The Organic Web
by Tyler Egeto
Hello fellow DD’s,
I would like to invite you to checkout and be apart of my final project titled “the Organic Web.” Here is a brief explanation of the theory behind the project.
“An Organic Information Visualization System is a system that aims to improve the typical experience on the internet. It has been developed by looking at that complex world we live in, studying the way information is presented to us daily on a subconscious level, and applying it to information visualization on the web. Its origins exist in the cells of living organisms, where life grows and decays, where its colour or size might tell us about its health or age. And where its skeleton will leave a story of what was.
In an Organic Information Visualization System there are two key factors that separate it from others systems. Those two things are, change over time, and user effected environments. The environment, referring to the space where the information is represented, is created with a set of rules. These rules are similar to the laws of nature. What lives must eventually die, every action has a reaction, and there for an effect on the environment.
What this means is that the actual site should change with the passage of time and as users interact with it. In essence it should exist as a living organism. Data should all be created with equal visual presence, and let a ratio between age and user activity to determine the visual presence within the site’s structure. Content that receives more activity from users should appear healthier and more prominent within the structure, while data with little activity should lose presence over time. As long as the environment exists this evolution should take place. The result therefore is unpredictable, but completely logical.”
I am still working on some optimization and content for the site, but feel free to check it out here
-Tyler Egeto