COM 2033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Traditional Animation, Laserwriter, Wysiwyg

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10 Dec 2016
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Ambivalence toward computer reflected in mac"s commercial 1984 . Software programs give accurate picture of what a page will look like before it is published. Enables us to see trends and relationships. We don"t want to read a lot of numbers. Pie charts: a way to compare the parts that make up a whole- usually measuring money or population percentages. Columns (bar) charts: a way to compare two or more items visually by representing them as columns side by side. Line (fever) graphs: a way to measure changing quantities over time by plotting key statistics as points. When we want information, we say show me- don"t tell me. Most of us prefer images over words. Terms was coined in 1968 at a conference in london called cybernetic serendipity . Brought together scientists who discovered a certain aesthetic in data processing.

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