Aaron Koblin: Visualizing ourselves ... with crowd-sourced data

The video explores the intersection of data, storytelling, and interfaces, highlighting projects that visualize data in innovative ways. It covers the Flight Patterns project, which visualizes airplane traffic, and projects with the Sensible Cities Lab that visualize international communications and SMS data. The video also delves into creative projects using Amazon's Mechanical Turk, such as TheSheepMarket and TenThousandsCents. Finally, it discusses collaborative music video projects with Chris Milk, including a tribute to Johnny Cash and an interactive experience with Arcade Fire.

What is the main theme of the Flight Patterns project?

• Analyzing traffic congestion in cities

• Tracking airplane traffic over North America

• Mapping the migration of birds

• Visualizing global weather patterns

What does the project visualizing SMS messages in Amsterdam reveal?

• The popularity of different mobile networks

• The daily ebb and flow of communication in the city

• The most common languages used in SMS

• The average length of text messages

What inspired the creation of Amazon's Mechanical Turk?

• Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen's mechanical chess player

• A need for faster data processing

• The rise of artificial intelligence

• The popularity of online gaming

What was the purpose of TheSheepMarket.com project?

• To sell sheep wool online

• To collect and display drawings of sheep

• To analyze sheep behavior

• To create a virtual farm game

How did the TenThousandsCents.com project utilize the Mechanical Turk?

• By organizing a global art competition

• By dividing a hundred dollar bill into small pieces for people to draw

• By creating a digital currency

• By developing a new online payment system

What was the goal of the Bicycle Built for 2000 project?

• To develop a fitness app

• To explore collaborative music making

• To create a new transportation method

• To design a futuristic bicycle

What was unique about the Johnny Cash Project?

• It was a solo art project

• It featured unreleased songs

• It allowed fans to contribute to a music video

• It was a live concert series

What technology did The Wilderness Downtown project utilize?

• Augmented reality

• Blockchain

• HTML5 and JavaScript

• Virtual reality

What is the main takeaway from the talk regarding interfaces?

• They are only useful for data analysis

• They can be powerful narrative devices

• They are primarily for entertainment

• They are becoming obsolete

What was the primary aim of the collaborative projects discussed?

• To develop new software tools

• To replace traditional art forms

• To explore the potential of collective creativity

• To generate revenue