Publics

Publics and Publishing. What can I say? It's been an experience. On a serious note, I did enjoy much of the content in the course and learning about different publics, modes of publication, archives and information graphics.

If I was to reflect say on my two favorite topics from the course, I would probably choose, archives and information graphics. Archives opened my eyes to the way in which data is constantly stored in hundreds of places, sometimes from only one click of a button. And information graphics because it showed me the ways in which data can be visually, and aesthetically, portrayed.
I kept out an eye out recently, trying to find a good example of a convergence of archives and information graphics and found a great one at work. When a costumer is deemed 'regular' and agrees to let us keep their data on file to make deliveries and taking their orders easier, the data is then put onto a map wich hangs in the staff only section at work and each adress is marked by its own individual colour or symbol. This means when an order is placed, the symbol becomes that persons reference on the order and we then use that to locate their adress and details.

Since completing this course I am always thinking of ways of publishing data, and on the look out for ways others have done the same.