Comments on: THE CREATIVE MAP

By: Anca

Anca — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:46:04 +0000

http://ex-blank-page.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-reply-to-daves-great-posts-62.html

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:17:17 +0000

Advice is one of the hardest things to put into practice.
When I hear a good piece of advice, I want to carry it around with me forever, but it’s not that easy.
You have to remind yourself of the advice, and this post has reminded me I was once told, “Don’t ask for permission, you can always apologise later” which is very similar.
I read once that ‘Self help books’ hardly ever work , because no matter how good the advice is, it isn’t remembered. We all want to stand out, but secretly we’d prefer to blend in.Advice is always appropriate, it falls upon the individual in which way to use it. So perhaps the self help books which never work, are because the ones reading them aren’t individually capable of using the advice, and the one’s that aren’t reading them are prospering anyway.

By: Rob Mortimer

Rob Mortimer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:16:52 +0000

There is a great comparison video somewhere online. It’s one of my favourite pieces of graphic design, I actually used it at an agency interview once.

There is an interesting question over how it distorts travel times though, accuracy versus ease of use is a never ending debate… but I struggle to respect anyone who can’t admire the brilliance of the idea!

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:58:09 +0000

I look forward to it, Dave.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:48:20 +0000

I started writing a reply John but it got too long.
I think it will have to be another post instead. Thanks.

By: john w.

john w. — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:43:04 +0000

Off the map here Dave but what do you think should be done about a growing culture of unpaid, unadvertised internships now increasingly required to get into competitive fields which is excluding even relatively well-off children if their parents lack the social connections to secure them. Do you think the communications/media biz is missing out on kids who are street or does it matter? Btw Ricky Tomlinson’s autobiography is an interesting read.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:45:47 +0000

1. Mr. Trott, I like the way your train of thought immediately went to punching through the currently agreed upon map. A lot of folks seem to be doing their best thinking waiting on the train platform these days; was the bath tub once upon a time
2. The whole topic of cartography is right up the alley for us systems guys, and I notice a lot of map-as-art decorations in my best friend’s homes. The running joke over at MIT is the “full scale map” project.
3. The goal of your subway map (and your biz) is elimination and simplification, to better get to an endpoint. But we must remember that the valid purpose of some maps (other businesses) is just the opposite – needless complexity, misdirection, and obfuscation – to protect an endpoint. Just something to think about.
4. Good article in Wired last year (“The Petabyte Age: Because More Isn’t Just More — More Is Different”) on big data, esp. visualizing big data. The article can be found here: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_intro.
5. Also, a good reference for ideas on visual representation of data (updated regularly) is the Infosthetics dotcom site, found here: http://infosthetics.com. I go back to this site routinely for inspiration.

Cheers,
mm

By: robin

robin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:30:47 +0000

Interesting point, Dave.
Makes me wonder if that leaves room for agency creative reviews, where everyone from planner to CEO to cleaner has a say.
Ever notice how these days, more and more clients have encyclopaedia-like volumes of guidelines.