Designing Visualizations for Time-Based Data
Most interaction designers understand the concept of timelines and other time-based data. Blogs, calendars, and to-do lists are all examples of time-based data. However, if you are trying to fit 400 data points into a 1024 x 726 screen you'll quickly see how challenging time-base data can be. Currently, many interaction designers are turning to visualizations to overcome many of the issues associated with this form of data representation. Below you'll find a list of some of the best time-based visualizations on the web.
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Learning AJAX & Javascript by Example - Tutorials, Source-Code and Documentation
I learn the best by example, so I read about, and try, as many AJAX and Javascript examples as I can find. Below you'll find a short list of the AJAX tutorials and examples that I've seen recently. They have all been organized by category with the exception of the "General" category which includes some example that didn't lend themselves to a vertical. Please let me know through email or a comment if you know of any other great AJAX tutorials, and I'll be glad to post them. Also special thanks to all of the folks who produced all of these great free learning experiences.
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AJAX & Javascript Galleries, Slideshows and Effects Redux
I was looking through some of my older posts tonight and realized my last post about AJAX galleries, slideshows and effects was from March 2006. Tonight I did a quick search through some of my sources to see what was new and exciting in the world of AJAX and Javascript image display and manipulation. Once again, below you'll find a categorized list of all of the AJAX image solutions I've been able to find that were of some use.
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Content Visualizations - The Next Wave of Interaction Design
While the web is changing every day, the one constant is the need to discover information. Search, browse, lists and tags are all great ways to find what you are looking for, however, today content visualizations are giving us a whole new way to discover deep content and relational data like never before. For instance if you search for RadioHead in most of the current search engines you will find lots of links to RadioHead related information. What do you search for if you want to find bands that you might like that have the same sound as RadioHead? This is where content visualizations shine. Many give you the ability to drill down in the content you are interested in and, in a very graphical and visual way.
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Minimalist Website Design Patterns
Do you want your website to be beautiful, SEO friendly and fast loading? Try a true minimalist approach. Total, complete and utter minimalism is a high mark to meet in any medium. Wikipedia describes
minimalism as, "movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features." In web design minimalism translates into style, structure, and download time. Many websites that look minimal are actually mired in obtrusive or invalid code and slow download times. I believe true minimalism in web design should consider the design, code and efficiency of each page. In this article I'll discuss a basic standard for minimalist web design, show examples of how a few current sites measure up to these standards, and finally show you a road map to your own web design minimalism.
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40 Downloadable Open Source Social Software Applications
While large scale social sites like Flickr, Digg, Youtube and Myspace have predominated the web-o-sphere over the past few years there still is a need for narrow content verticals in this arena. This list will give you links to 40 open source resources to get you started building your own social bookmarking, networking, filesharing or search application. The following is a list of what I consider the be the best open source social software that I've found over the past year.
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20 Trusted AJAX, DHTML and JavaScript Tool Sites
I started posting about AJAX shortly after the term was coined by AdaptivePath's Jesse James Garrett in 2005, and in the beginning most of the examples, tutorials and references were produced by programers interested in the subject. Today many of the so-called AJAX, DHTML and Javascript sites are splogs, or other types of traffic generating ad platforms. My question is always who can I trust for tested quality scripts and tools? While there are probubly hundreds of trustworthy sites out there these are the ones I go to when I'm looking for ideas and inspiration. This is not the definitive list of trusted sites so if you have a site you trust for AJAX, DHTML and Javascript tool please let myself and the community know of them through the comments section of this post. Thanks to all of the individuals who spent their free time to put up these wonderful resources.
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Data Visualization Software, Resources, Tutorials and Source Code
As an interaction designer I'm always wondering what's next. Over the last few years we've become familiar with web application design, new constructs like recency and popularity, however, in the back-channel of web design there has been an increasing movement towards data visualizations, both large and small. You can currently see this in everything from blog design to large-scale data visualizations like We Feel Fine and digg labs. Designers and programers are coming together in new ways, which in the end result are producing some of the most functional, and creative web interfaces I've ever seen.
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Source Code Released for aPop and footoo AJAX Photo Galleries
First, I'd like to say thanks for the overwhelming support and requests for the aPop and footoo photo galleries source code. Next, I'd like to apologize for not getting back to the wonderful developers who emailed me for the code. I just found out this weekend that due to an error, my server was treating all of these emails as spam, and they have been sitting in a log file for the past year. I'm very sorry about this. So, tonight I'm releasing the source code and am hoping I can reach out to everyone who was kind enough to want to push the development forward on these two unfinished projects.
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42 Recent AJAX Tutorials
When I first started posting about AJAX over a year ago, many of the posts I found were about definitions, theory or examples. Today, most of the links that I find are tutorials and I applaud this. The following is a list of what I consider to be the best and most helpful AJAX tutorials I've found in the last two months.
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How to Make Your AJAX Applications Accessible - 40 Tutorials and Articles
AJAX is a great tool for creating rich internet applications, however, when improperly implemented it can cause huge accessibility issues. The good news is that most of these issues can be fixed so your websites are viewable by a much wider audience. Great resources on accessibility have been around for years, however, many web 2.0 and AJAX websites ignore all of the research that went into turning website accessibility into a movement followed by most professional web developers. Below you'll find a list of 40 best AJAX accessibility tutorials and articles that I have found on the web in the last year.
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What You Should Know About AJAX Security: 24 Tutorials
For the most part AJAX does not significantly increase the security vulnerabilities in most web applications. However, javascript, XML and asynchronous server calls do have potential holes if not properly implemented. If you're an application developer or security professional there are things to watch out for with AJAX applications. If you're new to AJAX there are many hazards to watch out for, and tutorials and examples are one of the worst culprits for security vulnerabilities. Before you start downloading examples and making them live on your server you should learn a bit about security first. Below, you'll find a list of tutorials, examples, and articles that will detail many of the security implications of using AJAX..
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50 AJAX Reference Websites From Around the World
As a consistent devotee of the AJAX scene over the past year or so I have hundreds of feeds in my reader. Recently, I've had several email requests from readers requesting to know what AJAX websites I visit daily. While I visit any title that interest me, these are the sites I go to consistently.
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