code_swarm is a very cool application created by Michael Ogawa that takes the history of changes to a software project and creates a video describing those changes over time. The videos remind me of watching a massive space battle in a sci-fi movie. The visualizations that code_swarm produces are not interactive, but they should be. It would be useful to have the ability to zoom into a particular area or toggle developers and file types on and off.
I could also see this type of visualization being very useful in tracking personal or cooperate cash flow. You could watch money stream in from your clients, then swirl around to your companies departments and out to employees, utilities and other expenses.
I dont normally do this but this video was really impressive so I wanted to edit the post to include it: - Lee
code_swarm - Eclipse (short ver.) from Michael Ogawa on Vimeo.
This was amazing to watch and it also proves a point when it comes to development cycles. Nice find man. Oh and remember… When you’ve done something right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.