I was invited a couple of weeks ago to do some brief filming for the BBC. They were compiling a piece for the BBC Technology website about data visualisation and wanted my contribution to share some opinions about the key principles and better practices of this field.
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I am excited to share the news that I will be launching my public data visualisation training workshops in Autumn 2011. Initially, these 1-day introductory sessions will be available across the UK and Ireland, but I will be looking to spread the offering to Europe, North America and beyond during 2012. I am now collecting
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This is the ninth article in my Visualisation Insights series. The purpose of this series is to provide readers with unique insights into the field of visualisation from the different perspectives of those in the roles of designer, practitioner, academic, blogger, journalist and all sorts of other visual thinkers.
Visualisation Insights: #9 Visual Journalist Read More »
This week we have seen a great deal of buzz about Data Without Borders, a new project conceived by Jake Porway, a talented data scientist and member of the celebrated New York Times Research & Development team. Data Without Borders aims to establish a ‘data scientist exchange’, connecting up the expert community of visualisation and
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The ongoing flow of data visualisation contests continues with the latest challenge from Visualizing.org focused on vulnerable populations around the World. I imagine some of you may be thinking ‘oh no, not another competition!‘, but the savvy ones amongst should you see this as another excellent opportunity to practice your skills, contribute positively to an
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At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking articles I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from May 2011
Best of the visualisation web… May 2011 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 articles I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from April 2011
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So long as the ash cloud patterns stay consistent with the forecasts, I’m really excited to be making my first visit to California and spending the next couple of weeks on a bit of a road trip from San Francisco down to Los Angeles, via the coast route. So things will be quiet round here
Things will be quiet round here for a short while… Read More »
I’m delighted to share details with you of a challenging visualisation project I’ve been working on in collaboration with the team at the engine room. The title of the work is “Protests and the Media” and explores the recent uprising in the Middle East and North Africa, termed the Arab Spring. This data visualisation project
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As somebody anxiously following the latest situation of the Iceland volcanic ash cloud, I find it fascinating just how much emphasis and influence the visualisation output from the UK Met Office is having on the response. Whilst other information is of course being gathered and consulted, the overlayed ash cloud data on this map design
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