Spinning data: remixing live data like a music dj

  • Authors:
  • Paul Groth;David A. Shamma

  • Affiliations:
  • VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Yahoo! Research, San Francisco, California, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This demonstration investigates data visualization as a performance through the use of disc jockey (DJs) mixing boards. We assert that the tools DJs use in-situ can deeply inform the creation of data mixing interfaces and performances. We present a prototype system, DMix, which allows one to filter and summarize information from social streams using a audio mixing deck. It enables the Data DJ to distill multiple feeds of information in order to give an overview of a live event.