Yesterday evening, on a train journey home, I was musing about the reading I need to line up over the summer. One of the subjects that jumped to the front of my mind was that of typography.
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As I was writing my previous post about my thinking behind ‘The 8 hats of data visualisation design’ I realised that the theme of body parts was emerging strongly. So here’s an alternative perspective on this matter, throwing away the hats and switching on the Frankenstein lab… This is the super-hero visualisation designer I want
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Last week I posted a slideshare version of my slides from a recent pair of presentation events in Chicago. The title of this talk was “The 8 hats of data visualisation”.
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Below you will find an embedded slideshare version of the slides used in last week’s pair of talks at Orbitz HQ and the inaugural Chicago Data Viz meetup. As I’ve said a few times before, I’m a reluctant sharer of slides, not because I’m protective of my material, but because they serve as purely visual
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The issue of plagiarism vs. inspiration is not a new topic, it has been with us for years and is the fundamental basis of copyright and IP, but it is an increasingly important consideration for us in the visualisation field.
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Really happy to have had the chance to publish a post on the impressive Visual.ly blog. In this article I have reflected on my experiences during the judging process at Malofiej and tried to isolate some of the most important characteristics of the all-conquering New York Times’ graphics department. Click on the preview image below
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Below you will find an embedded slideshare version of the slides used in my Malofiej talk. I’m often reluctant to share slides from presentations because they aren’t documents, they are visual prompts to assist a talk. So when they are let loose in the wild, they lose that context and narrative. However, on this occasion
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Back in November 2011 you may recall Visualizing.org ran a number of visualisation marathon events for students to compete in 24 hour competitions. Having attended and spoken at the London event I felt qualified to share my thoughts on the event shortly after. In February, Enrico published a post on his great Fell In Love
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As the occasionally elusive Pamplonan sun sets on Malofiej 20, I wanted to share my experiences of these past seven days which have formed the best week of my professional life to date. What is Malofiej? For those of you reading who are unaware of Malofiej, it is the premier gathering for the world’s newspaper
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When you run a blog you are using this platform as a shop window to share your ideas, inspirations and thoughts. Eventually, after a certain amount of time and, I guess, success, you are lucky enough to establish enough of a profile that people start to invite you proactively for your opinions on subjects, without
The data visualisations I like: What about you? Read More »