Comments on: Timeline of Major Trends and Events (Social, Technological, Economic & Political)

By: Peter von Stackelberg

Peter von Stackelberg — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:06:43 +0000

I just ran across your comments on my timeline and thought I might point out that the original (the version you show here) was created in 1998 with Macromedia Freehand. The most recent version (done in 2008) was created using Adobe Illustrator. I am currently working on an updated version and am exploring different applications that will make the timeline more interactive.

The concerns about information overload that have been noted by some users of the timeline is one that I have been trying to deal with since I did the very first version in 1994. It is a struggle to attempt to integrate the individual events and the broader patterns.

The timeline is intended as a tool for reflection. I literally sit back and look at the overall picture and then move in closer to see the details of something that catches my interest. I am hoping to be able to replicate this kind of user experience with an online version of the newest edition of the timeline.

By: Stephen Lark

Stephen Lark — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:28:56 +0000

Zoomorama is closing down so I migrated two of these diagrams to Closr.it: Timeline of Major Trends and Events (Social, Technological, Economic & Political) Co-Evolution of Human Systems and Tool Systems I put the Wall Chart of World History on Flickr for now.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:18:42 +0000

Here’s a document where Peter von Stackelberg describes his motivation:

http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/images/timelines/Stackelberg.txt

By: ivan

ivan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:55:02 +0000

Thank you, Stephen! Evidently, I lost my attention and power of observation, while watching the diagram…

By: Stephen Lark

Stephen Lark — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:46 +0000

Ivan, the author of this diagram is Peter von Stackelburg pvonstackelberg@anethum-corp.com http://www.futureswatch.org (these contact details are in the bottom-right of the diagram). E-mail Peter to find out what tool(s) he used to create the diagram.

By: ivan

ivan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:59:01 +0000

Hi, what software was used for making these infographics – something specific or something common (i.e. OpenOffice Draw)?

I use free program, named Calizo, for drawing timelines for myself, but it is specific fo timellines and has no ability to add graphics.

By: ericblue76

ericblue76 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:03:57 +0000

Thanks Stephen, very good idea! I completely forgot about using something like Zoomorama. Also, thanks for the other great diagrams!!

By: Stephen Lark

Stephen Lark — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:20:18 +0000

I uploaded this to Zoomorama here to make it easier to zoom it to read the detail. I also uploaded 2 other history infovis diagrams that are not on Gallery of Data Visualization - Timelines: Wall Chart of World History and Co-Evolution of Human Systems and Tool Systems