This document discusses making data more human-centered by providing context and narratives. It covers the history of hypercard, an early program that allowed non-programmers to create applications. Examples are given of how data like maps, timelines, and science can be visualized. The document advocates embedding data into human stories and contexts to have more impact and empathy. It discusses a process for curating and sharing structured content cascades while respecting privacy. The overall message is that providing human context and narratives around data can make it more meaningful and impactful.

1. MAKE DATA
MORE HUMAN
BY JER THORP

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HISTORY
DATA
Bill
Atkinson
American computer
engineer
Photographer
worked at Apple
Computers

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4. Hypercard
For Users of the computer to
make programs on their
COMPUTERS.

5. HYPERCARD
Track local
basketball
team scores
To organize
research
To teach
people about
music
To calculate
astronomical
dates
Art projects
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Timepiece graph
reads in a circle
like a clock. can
overlay multiple
data sets as
different colors.

7. MAPS
People’s
Location
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SCIENCE
DESIGNART

9. BIG
CONCEPT
SHARING OF
CONTENT ON
INTERNET……. HOW
IT MOVES FROM
ONE PERSON TO
ANOTHER
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10. SHARING STRUCTURE
CASCADE

11. OUR PROCESS IS EASY
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6500 pieces of
content every
month
Explotry
tool
Structural
Cascade

12. ▹
▹ 2,900 names
▹ 1,400 adjacency requests
9/11
MEMORIAL

13. EMBEDDED
NARRATIVES
-
Story within a
story.
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iPHONE PROJECT
Not about you but about where you
are….
Human mobility data 🏃…….

14. Want big impact?
Piece of data into HUMAN CONTEXT
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15. EMPATHY FOR
PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN
SYSTEMS
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Fundamental
Respect
Privacy.
Numbers – Pieces
of real world.

16. Data into HUMAN CONTEXT
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Stock
Mortgage
Everything
Human
context

17. BELIEF
By bringing human content into story

18. THANK YOU
- SUBARNA