– searched youtube for pottery tutorials
– google search terms for new dog training/advice
– amazon search for new dog toys (which led to targeted ads for those toys on other pages..)
– log into facebook and send messages
– credit card purchases (coffee/groceries)
– clover app ordering
– swiping into the T
– swipe in to children’s museum for shift
– swipe MIT ID to pottery studio
– sending and receiving emails
– bought plane ticket/got rental car
– google maps both locally and for vacation planning
– listened to spotify playlists
– downloaded and subscribed to podcasts
– opened my phone w fingerprint reader
– took photos with my phone (labeled w/ location)
– posted instagram photo/followed other users on instagram
– shared files on dropbox and google drive
– logged in w MIT account to multiple lab computers
– made phone calls
– sent texts/photos
– watched the olympics
– posted this blog!
Author: mpelz
History of Crayola Colors
Link to original post by Stephen Wagner
This visualization shows data on all of the colors of crayons that Crayola has made since they began production in 1903, as well as if and when each color had been discontinued. I think the target audience of this visualization is made up of adults who might nostalgic for all of the fun colors (and color names) of Crayola crayons, and who might be curious to learn more about the history of colors that they remember using as a child as well as colors that were created before or after their time.
The goal of the presentation is to show the wide range of colors encompassed by Crayola crayons, and to give people a sense of what colors are younger or older, and how long certain colors have been around. Another goal is for the visualization to be interactive, allowing people to explore the colors and learn more about them one by one by clicking to reveal a larger color sample as well as more information about release date, retirement date, and any special collections that that color is a part of.
I think this visualization is effective in that it is fun to click around and learn more about the colors and their history, but organizationally it could be improved. The colors are not presented in an order that feels intuitive, and if you have a certain color in mind it is hard to find it in the mix of colors in order to click and learn more. It might have been good to include a zoom feature to zoom in on a certain section of the plot and/or reveal the names when just mousing over instead of having to click and let information load for each new color. It was also confusing to me why some colors were chosen to be available to be clicked in the Color Box on the left hand side while some needed to be found within the larger lined part of the visualization.