Visualizing ourselves with crowd-sourced data
Seeing all of these different crowdsourcing projects really puts its limitless potential into perspective. I think that it is really awesome how no two crowdsourcing projects will ever be the same. It is interesting to see so many different artistic styles in one larger and very dynamic piece. I loved the Johnny Cash music video and I think it would really awesome to be a part of a project like that. With all of the negativity towards the media nowadays, it is nice to see it put it a better light. Social media can entail a negative experience if you let it, but it can also result in a new kind of creativity that we have never seen before. More voices can be heard and more stories can be told. I thought that the first projects Koblin mentions were unique in the way that he took simple daily activities and made them interesting. Seeing all the different flights and the color patterns they create puts air traffic into perspective. Air traffic isn't something I typically think about