To explain my current silence on the blogging front, here’s just a very brief teaser for my forthcoming book titled ‘Data Visualization: a successful design process’ and due to be published in late November (despite what it says on the site). I will be sharing more details about the book in a few weeks’ time […]
Coming soon… ‘Data Visualization: a successful design process’ Read More »
I recently announced the dates of my forthcoming schedule of public training courses and now you can register to book your place on these events. The schedule is repeated below. To register simply click on the link for the event of your choice and follow the instructions on the EventBrite registration page. Hopefully this will
Registration now open: Data visualisation training courses Read More »
Whilst working on my book this afternoon a thought struck me: When, where and by whom was the term ‘data visualization’ or ‘information visualization’ (give or take an S or a Z) used? Was it Tufte? Was it Bertin? Tukey, perhaps? Surely it wasn’t Florence Nightingale or William Playfair? It feels like one of the
Live post: In search of the first use of ‘Data/Information Visualization’ Read More »
Given the attention on New Orleans and surrounding areas with respect to Hurricane Isaac, I’ve just taken a couple of quick screen recordings of Martin Wattenberg/Fernanda Viegas’ Hint FM ‘Wind Map’ and Stamen’s/TWC ‘Hurricane Tracker’ to show how things are developing down there.
Live visualisation views of Hurricane Isaac Read More »
Tasty Tweets is a data visualisation experiment that expands the usual encoding options beyond simple visuals. Developed by students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, the project allows users to explore current twitter trends through taste.
Tasty Tweets: Data representation through taste Read More »
Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper (broadsheet) and La Lettura is a cultural supplement published in the Sunday edition of the newspaper. The supplement is highly regarded and includes articles and works from the most famous Italian experts
Weekly ‘Visual Data’ section in Corriere della Sera Read More »
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s part two of the latest collection from July 2012.
Best of the visualisation web… July 2012 (part 2) Read More »
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s part one of the latest collection from July 2012
Best of the visualisation web… July 2012 (part 1) Read More »
About a month ago I announced the locations of my forthcoming series of ‘Introduction to Data Visualisation’ one-day training courses. After resolving some diary issues, I am finally now in position to announce the schedule of dates:
Announcing my data visualisation training course schedule Read More »
Just a quick mention for a fascinating new conference that will be held in New York City on the 8th and 9th of November. It is simply called Visualized and is described as ‘exploring the evolution of communication at the intersection of big data, storytelling and design’. My initial sense of this event is that
Visualized conference, New York, 8th-9th November Read More »