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May26
The New Way to Search: Mapping Relationships
I am very interested in the way information can be shown as a cloud, with connections showing links and proximity and size illustrating importance.  I'm not a huge fan of tag clouds - they just don't speak to me.  I like the way LivePlasma display relationships.  LivePlasma takes a musical group and creates a relationship cloud with connectors, proxity and size that show interconnectedness.MusicMap.jpg

I started out with U2 and this is what it gave me.  Interesting to see how the music I like interconnects in ways I never realized.

Now, imagine instead of a hierarchical management chart, creating a map similar to this.  You could actually see the relationships that everyone in the organization has. 

This basically takes mind mapping to the next level - using it to define our knowledge in really interesting ways.

Stowe Boyd reports that Quintura is creating something similar for Yahoo searches - here is a demo of their product.

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