Comments on: Updates Are Beautiful No.1

By: m3 ds real

m3 ds real — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:26:05 +0000

At least Google has realised that political interference and censorship is not consistent with the free internet. However, I think China will start to override HK’s independence soon.I’m all for censorship over the more extreme and harmful aspects of the internet, but to try and suppress opposition to the Chinese Government party line is like Gordon Brown putting a decree in place to eliminate all Tory-orientated sites that criticise him or shows him up for being such a bare-faced liar.

By: Mike Higton

Mike Higton — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:49:33 +0000

The snake oil graphic is wonderful, and tremendously helpful. I wonder, though, whether you could alter it so that when I mouseover, say, one of the Omega 3 balloons, some kind of highlighting or other indication shows me that there are other Omega 3 balloons to consider – e.g., those balloons changing colour. That might mean you would need to make sure that no two balloons for the same substance were so close that the expansion of one would completely hide the other.

By: James

James — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:00:33 +0000

First, I love your work. And I love that you share it as you do. Thank you. I’ve had your book on order from the online reseller Barnes and Noble since late January in the USA, with no word yet on its arrival. Do the publishers provide you with any news on reprints/reissues?

Second, it would be interesting to take “snapshots” of the Snake Oil graphic over time, or find a way to save snapshots as a sequence of images that might be viewed as an animation over time. This would reveal interesting trends, and how changing evidence affects our current view of things. (Be cool screen saver, too, for health-watchers!)

Thanks, again

James

[great idea - thanks James. I've started putting earlier version links at the bottom of the Snake Oil still image.

re: 2nd print of Visual Miscellaneum. It's out there. They should have it - Thanks! David]