No, it’s not a map visu­al­iza­tion — it’s a map­ping visualization.

This gor­geous video illus­trates all the edits made to OpenStreetMap over the past year. Since all the data on OpenStreetMap is user-contributed (like Wikipedia), you can just pic­ture OSM users all over the world dri­ving around with their GPS devices, upload­ing new data to the site. (Try watch­ing it full-screen in HD.)

Two new appli­ca­tions for iPhone (I refuse to write “apps”) pro­vide joy through typo­graphic explo­ration, both free from the App Store. For All Seasons is an inter­ac­tive poem with swirling, three-dimensional type.

And Font Shuffle a new pro­gram from Font Shop that picks ran­dom type­faces for you in a vari­ety of styles, I guess for when you’re jog­ging or sit­ting on the sub­way in need of some let­ter­form inspiration.

Yet another astound­ing UI devel­op­ment enabled by iPhone: grade-level, idle fin­ger­board­ing “enhanced” (for bet­ter or worse) with 3D graph­ics and rock music.

Announcing the release of new research on visu­al­iz­ing net­work rela­tion­ships. Play with the demo, down­load the pre­sen­ta­tion poster, and read the research paper.

Sometimes I would get dis­tracted while doing the dishes and play these appli­ances as though they were instru­ments. Be hon­est: Have you ever heard a dish­washer duet that sounded so good?