but here on the list there are some of the most competent people I know on the topic.

I will start a course on graphic communication. The students are ground-zero programmers, all on mac, so I would like to use Nodebox (http://nodebox.net/).

(Unluckily no time/space to introduce ConTeXt).

I will focus on data visualization, so I was considering to adopt Tufte's classic The Visual Display etc. I've still not read Envisioning Information and Visual Explanations.

I will have also to introduce basic elements of graphic communication (e.g. fonts, page composition, color usage etc).

Suggestions?

Many thanks!

Best

-a-

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Andrea Valle

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CIRMA - DAMS

Universitą degli Studi di Torino

--> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/

--> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle

--> andrea.valle@unito.it

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I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information.

(Annabel Chong)

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Andrea Valle

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CIRMA - DAMS

Universitą degli Studi di Torino

--> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/

--> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle

--> andrea.valle@unito.it

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"

Think of it as seasoning

. noise [salt] is boring

. F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring

. F(noise, blah) can be really tasty

"

(Ken Perlin on noise)