Shaps
Visualizing Facebook Trends
We make stuff at ISL.
One of those stuffs was this.
Today we'll be talking about
Conceptualizing the visualization.
Changing our process.
Turning a one-off into a product.
Concept creep
Researched our audience
Thought about the setting
Great.
Planets. Galaxies.
Now what.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ssǝɔoɹd
Can't just throw it over the fence.
Have to be much, much more collaborative.
The closer interaction is to the core of a project, the more collaborative you should try to be.
Design.
Prototype.
Incorporate.
Success
Whew.
That was...fun?
So now what.
Making a product
Mo features, mo problems
Flexible, open source back end
Custom admin panel
Configurable front end visualization
Meet Cher
Open source Node.js stream processor
Has modules for facebook, twitter, instagram
Set of testing tools
https://github.com/istrategylabs/cher
Admin Panel
Revamped visualization
Configurable
Partially open source
Huge performance improvements
3D skillz not necessary
TLDR;
Experimentation, uncertainty are important
Collaborate or die
Learn from mistakes
Build for the future
@elifitch
@moonstompmaggie
