Grant Haffner’s Vibrant Landscapes

Born in 1978 Berkeley, California and raised in East Hampton, Long Island Grant Haffner has been a resident of the East End of Long Island, New York for most of his life. Haffner’s images are inspired by and reflect the country roads, flat landscapes and surrounding water that we all enjoy. His signature motif of utility poles with power lines creates an original sense of movement and depth to his distinctive, colorful compositions.

When talking about his work Grant offers this. “When I drive I feel completely alive. For a small moment, in between this place and that, I am free from reality. My truck and I become a motion of blurred color, barreling through space and time. I like to keep my window open to listen to the sounds that traveling makes, to enjoy the smell of the landscape. Every trip is a new one, not one sunset is the same. On the road I am a part of the painting. I am movement, color, sound, adventure and emotions. This is my landscape.”

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The data visualisation process

Taken from the book “Visualizing Data” by Ben Fry

Data Visualisation 

Probably you’ve heard Karlie’s speech about her coding scholarship. “I think it’s crucial that young women learn to code as early as possible, to ensure that we have a voice and a stake in what the world looks like”, she said at the famous promotional video.

Coding is an amazing skill for making some of your thoughts real. It’s the ultimate way for solving problems, implement algorithms and so on. As you may know, coding works as another way of communication, and so you need a language. But which one? Choosing the adequate one is sometimes difficult, always relevant. Wikipedia has a page itself describing the differences between C, C++, Python, Java, Pearl… Forums are a good source of information too.

For making easier the introduction to languages (maybe you don’t like how C++ works, Java syntaxis), I thought that a list of webs where you can code online could be useful.

Specifically for Web Development

My fave. I started when I was fifteen or sixteen learning on my own, and I was absolutely in love with Brackets. But here I found other software online:

Codepen: Minimal design, fast, with liveview that is automatically updated when you click them.

JsBin: This one allows you to code in the same page where it’s embedded into. Super recommended.

CSSDeck: Offers HTML, CSS, and JavaScript preprocessors, and is also connected with GitHub. In addition, you can record your process so it can be reviewed by others later.

Liveweave Updates the layout without reloading the page, and you can actually change the size of each individual cell, as well as downloading your code. It’s very similar to the others, and includes an interesting feature for autoformating and cleaning up the code. Many forums recommend it.

Miscellany

Ideone: Compiler and IDE that supports 40+ languages: Ada, assembler, C++, COBOL, Java, JavaScript, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, and many more. Code can be download in the proper format to your computer system, and shared as well at a wide range of social networks. Super recommended.

CodeAnywhere: Super cool. Multiplatform (web, Android, iOS), 75 languages, customized playground, code beautify… It has different prices deppending on your needs. I recommend the $7 per user/mo., but they have a free version too.

Viper-7: PHP only.

Reply.it: Lots of languages, like JavaScript, Python, Ruby… visually, simple and with examples. It has a special service called “Teachers”, for making easier the taching of code.

Runcode: Compiling fragments of text in the language of your choice.

Pythonanywhere: A fully developed environment exclusively for Python.

We would be very happy to receive your opinions, and complete the list with many more sources. There are plenty of courses online about learning to code, so give a try!

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ECT Map by Metro Library and Archive Via Flickr: Eastern Cities Transit system map.

ASCII-morph is a Javascript library to transition between two ASCII art works. By Timothy Holman.

h/t: Tim Koch

Catherine Bracy at #PdF13 on how the demographic homogeneity & isolation of Silicon Valley means it’s not solving problems that need to be solved. Them’s fighting words! (via libawr)

Porsches Enjoying Life in Palm Springs

All images from the series 911 by Chris LaBrooy. After graduating from the RCA with an MA in design products, Chris first began to use 3D as a simple tool to visualise ideas for furniture and products that he could not afford to produce. As 3D technology and hardware evolved, Chris saw an opportunity to explore CGI as a creative medium in itself with which he could subvert and twist familiar everyday things into new typographic and sculptural forms. Chris is interested in the intersection between typography, architecture, product design and visual art. Chris LaBrooy has exhibited at the design museum in London and has been featured in many publications covering design, products, typography and illustration.

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historical dataviz

spinning rings

follow one >:)

Falling Stars

Not sure if I have the right source but I found this beautiful gif in @lsd-kitty‘s archive. When I saw it, I just wanted to make a looping version.

Not as dense of a star field but a great result none the less.

Five charts about the Obama presidency, so far. https://t.co/kgEZwS3x3r https://t.co/IFASmy3COk

Source: twitter / LATimesGraphics

The Steep Drop in the Uninsured