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There Can Only Be One…overused juxtaposition technique

Mike Sullivan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:54:41 +0000

Well done everyone, I’d say ESPN thought of it first but this format was actually developed by an intrepid art teacher at Seton Catholic High School.

Cheers to LA Jr.

Mike Sullivan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:01:48 +0000

While we wait for downtown to get its thing on, you can get your soft-feel, baby-blue thang on with new “I Heartache PHX” tee. Pre-order with a zero-commitment comment below. Available soon.

Design and Concept by mmsullivan & Royce Martin. Printed by Brady Townsend

Field trip! Edward Tufte in San Diego

Mike Sullivan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:14:21 +0000

“The Da Vinci of Data” —New York Times

Tufte’s writing is important in such fields as information design and visual literacy, which deal with the visual communication of information. He coined the term “chartjunk” to refer to useless, non-informative, or information-obscuring elements of quantitative information displays.

He uses the term “data-ink ratio” to argue against including non-informative decoration in visual displays of quantitative information. He claims that ink should only be used to convey and display significant data. In Visual Display, Tufte states:

“Sometimes decorations can help editorialize about the substance of the graphic. But it’s wrong to distort the data measures—the ink locating values of numbers—in order to make an editorial comment or fit a decorative scheme.”

Trip Details:

9:00a-4:30p August 18th, 2008
$285 registration (after 25% group discount)
Includes all four of Edward Tufte’s books; Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Beautiful Evidence

http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses

Where should we collect a Phoenix RSVP list?

MGMT performing ‘Kids’ at Tempe Marketplace

Mike Sullivan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:08:37 +0000

Midnight Madness 2008 Redux

Mike Sullivan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:42:51 +0000

Thanks to Everyone for coming. See you at the next one.

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Hotpads.com, Like Zillow only depressing

Mike Sullivan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:17:25 +0000

Hotpads.com’s foreclosure heat map is a beautifully programed, web 2.o application…that will make you crap you pants. We all enjoyed watching our “zestimate” double during the mania of ‘06. But its a lot less fun to see houses in your ‘hood selling 35% less than what it was worth 2 years ago.

Its like a game of monopoly, gone horrible wrong. Looking good, M-town.

I would not count on a bottom anytime soon. This was a speculative boom, not driven by demand like the post-WWII population boom seen in the graph below. We are going to have a long grind down the other side of this anomaly. If there’s a silver lining, perhaps “Flip This House” will be cancelled.

http://hotpads.com

Skateland Midnight Massacre 2008

Mike Sullivan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:43:51 +0000

Grade school is back with a vengeance! This is going to be one rad party. Bring your friends.

DJ Calypso of Shake will be providing the chicken dance.

Friday, April 11th, 11:30PM - 2:30AM
SkateLand in Mesa, map
$17 for entry, skates and booze
21 and older

Open Invite, so just show up. But it would be polite to say hi to the old man…
http://royce.hottahotta.com

Nostalgic 8th grade attire suggested. As a general rule of thumb, if its made of stonewashed denim, its good.