Forget about the worries on your mind
You can leave them all behind
—Rhythm of the Night, DeBarge
in researching blog traffic for this posting (meaning: i googled "blog traffic"), i came across many, many blogs discussing insomnia—individuals detailing (some, bragging) their nightly wrestling match with sleep. i have a simple cure: stay away from the legion of Morgan's websites! they suck you in! they are numerous and all are engaging and his blogs will keep you clicking page after page, post after post—ad after ad (not that i'm encouraging behavior that will get us kicked off of Adsense). next thing you know, you're watching bird porn late into the wee hours. heh. i typed "wee."
and of course, all of the above fluff is really a set up so i may now bring to my brother's attention this illustration from a really cool website:
this guy creates what he calls information visualizations (walsh, he may be my polysyllabic soul mate—no offense, morgan.) that are really works of art. in his article >click the link!< he discusses representing the data as a network and then how they used algorithms for the node linkage (sounds like someone with a stuffy nose needing a tissue), using large circles for representing frequent of revision activity and a whole bunch of other sexy smart things that makes the flonde in me think: mmm. red dots. he's really hot.
there are several other information visualizations you should go take a peep at. i'm bookmarking this blog. matter of fact, blog-dude—if you ever come across this post—you should make posters of these things! its like graphic design porn. it will be posted on every designer's grey cubbie across the world and the designers will stare wistfully at it for hours on end, wishing they could have a peice of that. it might even keep them up at night.
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