source for data illustration.

Here is another option for a free online archiving resource that my friend's cousin started.

The "academic articles" page might help contextualize the points Howard makes in our assigned reading. His "data sets" page might also be worth perusing.

Overview web application, visual document mining

This is another site that can be utilized to differentiate your data from other presentations you might see. Periscopic is a company run out of Portland, and is quickly gaining momentum as a destination for researchers to use to depict their data in a more appealing way than traditional 2-D graphs. This site is different than visual.ly because it is much more focused around scientific research like multi-variable studies, and even more longitudinal research requiring a more expansive visualization. Essentially this is a more professional level research visualization tool, whereas visual.ly is more focused on presentations in creative settings.

This site is a popular destination for anyone seeking to add a more creative visual aspect to research and/or presentations. Although it uses a wide array of kinetic typography, it is a great way to visually portray field data in a way that attracts a wider audience.

Dorothy's list of sources and information related to her in-class workshop.

I investigated the Google Earth "tour" feature I demonstrated today a bit further. When an email is sent of the "tour" to someone, the email contains a KMZ file that will open in Google Earth. Unfortunately the email receiver will either need to have Google Earth installed on their computer or install Google Earth to open the KMZ file you sent them. You can also choose to send a static image of your view in Google Earth as a JPG.

Fire2 is a iOS field recording app that has apparently been acquired by RODE (an audio equipment company). This link is to the legacy support page