Jer Thorp: Make data more human
Jer Thorp’s work focuses on adding meaning and narrative to huge amounts of data as a way to help people take control of the information that surrounds them. Full bio
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of the most exciting possible things.
dologról beszélnék.
a definition of history.
hogy mi a történelem.
egy keretrendszer részeként.
of history within a framework.
historical documents,
that have happened in the past,
together into a story.
of my own story.
kis szeletével kezdem.
who works creatively with computers,
alkotó szellemű informatikus,
well-adjusted young man --
fiatalember voltam –
in the type of business that I'm in,
lévő sok korombelire,
not the Apple on the right.
by the Apple on the right
I mean, look at that logo!
It's not even in the right order!
about the company.
a machine, though.
I go back and I think about this.
Visszanézek és erre gondolok:
when I was about 12 years old,
tizenkét éves koromban,
nem tudná megváltoztatni életünk.
that could change our lives that way.
to talk about the computer.
that came loaded on that computer.
not the guy on the left,
who the guy on the right is?
to this question.
for tons of things
sok minden a számítógépükön,
that Bill Atkinson wrote,
that shipped with the Mac,
for users of the computer
that we think about today,
nem a mai értelemben vett,
terjesztésre szánt alkalmazások.
and their big distribution.
pontjainak számon tartására,
of their local basketball team scores
there were some art projects.
kind of exploratory environment.
all of the time.
for putting me in this era
on a public computer
of the computer to make programs with it.
programkészítés céljából alkottak.
who invented the computer
mindenkinek lesz gépe,
a day, a magical day,
but none of them knew how to program,
with my computer, small-scale things,
the growth systems of plants.
rendszereinek vizsgálata.
a simulated economy
with one another,
színt váltanak egymással.
these types of systems work,
to start working with data.
a The New York Timesban –
"communism" in the New York Times --
as "communism" is going away.
helyébe a "terrorizmus" lép.
interested in the aesthetic of the graphs.
nagyon érdekelnek.
a "timepiece graph."
úgy kell leolvasni, mint az időt.
overlaying "despair" over "hope."
eltakarja a "kilátástalan",
it's "crisis" over "hope" --
a "válság" nyeli el –
when "crisis" eclipses "hope."
of one of them right now.
with the New York Times data
csúcspontja pedig
an entire year's news cycle
a full year of news, all the people,
mutatnak, mindenkit,
egyetlen diagramon.
into a single graphic.
interested again in more active systems.
az aktív rendszerek érdekeltek.
tweeting on Twitter.
in Hawaii!" -- you know,
that into their Twitter conversation.
twitteres beszélgetéseikbe.
But I did just land in Hawaii."
De most landoltam Hawaiion."
those people's trips,
annak reményében,
we can use social network
to epidemiologists, among other people.
és mások számára értékes lehet.
is a similar project,
saying "Good morning" to each other
egymásnak köszönőket
később kelnek fel a nyugati parton,
on the West Coast wake up much later
from the Kepler Project
that made sense to me.
értelmezhető formába önteni.
I've shown you up to now --
amit eddig mutattam,–
that I just did for fun.
but this comes back from HyperCard.
de ennek a HyperCard az oka.
kind of occupy this weird space
valamiféle furcsa helyet töltenek be
from my experience with HyperCard,
nyújtotta tapasztalatból
to help me understand systems.
képi eszközöket tervezek.
at the New York Times.
of really interesting projects,
to share with you today.
in conjunction with Mark Hansen.
at UCLA. He's also a media artist.
statisztika tanszékén és médiaművész.
állított be a The Timeshoz,
with a very interesting question
from person A to person B?
to person C to person D?
in the internet,
is what happens in that gap
the tool to explore that,
that leads to other events,
actually happen over time.
időben bontakoznak ki,
a lot of people who share our content,
osztják meg tartalmunkat,
they look more like this.
hanem inkább így néznek ki.
the content from one person to another,
egyre többen osztják meg egymással,
degrees of separation,
felfelé haladva az érték nő
in a couple of different views:
más-más nézőpontból látható:
the threads of conversation,
that stacked view
about 7,000 pieces of content
az eszköz tervezésekor,
when we were building this tool,
this vast terrain of data.
ezt az adatrengeteget.
that we're giving people
szerszámként képzelem ezt el,
terrain of data.
ezen a óriási adatrengetegen.
playing in real time.
a tremendous moment.
data, fake data, for so long,
mintaadattal, hamis adattal,
for the first moment,
just dusted off these dinosaur bones.
frissen kiásott dinoszaurusz-csontok.
and we were seeing it for the first time,
megosztás-szerkezeteket.
that underlie the internet.
analogy is a good one,
some probabilistic guesses
találgatásunk rámutatott,
pieces and making some guesses,
aztán találgattunk,
are as statistically rigorous as possible.
a statisztikai bizonytalanságokat.
they become parts of stories.
sztorik részeivé válnak.
are the most interesting ones,
a legérdekesebbek,
are also interesting.
We call this the "Rabbi Cascade."
about this article in the New York Times,
a The New York Times egy cikkéről,
don't get a lot of time off.
kevés szabadidejéről szól.
for them to take off.
és vasárnapot nem lehet kivenni.
of rabbis having a conversation
Twitter name ever --
if it weren't for this exploratory tool.
erre sohasem jöttünk volna rá.
been able to see that.
single pieces of information
building histories out of them,
és történetek megalkotása
about two years ago.
tremendously impactful event
has really become a more intricate one,
inkább szövevényes,
of the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan.
are not laid out in alphabetical order
between the people who were killed
all of these myriad connections
tömérdek kapcsolatot.
called Local Projects
dolgoztam együtt,
and a software tool
the layout for the memorial:
az emlékmű elrendezését:
adjacency requests,
a very dense narrative,
of this memorial.
we produce the software tool,
first of all, generate a layout
hogy az építészek
eleget tevő elrendezést alakítsanak ki,
adjacency requests,
where they needed to
a sztorikat, ahogy szeretnék.
that they wanted to tell.
has an incredibly timely concept
hihetetlenül időszerű manapság,
networks that make up people's lives --
emberi kapcsolatok hálózata
inside of the memorial.
moving experiences
are placed next to each other,
az áldozatokat egymás mellé,
is representing their own lives.
there was a controversy,
that on the iPhone
of the location data.
this was not location data about you,
about wireless networks
this human-mobility data.
ezek a helyváltoztatási adatok.
How many people have iPhones?"
database of location data
brutális méretű adatbázisát
would really, really like.
feltölthetik adataikat,
with researchers to share that data,
that can actually put it to use.
adományozása céljából.
success as a prototype.
see their lives unfolding
that are left behind on your devices.
was how moving this experience would be.
brutális lesz az élmény.
I thought, "Big deal.
What am I going to see here?"
hol dolgozom, vár rám itt valami?"
was that moment I got off the plane
amikor leszállok a repülőről,
that first night,
ettem első este,
of being in New York;
on Amsterdam Avenue.
I told you about those stories
amikor először és aközött,
you about those stories?
el ezeket a sztorikat?
in the tool, inadvertently,
into a human context.
helyezzük ezeket az adatokat.
tremendously important,
that are being stored on these devices.
tárolják ezek az eszközök.
is get a better understanding
that we're sharing.
if we can put data into a human context,
ha emberi kontextusba helyezhetjük őket,
for the people involved in these systems.
kelt a rendszer részesei iránt.
kapott alapvető tisztelet,
in a fundamental respect,
in a large part of technology,
nagyrészt hiányzik,
with issues like privacy,
are not just numbers,
pieces of the real world.
the dialog becomes a lot different.
a párbeszéd egész mássá válik.
your location data on your phone?
harmadik félnek a helyadataikhoz?
to this information is the first party!
nem fér hozzá, az első fél.
about these pieces of data
a lot more important.
to do is really simple:
in a human context.
think about them in a human context.
gondoljanak emberi kontextusukra.
think about them in a human context.
gondoljanak emberi kontextusukra.
is big business.
a "nagy adat", nagy üzlet.
a régebbi, termelői szektorokkal.
that we've developed involving resources.
a lack of participation in these dialogues
való részvétel hiánya.
from artists, from poets, from writers --
a művészeket, költőket, írókat –
into this discussion.
visznek ebbe a beszélgetésbe.
with the resource industry
with the financial industry,
element into this story,
to tremendous places.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jer Thorp - Data artistJer Thorp’s work focuses on adding meaning and narrative to huge amounts of data as a way to help people take control of the information that surrounds them.
Why you should listen
Currently the data artist in residence at the New York Times, Jer’s software-based art has been featured all over the world. His former career as a data artist explains why his art often brings big data sets to life and is deeply influenced by science. Originally from Vancouver, he lives in New York City, where, along with his work at the New York Times, he teaches in NYU’s ITP program.
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