Shabbir's dashboard

Ryan Romanchuk replied on September 29, 2008 17:09 to the question "Overlay chart data on a timeline" in Dipity:

Shabbir,
I love this idea too! Coming from an economics background, the idea of charting quantitative data with events would be an exciting feature.

It's on our minds as well.
Ryan

Shabbir asked a question in Dipity on September 18, 2008 18:09:

Overlay chart data on a timeline

In the next version of dipity, are you planning on adding the ability to overlay additional data on a timeline? Such as a timeline overlaid on a bar chart, a la Google Finance?

Shabbir replied on September 18, 2008 18:03 to the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

Typically I cover two sides of a pr crisis and then media coverage. In most of my examples I would use three, maybe four colors max. Protagonist, Critic, and Media. Maybe I would segregate media into two colors online vs msm), maybe not. Here's some examples that I've embedded into my columns at prnewsonline.com:

http://www.dipity.com/user/shabbir/ti...
http://www.dipity.com/user/shabbir/ti...
http://www.dipity.com/user/shabbir/ti...

BK Gupta replied on September 18, 2008 17:57 to the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

That's a good point Shabbir. The he/she said case is interesting, we'll keep thinking of ideas to make this better. Do you have a link to a "he/she said" type timeline for us to take a look at?

A comment on the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

Definitely agree. With 2 and up to 5 or even 10 sources, different colors are the best way to identify them with a glance. – lucas, on September 18, 2008 17:51

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Shabbir replied on September 18, 2008 07:06 to the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

Mostly what I focus on are timelines that pertain to a PR crisis. There's often he/she said. I agree, for hundreds of sources it wouldn't make sense, but when you've only got a few, the color becomes an important indicator in the UI of the source.

BK Gupta replied on September 16, 2008 23:51 to the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

Hi guys, we did evaluate doing different colors per source but decided to do things a little differently. In our new Dipity 2.0 product we're going to have flags represent the type of sources instead of the editors.

With some timelines there are dozens or even hundreds of editors. We felt that it was most important to show the contents and content types first, and show the editors once you clicked on the event.

If we get a little more information on why you're trying to set apart events from different editors we may be able to come up with a better solution.

Thanks,
BK

lucas replied on September 04, 2008 21:14 to the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

also, BK said that it would be looked at (and implemented?) "in the next two weeks", but his feedback is a month old... any news about this?
:-)

lucas replied on September 04, 2008 21:13 to the idea "Different editor/source = different color" in Dipity:

just sent this to the dipity team through their feedback form:
when i add sources to a topic i created, i would like to be able to setup a different color for each one.

for example, on this topic:
http://www.dipity.com/user/lucas/time...

there are two sources (a RSS feed and a twitter feed).

i would like, as the owner of the topic, to be able to set the RSS feed to appear with a blue background on the timeline, and set the twitter feed to appear in, say, green or red or whatever other color...

has this been implemented already?
if not, is in the roadmap?
thanks

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Shabbir asked a question in Dipity on July 24, 2008 16:50:

Deleting images from events

How can I delete images from events? (or any other collateral material, for that matter)

I created two timelines and then convinced my publisher to embed them in a recent story I wrote for PR News Online: http://www.prnewsonline.com/news/tops... (url may break in a few days)

I noticed a problem in one of them: http://www.dipity.com/user/shabbir/ti...

Once I add an image, there's no way to drop the image without deleting the event and recreating it! I added an image that inconsistently displays and I have to delete the whole event to fix it.

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