Tag: Grafton

  • The TimeMapper Vs. TimeGlider Debate

    When looking at historical events and texts, “graphical representation is among our most important tools for organizing information.” (Grafton) According to Grafton, people have used graphical representations for centuries. With applications such as TimeGlider and TimeMapper, viewers can not only get a better sense of when each event occurred, but can also get a better…

  • Time Visualization: Time Mapper and Time Glider

    Time visualizaion is basically a way to chronologize history events. According to Grafton, people started to do these kinds of things from 500 A.D. (or earlier). This week, I experienced two ways to do time visualization, Time mapper and Time glider. Grafton introduces that the earilist way to do time visulization is to build a chart,…

  • History without chronology…. Good luck………

    If one were to think about it in the most lamest of illustrations, history without chronology would resemble a pot-luck stew. There would be no way of telling what was in there, nor in what order the individual components should be eaten to avoid, quite bluntly, food poisoning. This is why chronology is so important; it gives…

  • TimeGlider vs. TimeMapper: Battle to the Death

    There are many different options for where to put a list of chronological events.  It makes more sense to use a time line than anything else.  TimeGlider works unbelievably well when there are many dates and times to include per post. With TimeGlider, one can edit the posts to highlight themes to differentiate them from…