I’m always on the lookout for good visualisation tools and techniques. Which is why I really liked this by Christian Cenizal. There’s something very Yogi-Berra-like “Nobody goes there any more, it’s too crowded” about it, the way the worms come together and then break up just as the party gets going. As one of the comments asserts, isn’t that one way of representing bubble behaviour?
I’m a big fan of visualisation tools and techniques too. In this case, however, I’ve found video format to be a better media than pictures to visualize flocking. Check out the video here (apologies for linking to my own blog):
http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2008/01/herding_phenomenon_in_the_web.html
Other comments on the original post explore other factors. Did somebody mention music from the ’60s.
Thanks, JP, for the turn on.
Dude/Dudette! you are the most un-confused , confused person I know!
I wonder how this applies in the online world. Is facebook getting more traffic now because MySpace is too crowded? Does crowding(SEO,SEM) on Google add dead-weight to the engine making the “flock” go elsewhere? Thanks for making my mind wander a bit!!!
Uh… Didn’t check the original post (with the video) until now. Sorry for too quick comment. The worms video is more “alive” than the boids video I blogged about. I wonder if it is about the added randomness?
Have you seen ‘Flight Patterns’ by Aaron Koblin? I love these.
He maps flight paths of aircraft going across the USA in a 24hour period, I love watching flights leaving for Europe and Asia, then seeing the US come to life around 7am….
http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/flightpatterns/index.html