Friday, May 06, 2005
Election 2005
I only stayed up late enough to see the first result come in, but I still got to see the full range of different representations that the BBC was using to convey election information. My favourite was the 'virtual battleground', showing vulnerable seats as being closer to enemy borders, ie a Labour seat in danger of being taken by the Tories was very close to the line between the reds and the blues. it was nice - a lot of complex information conveyed in one simple representation. what really helped was then mapping that representation on to the Swingometer, which I have to say has never really made sense to me. maybe John Snow just explains it too quickly.
there was also a brief look at some party leader avatars shuffling their way towards a 3D rendered Downing Street. it looked a bit creepy, but nevertheless it's a good representation, and a lot more entertaining than 3 digits in the corner of the screen. I'm sorry I missed the later races.
in the end though, Labour won, and I guess that's all we need to know. but being able to watch the process is sometimes just as important as being able to see the end result.
I only stayed up late enough to see the first result come in, but I still got to see the full range of different representations that the BBC was using to convey election information. My favourite was the 'virtual battleground', showing vulnerable seats as being closer to enemy borders, ie a Labour seat in danger of being taken by the Tories was very close to the line between the reds and the blues. it was nice - a lot of complex information conveyed in one simple representation. what really helped was then mapping that representation on to the Swingometer, which I have to say has never really made sense to me. maybe John Snow just explains it too quickly.
there was also a brief look at some party leader avatars shuffling their way towards a 3D rendered Downing Street. it looked a bit creepy, but nevertheless it's a good representation, and a lot more entertaining than 3 digits in the corner of the screen. I'm sorry I missed the later races.
in the end though, Labour won, and I guess that's all we need to know. but being able to watch the process is sometimes just as important as being able to see the end result.
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