STOC is a data visualization of the S&P 500 from the NYSE programmed in Processing. Each circle in the visualization represents one of the stocks in the S&P, with characteristics of each visualizing different data points for each. There is a legend in the project that will explain the relationships between data and visuals, as well as a list of the controls for interactivity. In the very near future we will be posting a tutorial video as well as the podcast ACM recorded of my Siggraph presentation. The project currently runs between 20 and 30 minutes behind real time and locks up momentarily when it updates every 10 minutes, which we are working on fixing asap. The project requires an internet connection, but I am unsure of other system requirements. We will be optimizing newer versions, and I will be making a mailing list of everyone that contacts me to announce updates.
We are making the current version of the project freely available for all people, but we'd like to make a few things clear before you download it. Firstly, this project is not meant to be used to do any trading on the actual stock market. There are many reasons for this: it isn't real time, it hasn't been tested in any way for that practice, etc. By clicking any of the links below you agree that all people listed in the credits of the project are not responsible for the outcome of any trades based on the information provided by the project.
Secondly, this project is still in development, and there are many things that could be added to the project that would improve usability and usefulness. To that end we encourage people to discuss the project at my blog, which will also serve as a developer blog as we continue to improve the project. There are many things that we are currently aware of that need adjusting, but we wanted to get the program out to people as quickly as possible to start getting more feedback.
If you'd like to contact me directly about the project please email me at stocproject@gmail.com, so I can keep things organized. You can contact me about anything else at uniformchaos@gmail.com
Download STOC Here:
For Windows
For Mac
For Linux
This project was thought up and created while I was studying at The University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona. They will be offering an undergraduate program for data visualization starting in the Fall of 2009.
Thanks:
I would like to personally thank Todd Spencer, for being an exceptional advisor on the project, introducing me to Processing and data visualization and putting up with the crazy ideas of a graphic designer that is trying to program for the first time in four years.
To Vesna Dragojlov for encouraging me to explore everything media can be, what I can do in Processing and introducing me to so many artists and projects that I could actually hold a conversation about new media.
To Stephen Cady, for refining my programming skills and always encouraging me to do new and different things because I'd be better for it in the end.
To Karyn Ricci, for teaching me great design and that it is important in everything that I do.
To Lee Gentry for a great friend and web designer, the one behind this site, and being able to drop everything and do an update for me on extremely short notice.
To Michela Magas and Becca Stewart for making my first Siggraph amazing, introducing me to lots of new people, giving me someone to talk to on the rare occasions we had downtime and freely providing invaluable advice.
To everyone that saw the project at Siggraph, it was amazing to be able to talk to that many people, and so many of you had kind words that I couldn't even begin to list them all individually.
STOC project © James Grant 2009