This is a visualisation piece by Kunal Anand. It's called an interest graph. In the center is 'ME' (Anand). Arcing out from that are his interests. Overlayed on top of this are his friends, gathered from social network sites, with connections linking them to the interests. This reveals the different interests he shares with the friends.
The design is nice but what I find most interesting is how personal and unique this graph is to Anand.
"....it's pretty clear to see how people you know are connected to things that you are interested in. "
This is another one made with more interest and friend nodes which creates some nice color effects with all the connections.
Kunal is the Lead Software Architect of 'Gravity', a new site currently under private Beta version. The interest graph is to be a major (or the major) feature of the site. Ex-myspace CEOs have founded it. This is it's mission statement:
"Imagine a world ... where every website understands you and is organized for you ... where editorial decisions are intelligently guided by consumer interests ... where you're presented with less but higher quality information and advertisements ... we're helping build that world, starting by building your web."
It appears as though your facebook and twitter will be linked to your gravity and help shape your personal interest graph. Gravity is definitely something to look out for in the future as are these really cool looking interest graphs.
Quick interview with Anand here about Gravity and Interest Graphs.
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