...and Derek made me a nice sign too, thanks chap...
What I'm realizing very quickly is that without something like a PC to anchor you to a desk, your 'work space' becomes fluid... It can be wherever you need it to be.
So I've decamped to newtube for the morning, for some study of Tribes and lots of psychometric profiling things...
My friend Sarah just pointed me to this, it's wonderful.
It's from IBM, and it's software that takes a data set that you feed it, and turns it into an instant visual. So, for kicks, I took the IPA dissertation I wrote this year and tried it out.
It's called 'The Communis Manifesto; why communities are the future of brand communications', and the whole text pans out to look like this:
...which is a great summary of what the essay is about, and near instantly gives you an idea about the sorts of things it covers.
It's a really interesting way to help you appraise something I guess, though is no guarantee of quality. But if you want to know what the general themes coming through from a qualitative group were, for instance, it would be brilliant for that; just pump in the transcirpt and off you go.
Anyway, a great site - click here on the image and have a play (you can do stuff with data too, though I've not had a go with that yet...)
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UPDATE...
I played with the data stuff too, it's cool. Here's a chart on the virality of Pizza Express email vouchers for instance...
Thanks Thaer, it's good to know...
