Initial Idea Development

Taking the conversation of me and Wilanie walking back to uni after the 10 minute exercise. Transcribed the first 3 mins and put into alphabetical order, as a way to organise the type. See below.

Walk with Lanie:

A

A

A

About

An

And

Area

Back

Be

Be

Before

Bit

Bit

Building

Complete

Cool

Cool

Crappy

Degrees

Depiction

Did

Do

Doesn’t

Don’t

Doubt

Draw

Draws

Feel

Fog

Foggy

Font

From

Front

Get

God

Going

Gorgeous

Gosh

Happen

Happened

He

Heard

Hold

How

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

If

Ill

In

In

In

Insane

It

It

It

It

It

It

It

It

It

It

It

It’s

It’s

Its

Just

Just

Kind

Know

Letterforms

Lie

Like

Like

Like

Like

Like

Like

Like

Like

Little

Little

Little

Look

Looks

Looks

Love

Mary poppins

Meant

Misty

More

My

My

Need

Of

Of

Of

Off

Oh

Oh

Oh

Or

Particular

Path

Place

Put

Quite

Really

Record

Remind

Right

Said

Said

Say

Signs

Sixteen

Sketch

So

So

Something

Surprise

That

That
That

That’s

The

The

The

The

The

The

The

The

The

Think

Think

This

This

This

This

To

To

To

To

Trees

True

Try

Turn

Type

Want

Was

Was

Weird

What

When

Where

Will

Will

Winding

With

With

Wordart

Wordart

Would

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yes

You

You

Ways to present the data:

Graph of the Conversation, demonstrating the frequency of words used. 

The graph displayed the frequency of words simply, but wasn't that interesting to look at, gets overlooked as it is something that appears quite mathematical.
How to hop of the theme of maths within the map in ways that aren't just graphs?
- pie charts
- blue prints and measurements

The graph but expressed through circles instead of  a bar chart, provides a more visual sense of frequency. 

The visual aspect to the circles makes it really easy to understand that there are more of some words than others. Could they be overlaid like in the earlier examples for the streetlight?

Think of adding colour or ways to expand on the layout, how to arrange? Have the circles in size order? Cut them out and drop them on a page to scan? Make using pen on paper, like Dan Eatock's pen drawing, could place the pens for 10 sec if used once, 20 if twice, 30 if 3 times and so on? (see below) 

Dan Eatock

Taking the words from the conversation and presenting them in the same way as a dictionary, using only words said in the conversation, so it becomes a dictionary of conversation. 

The dictionary idea has potential to be developed further, not just in the same way as a ordinary dictionary. Could have a different word on each page with a rubbing of a texture from the location as the background.

Thinking of other ways to present the data:
- visually using symbols
- think about things other than frequency, like vowels, or the most important words in the conversation. What words could be extracted and the flow of the conversation remain legible?
- directional, place along a path