An interesting thing popped up several times while talking with some folks about the soon-to-be-opened-up Giant EduGraph interface. Just for the purposes of having an image for slideshows, I slapped this together:

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The interesting thing is that many people asked if this slapped-together image is going to be part of the user interface. Intriguing! I hadn't thought of that, but the recurrence of the question tells me it's something I need to think about. But I need help and guidance. If you see this image and think it could/should be part of an interface, how would that work/what springs to mind?