tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post5854897554769464580..comments2024-03-27T01:23:40.474-07:00Comments on Broader Perspective: Data visualization in Second LifeLaBloggahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11279685172995764828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post-16320626449137662202008-02-27T12:15:00.000-08:002008-02-27T12:15:00.000-08:00Hi Christen, thanks for the comment. Please feel f...Hi Christen, thanks for the comment. Please feel free to add yourself to the virtual worlds <A HREF="http://sldataviz.pbwiki.com/FrontPage" REL="nofollow">data viz wiki</A>LaBloggahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279685172995764828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post-37246451377253501022008-02-27T11:35:00.000-08:002008-02-27T11:35:00.000-08:00Thanks for linking to the SL Data Viz wiki. I hadn...Thanks for linking to the SL Data Viz wiki. I hadn't known about it, but have been wishing something like it existed. Off to play!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post-47031661850566282362008-02-16T13:06:00.000-08:002008-02-16T13:06:00.000-08:00Hi Cyber Cat, aka Cortana Euler, thanks for your c...Hi Cyber Cat, aka Cortana Euler, thanks for your comments. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking a look at Second Life. If you would like more of a tour sometime, let me know. There will be an interesting conference in-world March 15-21, <A HREF="http://www.life20.net" REL="nofollow">Life 2.0</A>, which provides a good introduction and look at applications of the medium. <BR/><BR/>The 60 or so virtual worlds platforms are far from ideal, but I think it is better to push ahead with innovative applications that shape the medium rather than wait until it is perfect. I have been disappointed at how hard it is to do even simple things in virtual worlds, for example all the dev time to produce the simple on-demand 3d stock chart. <BR/><BR/>It is also true that not everyone sees a use for data visualization. Its traditional use in science was to quickly scan large data sets for relevance and exception and to view multivariate data. As the mainstream world becomes more data rich and the applications more established, demand for data visualization will increase. <BR/><BR/>For example 'powers of 10' was a unique concept for zooming in and out of data at scale but we all do it all the time now with Google Maps or Google Earth. <BR/><BR/>The focus of a good representation of data in any medium should be the content not the format.LaBloggahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279685172995764828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post-2880327273196732702008-02-16T00:51:00.000-08:002008-02-16T00:51:00.000-08:00Melanie,No offense, but I do not think Second life...Melanie,<BR/>No offense, but I do not think Second life is ready for "data visualization" yet. I signed up today out of curiosity,and ...well.. too many annoying bugs:P My character would go through people, get stuck in out of bounds land or sky, your cameras do not work properly either. Adding data visualization to this will break it.<BR/>/***********************/<BR/>And on more philosophical note: who needs data visualization anyway? ( in average human world). Watching stock prices shapes in 3D is a boring thing...The complexity of representation kills the benefits of being able to see...ever changing world...<BR/><BR/>CyberCat <^**^><BR/>aka Cortana Euler ( nice dictatorship touch on not letting people to select last names)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post-89083187952985277472008-02-14T10:48:00.000-08:002008-02-14T10:48:00.000-08:00Hi Roberto, thanks for the tip! I have now built a...Hi Roberto, thanks for the tip! <BR/><BR/>I have now built a Google spreadsheet calling data that updates real-time. Fabulous. <BR/><BR/>I will look into calling other web data elements for real-time update. <BR/><BR/>Btw, your website BASHIBA.com is really interesting. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again!LaBloggahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11279685172995764828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9466278.post-5251825473601323642008-02-14T04:21:00.000-08:002008-02-14T04:21:00.000-08:00Dear Melanie,Here is how you call a stock price da...Dear Melanie,<BR/><BR/>Here is how you call a stock price data element in a Google spreadsheet:<BR/><BR/>CELL A4 (type the name of the company): <BR/>Pfizer<BR/><BR/>CELL B4 (get the ticker name of A4): <BR/>=GoogleLookup(A4, "ticker")<BR/><BR/>CELL C4 (get the price of ticker in B4): <BR/>=GoogleFinance(B4, price)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Links:<BR/><BR/>http://docs.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer=54198&hl=en_US<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://ahbanen.googlepages.com/portfoliotest<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Have a great day :)<BR/><BR/>Roberto Vitalini<BR/>BASHIBA.comRobertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960014736866980199noreply@blogger.com