Comments on: Dataviz for "My Ideal Bookshelf" http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/dataviz-for-my-ideal-bookshe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/dataviz-for-my-ideal-bookshe.html#comment-1606807 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199875#comment-1606807 <blockquote>This reminds me of that photo project from about a year ago about “what do you carry on your person” or somesuch, which resulted in a lot of highly self-curated collections instead of actual pocket contents.</blockquote>The fact that nobody had a booger-crusted handkerchief gave it away.

This reminds me of that photo project from about a year ago about “what do you carry on your person” or somesuch, which resulted in a lot of highly self-curated collections instead of actual pocket contents.

The fact that nobody had a booger-crusted handkerchief gave it away.

]]> By: L_Mariachi http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/dataviz-for-my-ideal-bookshe.html#comment-1606337 L_Mariachi Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199875#comment-1606337 This reminds me of that photo project from about a year ago about “what do you carry on your person” or somesuch, which resulted in a lot of highly self-curated collections instead of actual pocket contents. It read almost as a shopping guide in a glossy magazine; “if you want to be like this person, keep your Moleskine notebook ($12) in your Chrome messenger bag ($140), which includes pockets for your Oliver Peoples eyeglasses ($300) and your iPhone 4S ($200 with 2-yr contract.)”  It says a lot about how the subjects would like to be perceived, without offering any contrast with how they actually perceive themselves or are perceived by others.  Lord knows there’s a lot of stuff on my shelves that I like a lot but wouldn’t put forth as representative of how cool I am (the Savage Sword of Conan anthologies leap out as an example. People have actually made negative comments about that one to my face.) This reminds me of that photo project from about a year ago about “what do you carry on your person” or somesuch, which resulted in a lot of highly self-curated collections instead of actual pocket contents. It read almost as a shopping guide in a glossy magazine; “if you want to be like this person, keep your Moleskine notebook ($12) in your Chrome messenger bag ($140), which includes pockets for your Oliver Peoples eyeglasses ($300) and your iPhone 4S ($200 with 2-yr contract.)”  It says a lot about how the subjects would like to be perceived, without offering any contrast with how they actually perceive themselves or are perceived by others.  Lord knows there’s a lot of stuff on my shelves that I like a lot but wouldn’t put forth as representative of how cool I am (the Savage Sword of Conan anthologies leap out as an example. People have actually made negative comments about that one to my face.)

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/dataviz-for-my-ideal-bookshe.html#comment-1605742 BarBarSeven Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199875#comment-1605742 I wasn’t going to comment on this post, when suddenly this uber cool kid wearing sunglasses popped out of nowhere to attempt & coerce me into taking a survey. Say what?   I wasn’t going to comment on this post, when suddenly this uber cool kid wearing sunglasses popped out of nowhere to attempt & coerce me into taking a survey. Say what?  

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