I commented on a post by Fidji SIMO about visualization tools on her blog Tech IT Easy. She shared this post with me in her comments about the Worst-3d-mailbox-ever linked here on TechCrunch.
Thanks Fidji! If that’s a sign of the future of visual mail, I think I’ll be sticking to text :-) It’s proof that two good ideas (Visualising Data and Second Life) don’t make a great concept just by mashing them together.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
That’s exactly what I think: visualization must always be aimed first at providing a better understanding, and after that (and only after that) being entertaining. Entertainment only (especially when it is as kitsh as 3D mailbox !) is definitely not sufficient.
I hope we will find more interesting visualization tools in the future, I plan on writing more articles about it, so I will for sure often go back to your blog!