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Infoviz and New Literacies | Digital Humanities Specialist

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:40:32 -0400

Infoviz and New Literacies | Digital Humanities Specialist:

“Not so long ago, information visualization in the digital humanities rested firmly on the general principles of clarity and brevity typified by Edward Tufte and utilized not only in generic data visualization but also spatial data …

The problem with this conceptualization of information visualization is that works like Tufte’s are dominated by the expectation that such objects be immediately comprehensible to a lay audience. These are the infographics of such growing popularity and are meant for busy media consumers and executive summaries.”

The "data" corner of the Trifecta

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:36:36 -0400

The "data" corner of the Trifecta:

“In the JunkCharts Trifecta checkup, we reserve a corner for “data”. The data used in a chart must be in harmony with the question being addressed, as well as the chart type being selected.”

“When people think about data, they often think cleaning the data, processing the data but what comes before that is collecting the data — specifically, collecting data that directly address the question at hand.”

How to create a visualization - O'Reilly Radar

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:31:06 -0400

How to create a visualization - O'Reilly Radar:

“Over the last few years I’ve created a few popular visualizations, a lot of duds, and I’ve learned a few lessons along the way.

For my latest analysis of where Facebook users go on vacation, I decided to document the steps I follow to build my visualizations . It’s a very rough guide, these are just stages I’ve learned to follow by trial and error, but following these guidelines is a good way to start if you’re looking to create your first visualization.”

Fantastic Information Architecture and Data Visualization Resources - Noupe

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:28:42 -0400

Fantastic Information Architecture and Data Visualization Resources - Noupe:

“Information architecture can be a daunting subject for designers who’ve never tried it before.

Below are a collection of resources to get you going down the information architecture and data visualization path. Whether you just want to become more familiar with infographics and data visualizations for occasional use or are thinking of making it a career, the resources below will surely come in handy. There are also some beautiful examples and more roundups to see even more fantastic graphics.”

Infographics: How to Strike the Elusive Balance between Data and Visualization – The Daily Egg

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:20:21 -0400

Infographics: How to Strike the Elusive Balance between Data and Visualization – The Daily Egg:

Babar Suleman discusses the 7 Rules of Great Infographic Design (RT @columnfive: How to Strike the Elusive Balance between Data and Visualization

They started out as a social media experiment and then suddenly everyone wanted a piece.

A couple years back, if you dropped the word ‘Infographic’ or ‘Dataviz’ in a conversation, you would have been greeted by a good number of confused looks even if you were among other web designers.

Today, so many infographics have gone viral that it’s practically impossible to ignore them. You’ll find them tweeted by your friends who want to share an interesting new find, promoted by companies eager to display their growth trends and utilized by even the White House for its progress reports.

The data visualisations I like: What about you?

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:04:00 -0400

The data visualisations I like: What about you?:

“One of the most common question I am asked these days is what sort of data visualisation I like the most.

It is clearly a very open-ended question and one that is hard to satisfactorily answer on the spot without later thinking more deeply and wishing to refine your response. Indeed, forming a pure and consistent conviction about what you like is difficult (for some) especially in such a rapidly growing and evolving field like data visualisation.”

Nielsen Data Visualization Contest

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:04:50 -0400

Nielsen Data Visualization Contest:

“We live in a mediated world, where everything from television and internet usage to snack food purchases is measured, quantified and dissected. The challenge is to make data tell a story, conveying what’s most important effectively and efficiently. Nielsen, a global leader in measurement and information, is searching for innovators – passionate designers at the intersection of art and science – to compete in creating the most insightful, beautiful and intuitive visualizations of some of our data.”

Visual.ly Launches a Tool for Self-Serve Custom Infographics

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:40:37 -0400

Via Scoop.it - VisualPoint

Startup design community Visual.ly launched a new tool on Monday that aims to generate custom infographics on anything from sports to the economy — in one click. The tool will eventually use APIs from sources including ESPN, the Economist and social media sites to compile and create data visualizations. At its launch, the startup is offering templates that use the Facebook or Twitter API.”
Via mashable.com

Bengler Visualisation - Deluge

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:12:00 -0500

Bengler Visualisation - Deluge:

“300.000 Norwegians move house every year. If the pattern made by their journeys could be compressed into one short animation, what would it look like? What would someone seeing it be able to learn, if anything?

Deluge is a C++ application designed to answer these questions. The underlying data was generated by cross referencing 8 million tax records from 2006 and 2007 to track changes in postal codes.”

Pushing the Data Visualization Envelope: an Interview with Tableau’s Ellie Fields | SmartData Collective