M.I.T.’s Simile project is a vast well of exploration for a hobby coder. With just a few hours, it’s easy to create faceted navigation exhibits with the Exhibit tool and for a little bit longer investment, the Timeline tool offers neat ways of producing graphical chronologies. Here’s a few examples that I’ve mucked around with.
My first project was to filter some of the model data from the Channel4 website 4Car. Then I wanted to see if the Exhibit engine would fit as a recipe sorter.
Finally I used the Timeline tool to create an interactive CV for my work to date.