Visual Complexity

March 12th, 2010

I came across this website today which describes itself as:

VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project’s main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web. I truly hope this space can inspire, motivate and enlighten any person doing research on this field.

Some really great examples of information breakdowns. Check it out.

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Speaking in code

March 12th, 2010



Speaking in Code is a documentary about electronic music which looks and sounds awesome. Follow the link to find out more.

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iPhone App Fridge Magnets… awesome idea.

March 12th, 2010

I am not sure how easy it would be to order these and get them into the country with our postal service but I simply love the idea.

more info here

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Magic Mouse Review

March 12th, 2010

I recently purchased an Apple Magic Mosue as I needed a cordless mouse for on the go.

Traditionally like all Apple products, the Magic Mouse is well designed and has an awesome finish. Although the mouse looks like it does not feature a button it hides a normal left click and right click but its best feature is that the entire surface acts as your scroll.

I was naturally skeptical about it being as useful as claimed, but having used it now for almost a week I am pretty impressed with its functionality, design and intuitiveness. Usually I have found mice that add extra functionality only become these expensive white horses.

The Magic Mouse is blue tooth and works flawlessly with my MacBook Pro with one of the nicest features it adds to your experience is in the scroll. When you use the mouse and with the latest OS updates when you use the mouses touch scroll you get the same kind of inertia feedback that was first introduced on the iPhone OS.

What a pleasure it is to flick through web pages, or browsing iTunes or even your computer files with this kind of added ease of use.

My only real complaint is I felt they could have made the Magic Mouse slightly bigger. The weighting is perfect but I feel that it is just slightly to low and thin. One does easily get accustomed to it. Bear in mind this mouse is a working mouse and actually can’t really compare to lets say my Logitech G5 which is in a class of it’s own.

The Mighty Mouse is the perfect mouse to use with OSX mainly due to the multi-touch functionality it adds. It is also the perfect mouse to use with a lap top because of it’s portability and size.

Read more about the Magic Mouse at Apple.com

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Cape Town Daily Photography

March 11th, 2010

I came across this awesome blog tonight. Great photography and I guess I enjoy it as it shares a similar vein to shades of sky.

Some really awesome photography and it is going to be nice to watch this blog grow.

Click here to visit Capetowndaily.

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