During my Thesis, one of the biggest problems I came across while doing research was terminologies. There are so many terms as wells as definitions, it made me crazy. Actually, it still makes me crazy. People come up with new terms, has their own definitions, and there is no standarad yet. So my mission, is to come up with a mindmap/chart/table – something visual to put everything in some type of order and how they influence each other. What’s driving me is trying to figure out how they relate to each other. So first step, is to find what terms are being used and come up with a list of what influences this terminology. This will be a continuing work in progress.
Here’s the plan: (thus far)
- Come up with terminologies
- Find out how they came out, who defined, when was this term coined, etc
- Influences – what areas does the term encompass and to what degree?
Areas/Influences:
- Interaction
- Art/Aesthetic/Design
- Data/Information
- Flavors: Art, Science, Computer, Technology, etc
Terms:
- Information Design
- Information Archectiture
- knowledge visualization
- typography
- User interface design
- Ambient infovis
- Social infovis
- Visual Design
- Interactive Design
- Interactive Media
- New Media
- Computer Graphics
- Information Visualization
- Information Aesthetic Visualization
- Human Computer Interaction
- Data Visualization
- Scientific Visualization
- Information Graphics
- Cartography
- Graphic Design
- Digital Art
- Computer Art
I think this is a good starting point. Each week, I will post about a definition. If you are interested in helping out, drop a comment!