Re: [Pycon-openspaces] An improvement to the overview diagram

Great job, Brandon! I really like the graphic and think it is a fantastic idea that you illustrated the Open Spaces with little pinboards. It looks awesome! Have a great weekend! Anna

Am 12.03.2016 um 16:34 schrieb Brandon Rhodes :

Good morning, Open Spacers! A quick note on how Open Spaces are illustrated on the web site:

You might already have seen my first attempt at a schedule overview diagram on the web site. It tries to put in one place a miniature picture of what is happening at PyCon each day, so that people can see which events run concurrently.

​ Ewa pointed out to me that it was not clear why the Open Spaces are covered with little squares. I explained that it was my attempt to show that sometimes open space rooms are occupied and sometimes not, but her question made me realize that probably no one but me would get why they were illustrated that way!

I came up with another way to illustrate them, in a way that might connect better with how the Open Spaces themselves are organized: with a pinboard. So I used the magic of SVG to, in just a few minutes, switch the overview to looking like this:

​ A real graphic designer could probably make it look even better, but I hope that this is far clearer than the weird 1970's-esque partial grid of boxes that was my first attempt. Hopefully this will better connect, in people's minds, with what Open Spaces organization looks like when they get to the conference!

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