The Graphical Information Interface - Made Simple

We pioneered them, and coined the 'GII' at Groxis back in 2001. The significance of new interfaces to information transcends that of any one company and any one particular problem to be solved. The sheer mass of information that we now process on any given day is orders of magnitude greater than ever before. As such, our means by which to effectively absorb, leverage, and filter information flows (or floods) must also evolve. Enter the GII. We created Grokker with the idea that information needed to be liberated from the confines of HTML and the web browser as we knew it years ago. It was our "1.0" attempt to create a universal information currency with the capacity to convey far more usefulness than a list of 10 search results on a web page. Grokker sparked a small but potent movement along these lines, paving the way for new approaches to opening the information bottleneck at the point of consumption. Many great advances have emerged, showing promise for the future of information experiences to come.

Sixorg is all about information, search, and the like. As such, you can expect to find many cool, new examples of the GII that fit the bill in future posts. Today I'm sharing a 'blog find' that ranks high on the list for one of my good friends, and is now high on my list. It's called Indexed by Jessica Hagy. In a word, brilliant. A witty and creative smattering of hand drawn Venn diagrams, scatter graphs, and more, representing mathematical theorem proofs of every day life- infoviz style. The clever and entertaining diagrams and graphs convey information in spades- further proving another theorem that a picture is worth a thousands words. Indexed is a simple but great example of GII's in action. There is no reason to explain it further, because the examples so clearly speak for themselves. 'Nuff said.

Take a look, bookmark Indexed. It's fresh air for your creative mind. Thanks to my friend and colleague Rosie for the link. Rosie doesn't have a blog, but should. Girl's got skills. Maybe this will kick her in gear to get her game on! More to come. Stay tuned...

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