As we journey through our daily lives we will face many situations where we have to balance our needs (i.e. something we must have for survival) and wants (i.e. something which might be good to have, but not essential for survival). Our life and the survival of our world (and Flatholm island) can Read more…
Our tug-of-war with climate change. What does it feel like to be in a tug-of-war with our environment? We are starting to think more about what need to do to make an impression on people? How we embed that sense of environmental awareness into their thinking? How we enable them Read more…
Sea levels around the world are rising fast as temperatures warm due to climate change. Rising seas pose a major risk to the Welsh/ UK’s wildlife. Flatholm island was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1972 and is home to many rare plants and animals, many of Read more…
Right from the beginning, usability took a central role in how humans interact with technology. Jakob Nielsen described as a guru of usability defines it as ‘a quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use’. Carroll (2001) described it as ‘understanding and creating software and other technology Read more…
For a small limestone island (approximately 620 metres in diameter, covering 86 acres) it does have a lot of interesting features and areas. As you will see from the map below, we have several nature reserves as well as a gull colony. There is a water tank to provide running water Read more…
Recalling what what one of the Flatholm island volunteers described as she walked around the island during one of their seagull counts…. ‘a chaotic buzz of activity over their heads’. Seagulls flying excitingly/ frantically overhead… and the need to sometimes duck etc. Lets take a look on google to see Read more…
Inspired by the words of Trevor Hogan (paper Data Sensification: Beyond Representation Modality, Toward Encoding Data in Experience, we are now starting to think about how we build an understanding of the Islands data through people’s overall experience of it. This can be an island full of colour in the Read more…
Inspired by the work of Jörg Blumtritt, Benedikt Köhler, Sabria David on their Slow Media Manifesto (2010) and also the concept of Calm Technology by Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown (1996), we are exploring the concept of slow data. For many of us, in this fast-paced, energy-consuming, technologically-driven world, Read more…
What would a tourist map of Flatholm island look like? What would a 3D, dynamic and ‘live’ map of Flatholm island look like? The below map of New Jersey highlights the main attractions of the location. What are the main attractions of Flatholm island? The number of seagulls sighted that Read more…
Nowadays, data is generally presented via a dashboard… via graphs and other modes of digital visualisation. What happens when this experience becomes physical. What can the ‘physical and tangible’ add to the data experience? What is the essence of the data physicalisation that will take the data experience to a Read more…
