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A tribute to Steve Jobs, and incredible man that will iLive forever in our minds.

For this illustration I took more than 2.500 messages people left after his dead. I spread the most commonly used words over a portrait of Jobs. After a couple different tryous I ended with this abstract illustration. This one is my favorite, so I’m going to follow Steve’s advice choosing the one I like the more instead of the (probably) most popular.

Most used single words: steve (1026),jobs (813),apple (475),thank (397),world (359),rip (352),one (346),peace (322),family (248),rest (230),technology (230),like (215),people (215),man (214),great (213),products (212),may (208),innovative (202),genius (194),thing (192),just (191),sad (182),missed (180),time (178),live (172),life (153),changed (150),computer (148),brilliant (147),legacy (147),made (136),never (136),read (136),history (129),forever (127),find (124),know (124),many (123),years (122),good (120),iphone (120),day (119),go (119),can (116),future (115),way (112),now (111),visionary (111),love (110),person (110),invent (107),taken (107),work (107),died (105),team (105),make (104),mr (104),level (103),company (102),god (98),think (98),mac (96),use (96),propel (95),tombstone (95),true (95),much (94),ipad (93),say (92),better (91),come (87),even (87),see (87),cancer (86),get (84),vision (78),always (77),really (77),well (77),lost (76),still (76),truly (76),remember (71),respect (71),first (69),friends (69),best (67),created (67),hope (66),ever (65),american (64),news (64),take (64),human (63),ipod (63),today (63),passing (62),inspiration (60),long (57),death (56),lot (56),bless (55),fan (55),want (54),condolences (53),give (52),done (51)…

Two words comobo: steve jobs (524),rest in peace (183),rip steve (143),one more thing (104),may his family (102),find peace (100),family find (96),jobs and his team (96),forever be our future (95),genius to the level (95),history that have taken (95),legacy will forever (95),level steve (95),propel technology (95),taken genius (95),team did to propel (95),thank you and may (95),tombstone should read (95),thank you steve (85),apple products (83),changed the world (68),sad day (51),god bless (40),condolences to his family (34),peace steve (34),may you rest (33),world a better (32),family and friends (31),rip mr (26),better place (25),thomas edison (24),great man (23),personal computer (23),true visionary (22),world has lost (20),apple fan (19),good apple (19),great innovator (19),thanks for everything (19),apple bites (18),bill gates (18),bites you gave (18),many people (18),one of the greatest (18),steve for the good (18),hard work (15),henry ford (14),hope apple (14),like apple (14),like steve (14),world will miss (14),may god (13),miss you steve (13),mr jobs (13),pancreatic cancer (13),passed away (13),people like (13),sad news (13),changed my life (12),go out to his family (12),just like (12),long time (12),thoughts and prayers (12),american icon (11),apple computer (11),brilliant man (11),changed the way (11)…

Three words: may his family find (96),steve jobs and his team (96),family find peace (95),genius to the level steve (95),history that have taken genius (95),jobs and his team did to propel (95),legacy will forever be our future (95),level steve jobs (95),taken genius to the level (95),team did to propel technology (95),thank you and may his family (95),rip steve jobs (50),rest in peace steve (31),may he rest in peace (30),world a better place (19),apple bites you gave (18),good apple bites (18),thank you steve jobs (18),steve for the good apple (17),thank you steve for the good (17),condolences to his family and friends (13),peace steve jobs (10),changed the world for the better (9),god bless you and your family (9),make the world a better (9),like steve jobs (8),prayers go out to his family (8),may your soul rest (7),steve jobs was one (7),use apple products (7),go into the history books (6),god bless steve (6),graphical user interface (6),rip mr jobs (6),steve jobs will be missed (6)…

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Thank you Steve and Bon Voyage!.

Oct 07, 2011 | Categories: Visualizations | Tags: , , , , | 4 Comments »

Jim Morrison

Here we go again. This time we will talk about Jim Morrison, singer and lyricist of The Doors. He is one of the most iconic men in the rock history, but I want to point you to his poet side. Did you know Morrison improvised poetry while the band was playing live?.

Again I counted the words of all of their lyrics and spread over a well know portrait of Morrison. Bigger is more used. The beggining of the word list and it’s hits: love (96),yeah (61),tell (56),run (51),girl (47),see (47),come (44),know (44),time (43),baby (41),night (41),get (39),back (38),like (37),one (37),please (37),now (36),end (35),little (35),blue (34),people (30),can (27),make (27),waiting (27),change (26),children (25),oh (25),streets (25),town (25),way (25),got (24),live (24),look (24),sun (24),eyes (23),risin’ (23),go (22),right (22),well (22),woman (22),c’mon (21),good (21),man (21),take (21),free (20),moon (20),blood (19),follow (19),friend (19),l’america (19),must (19),ride (19),want (19),break (18),city (18),dead (18),gone (18),lies (18),listen (18),need (18),soon (18),strange (18),world (18),snake (17),summer (17)…

And again “love” is the first one.

He used it only in six songs, but “little girl” is the most commonly used two words combo, with 16 hits.

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This is the end Jim… Wild soul we will miss forever.

Oct 03, 2011 | Categories: Visualizations | Tags: , , , | 9 Comments »

Palabra de Zapatero

Después de casi 8 años de gobierno es hora de saber que nos ha venido diciendo Zapatero durante todo este tiempo.

Realmente la política no es algo que me guste, pero sin embargo es una fuente inagotable de información ‘cuidadosamente diseñada’ a la que creo interesante poder ver desde un ángulo diferente.

Así que he analizado 1.152 intervenciones de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Las he tomado de la mejor fuente posible, la web oficial de La Moncloa, las he ordenado cronológicamente y he dejado exclusivamente las palabras que ha dicho el propio Zapatero, eliminado cualquier otra intervención. Dicho de una manera más simple, solo analizo lo que ha salido de su boca.

Entre estas intervenciones se encuentran discursos, entrevistas, declaraciones, conferencias de prensa e intervenciones parlamentarias.  Un batiburrillo que quizás merezca  la pena disgregar en el futuro, ya que no es lo mismo una respuesta a un periodista que un discurso preparado con tiempo (obviamente este último es mucho más interesante).

Para el análisis primero he realizado un cómputo real de las palabras con ayuda de un lematizador (que permite sumar palabras basándose en su raíz, por ejemplo: país=países, económica=económicos, etc…). En este proceso se descartan las palabras que no tiene valor significativo, como por ejemplo: el, la, por, etc… Con los datos obtenidos he reconstruido las distintas visualizaciones, siempre utilizando herramientas propias que supongo ya habéis visto por esta web.

Visualizaciones basadas en Retrato. El algoritmo reconstruye el rostro de Zapatero utilizando las palabras con tamaños proporcionales a las veces que se repiten. De esta manera las que aparecen más grandes son las más utilizadas en las intervenciones. Esta versión difiere ligeramente la de la cabecera del post.

Evolución de las palabras cronológicamente a lo largo de los años de gobierno. Se analizan palabras individuales y combinaciones de dos y tres palabras significativas. Aquí se puede ver cuando la utilización de la palabra ‘crisis’ empieza a ser significativa o como ciertas combinaciones nacen y mueren repentinamente, por ejemplo ‘sistema financiero internacional’. Ojo, el archivo es de gran tamaño, es mejor descargarlo desde “Guardar enlace como…” o también puedes verla desde este enlace en Zoom.it.

En las siguientes visualizaciones se analizan solo las palabras más cercanas a una palabra objetivo y se representan como una nube. El tamaño de las palabras es proporcional al número de veces que se repite la misma y la distancia al centro es la media de las distancias a dicha palabra de todas las instancias encontradas. ¿Quién diría que la palabra que más aparece junto a ‘familia’ es ‘política’?.

Por último un par de visualizaciones basadas en árboles. Estos se reconstruyen utilizando las palabras con un tamaño proporcional a las veces que se ha utilizado en las intervenciones. Las más utilizadas son las que se colocan primero formando la base del árbol. La forma del árbol es básicamente aleatoria.

Sep 20, 2011 | Categories: Visualizations | Tags: , , , , | 33 Comments »

Just one more thing…

Peter Falk, the unforgettable Lieutenant Columbo, left us last June… No more heros with battered raincoat. As a tribute (and probably because I want to be part of Columbo, in some way…) I collected around 1.000 reactions people left (in huffingtonpost.com and eonline.com) after his dead, and recreated his portrait with the most commonly used words.

Do you know that Columbo’s scriptwriters, William Link and Richard Lewison, admitted they based most of the character of Lieutenant Columbo on Falk himself?.

The beginning of the single word list: falk (471), columbo (398), one (389), peter (338), great (297), rip (293),loved (256), actor (213), missed (212)…

If we count three words combo: just one more thing (71), rip peter falk (23), loved peter falk (18),one of my all time favorite (16)…

Wait Peter!, don’t leave!… just one more thing…

Sep 14, 2011 | Categories: Visualizations | Tags: , , , , , | Comments Off on Just one more thing…

U2 by colours

I really think U2 is more than a band… They aren’t just musician, since 1980s the Irish group have worked to address issues concerning social injustice.

For this illustration I took more than two hundred lyrics from the band website http://www.u2.com/ and counted all the words. Then I spread all the words over a portrait of Bono. I want to make a little tribute to his various charity and philanthropic campaigns by using the colours of the peace flag randomly in the letters.

The font is one of the most commonly used their cover artworks.

Again “love” in the most used word by far. Take a look at the beginning of the list: love (526),oh (262),like (239),know (236),go (219),come (214),day (174),can (173),see (170),one (149),need (139),want (132),feel (131),heart (129),away (121),get (119),got (117),say (113),walk (112),now (109),take (108),night (107),time (106),man (105),give (96),run (90),back (89),baby (87),make (87),yeah (86),just (82),way (82),look (81),sky (80),thing (78),fall (74),tonight (69),still (68),believe (66),boy (66),light (66),eyes (65),sing (65),sun (63),song (62),turn (62),world (62),girl (61),new (59),around (58),high (58),find (56),hold (56),blue (54),long (51),tell (51),place (50),shadows (50),call (49),face (46),head (46),waiting (46),heartbreak (45),rain (45),room (45),ain’t (44),name (44),shake (44),soul (44),try (44),talk (43),black (42),never (42),nothing (42),god (41),gun (41),happiness (41),last (41),star (41)…

Download PDF: JO-D-110901-Bono01

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Another illustration with horizontal text.

Download PDF: JO-D-110901-Bono02

Sep 01, 2011 | Categories: Visualizations | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments »

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