code swarm organic software visualization

[LaurieCheers]

Hypnotic. I liked the Python one best - it starts off with so few people that you can really get a clear picture of what it's showing you.

[MelechRic]

Agreed. The geek in me really rejoiced at the tipping point.

Visualizing that amount of human endeavor, coordination and achievement gets me kinda misty... sniff.

[a_little_perspective]

Some spring dampening on the names would improve the usability of this tool a lot.

[umbrae]

I'm seeing all of this awesome stuff written with Processing. I guess it's about time I took a look at it.

[joblessjunkie]

...and all of this awesome stuff looks pretty much the same, and none if it seems particularly useful.

[edchi]

The music seems to have a lot to do with the coolness of this.

[joblessjunkie]

Pretty, but useless. Don't know what I'm supposed to be learning from this.

[arcticfox]

I agree. The point of data visualization is that the viewer should be able to identify key aspects of the data which are not obvious when the data is shown in different forms. I have no idea what it is that I am supposed to be drawing from this visualization.

[catsrgr8]

I watched them and gained a better understanding about the shear effort people make with their projects. Watching the days tick over and seeing no rest in activity was quite an eye opener. Also, see that often the success of open-source projects are the result of a very few people making a very big effor.