Data Stories http://datastori.es A podcast on data visualization with Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner Thu, 30 May 2013 15:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 In this bi-weekly podcast, Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner discuss the latest developments in data visualization and related topics. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner mail@datastori.es mail@datastori.es (Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner) A podcast on data visualization with Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner information visualization, data visualization, visualization, information graphics, infographics, code, design, technology, art Data Stories http://datastori.es/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/data-stories-blank-256.png http://datastori.es Data Stories #23: Inspiration or Plagiarism? w/ Bryan Connor and Mahir Yavuz http://datastori.es/data-stories-23-inspiration-or-plagiarism/ http://datastori.es/data-stories-23-inspiration-or-plagiarism/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 15:35:09 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=378 Continue reading →]]>

Hi Folks!

In this episode we touch upon a tricky question: where is the fine line between taking inspiration from other projects and merely copying them? We discuss that with Bryan Connor from The Why Axis and Mahir Yavuz from Seed Scientific.

Note: We suggest you give a look to the links below (under the heading “Cases We Discuss in the Podcast”) before listening to the podcast, most of the episode is centered around these examples we selected for discussion.

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Episode Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:56 Flattr
00:03:46 Main topic today: inspiration or plagiarism with our guests Mahir M. Yavuz and Bryan Connor
00:07:53 Is data visualization turning into a copycat scene?
00:08:32 Remake of subway map by New Yorker
00:13:19 Patterns
00:14:03 Idea – technology – aesthetics
00:16:06 Patterns ctd.
00:18:19 Gun murders – drone strikes – meteorites
00:23:19 What constitutes an “outrageous rip-off”?
00:27:31 On originality
00:33:07 Guardian Gay Rights / Gun Laws graphic
00:37:53 On the value of reproduction and chains of inspiration
00:44:01 Stream graphs
00:49:01 Value of transparent documentation of process
00:50:44 Non-patterns
00:53:13 Remix culture, github culture
00:54:48 Snow fall
00:58:04 Patents
01:01:47 A new language for citation in design?
01:09:36 Closing remarks

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Cases We Discuss in the Podcast

New Yorker’s Inequality Subway Map

Periscopic’s Dramatic Animation of Gun Murders

Guardian’s Gay Rights Radial Visualization

Streamgraphs

More Examples (not discussed)

Good Related Reads

Links

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Thanks a lot to Bryan and Mahir for this intense, controversial and funny chat!

Take care,
Enrico and Moritz.

]]> http://datastori.es/data-stories-23-inspiration-or-plagiarism/feed/ 3 Hi Folks! - In this episode we touch upon a tricky question: where is the fine line between taking inspiration from other projects and merely copying them? We discuss that with Bryan Connor from The Why Axis and Mahir Yavuz from Seed Scientific. - Hi Folks! In this episode we touch upon a tricky question: where is the fine line between taking inspiration from other projects and merely copying them? We discuss that with Bryan Connor from The Why Axis and Mahir Yavuz from Seed Scientific. Note: We suggest you give a look to the links below (under the heading "Cases We Discuss in the Podcast") before listening to the podcast, most of the episode is centered around these examples we selected for discussion. --- Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:56 Flattr 00:03:46 Main topic today: inspiration or plagiarism with our guests Mahir M. Yavuz and Bryan Connor 00:07:53 Is data visualization turning into a copycat scene? 00:08:32 Remake of subway map by New Yorker 00:13:19 Patterns 00:14:03 Idea - technology - aesthetics 00:16:06 Patterns ctd. 00:18:19 Gun murders - drone strikes - meteorites 00:23:19 What constitutes an "outrageous rip-off"? 00:27:31 On originality 00:33:07 Guardian Gay Rights / Gun Laws graphic 00:37:53 On the value of reproduction and chains of inspiration 00:44:01 Stream graphs 00:49:01 Value of transparent documentation of process 00:50:44 Non-patterns 00:53:13 Remix culture, github culture 00:54:48 Snow fall 00:58:04 Patents 01:01:47 A new language for citation in design? 01:09:36 Closing remarks --- Cases We Discuss in the Podcast New Yorker's Inequality Subway Map Inequality  and New York’s Subway (the original) Inequality & Mass Transit in the Bay Area No Fare Hikes Periscopic's Dramatic Animation of Gun Murders U.S. Gun Deaths (the original) Out of Sight, Out of Mind (drones) Bolides (meteorites) Guardian's Gay Rights Radial Visualization Gay rights in the US, state by state (the original) States Take Action on Gun Control Gun control in America: A state-by-state breakdown Streamgraphs The Original ThemeRiver (developed at PNNL) (the original) Lee Byron's Streamgraph The Histomap (Four Thousand Years Of World History) More Examples (not discussed) Empires: History's Largest Empires / Empires Strike Again Spotlight Metaphor: Spotlight of Profitability / Health Care Spending in Selected Countries Pay Gap Scatter Plot: Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller? / Pay Gap Between Women and Men Good Related Reads The Remixing Dilemma: The Trade-off Between Generativity and Originality Andy Kirk's The fine line between plagiarism and inspiration Links Andrew Gelman's criticism of gun control radial plot Snow Fail: The New York Times And Its Misunderstanding Of Copyright Ben Shneiderman et al.'s Innovation Trajectories for Information Visualizations: Comparing Treemaps, Cone Trees, and Hyperbolic Trees (on the commercial success/failure of some visualization techniques) Stephen Few's Bullet Graph Edward Tufte's Sparklines --- Thanks a lot to Bryan and Mahir for this intense, controversial and funny chat! Take care, Enrico and Moritz. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:16:30 Data Stories #22: NYT Graphics and D3 with Mike Bostock and Shan Carter http://datastori.es/data-stories-22-nyt-graphics-and-d3-with-mike-bostock-and-shan-carter/ http://datastori.es/data-stories-22-nyt-graphics-and-d3-with-mike-bostock-and-shan-carter/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 11:30:25 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=364 Continue reading →]]>

Hi everyone,

We have graphic editors Mike Bostock and Shan Carter in this dense and long episode. It’s great to finally have someone from NYT!

We talk about many practical and more philosophical aspects of publishing interactive visualization on the web. We also spend quite some time discussing about D3.js’s past, present and future.

(On a side note: apologies for starting a bit abruptly and for the weird noises. Enrico was desperately and unsuccessfully trying to find a quiet and calm spot at the CHI conference.)

Take Care,
Enrico & Mo.

P.S. Many thanks to all of you guys who sent us on Twitter questions for Mike and Shan.

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Episode Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:12 Our guests today: New York Times graphics editors Mike Bostocks and Shan Carter
00:01:54 About the NYT graphics department
00:06:56 Map wrangling
00:08:47 QA, evaluation, fact checking,…
00:11:23 Twitter question: Post the data set along with the graphic?
00:15:51 Exploratory or explanatory?
00:19:56 User tracking, user feedback
00:25:53 Balance of familiarity vs. new visual vocabularies
00:29:52 Workflow, on the example of the 512 paths graphic
00:38:05 Hybrid workflows between automation and manual layout
00:45:12 d3
00:45:49 History and philosophy
00:56:19 Value of examples
00:57:31 Community adoption
00:59:25 Vega
01:04:53 More d3 books or tutorials for advanced users?
01:08:15 Developer community
01:09:45 Sustainability
01:11:51 Future development
01:15:10 Enrico is back!
01:16:13 Is d3 complete?
01:18:52 When does Mike sleep?
01:19:45 Wrapping it up

Links to discussed NYT projects

 

]]> http://datastori.es/data-stories-22-nyt-graphics-and-d3-with-mike-bostock-and-shan-carter/feed/ 1 Hi everyone, - We have graphic editors Mike Bostock and Shan Carter in this dense and long episode. It's great to finally have someone from NYT! - We talk about many practical and more philosophical aspects of publishing interactive visualization on ... Hi everyone, We have graphic editors Mike Bostock and Shan Carter in this dense and long episode. It's great to finally have someone from NYT! We talk about many practical and more philosophical aspects of publishing interactive visualization on the web. We also spend quite some time discussing about D3.js's past, present and future. (On a side note: apologies for starting a bit abruptly and for the weird noises. Enrico was desperately and unsuccessfully trying to find a quiet and calm spot at the CHI conference.) Take Care, Enrico & Mo. P.S. Many thanks to all of you guys who sent us on Twitter questions for Mike and Shan. --- Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:12 Our guests today: New York Times graphics editors Mike Bostocks and Shan Carter 00:01:54 About the NYT graphics department 00:06:56 Map wrangling 00:08:47 QA, evaluation, fact checking,... 00:11:23 Twitter question: Post the data set along with the graphic? 00:15:51 Exploratory or explanatory? 00:19:56 User tracking, user feedback 00:25:53 Balance of familiarity vs. new visual vocabularies 00:29:52 Workflow, on the example of the 512 paths graphic 00:38:05 Hybrid workflows between automation and manual layout 00:45:12 d3 00:45:49 History and philosophy 00:56:19 Value of examples 00:57:31 Community adoption 00:59:25 Vega 01:04:53 More d3 books or tutorials for advanced users? 01:08:15 Developer community 01:09:45 Sustainability 01:11:51 Future development 01:15:10 Enrico is back! 01:16:13 Is d3 complete? 01:18:52 When does Mike sleep? 01:19:45 Wrapping it up Links to discussed NYT projects 512 Paths to the White House / Shan's talk on the making of 512 paths Over the Decades, How States Have Shifted China Still Dominates, but Some Manufacturers Look Elsewhere Among the Oscar Contenders, a Host of Connections Ralf Straumann on hexagonal cartograms   Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Data Stories #21: Can visualization save the world? With Kim Rees and Jake Porway http://datastori.es/data-stories-21-visualization-save-the-world/ http://datastori.es/data-stories-21-visualization-save-the-world/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:09:42 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=353 Continue reading →]]> Hi all,

We have two fantastic guests to talk about using visualization for the good. We actually decided to make it even bigger and provokingly titled it: can visualization save the world?

We have on stage: Kim Rees co-founder of Periscopic, a data visualization company guided by the motto: “do good with data” and Jake Porway, founder of Data Kind, an organization that brings together data scientists and social organizations.

We discuss about the challenges of working in this crazy world of big data opportunities and counterbalance this with risks and subtle potentially negative implications.

Chapters

00:00:00 Intro, welcome to our guests Kim Rees (Periscopic) and Jake Porway (Datakind)
00:01:39 Can data visualization save the world?
00:04:44 Periscopic
00:05:38 Jake & Datakind
00:09:32 Visualization as a process
00:15:17 How do you pick projects to work on?
00:18:01 Periscopic’s U.S. gun deaths visualization
00:30:08 Awareness alone does not help – how you get people to action?
00:32:57 On process
00:40:12 Multiple truths in same data
00:42:53 Responsible authorship
00:45:19 Parallels between data visualization and “photo journalism”?
00:46:12 Responsible data and visualization authorship ctd.
00:50:03 Project votesmart
00:51:39 NYT graphics jobs report
00:53:15 Success stories?
01:05:33 Refuse to work for potentially unethic clients?
01:08:28 “The dark side of datakind”
01:09:06 Back to original question :)
01:13:18 Concerns in visualizing personal stories
01:24:59 Wrapping it up

Links

 

]]> http://datastori.es/data-stories-21-visualization-save-the-world/feed/ 3 Hi all, - We have two fantastic guests to talk about using visualization for the good. We actually decided to make it even bigger and provokingly titled it: can visualization save the world? - We have on stage: Kim Rees co-founder of Periscopic, Hi all, We have two fantastic guests to talk about using visualization for the good. We actually decided to make it even bigger and provokingly titled it: can visualization save the world? We have on stage: Kim Rees co-founder of Periscopic, a data visualization company guided by the motto: "do good with data" and Jake Porway, founder of Data Kind, an organization that brings together data scientists and social organizations. We discuss about the challenges of working in this crazy world of big data opportunities and counterbalance this with risks and subtle potentially negative implications. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro, welcome to our guests Kim Rees (Periscopic) and Jake Porway (Datakind) 00:01:39 Can data visualization save the world? 00:04:44 Periscopic 00:05:38 Jake & Datakind 00:09:32 Visualization as a process 00:15:17 How do you pick projects to work on? 00:18:01 Periscopic's U.S. gun deaths visualization 00:30:08 Awareness alone does not help - how you get people to action? 00:32:57 On process 00:40:12 Multiple truths in same data 00:42:53 Responsible authorship 00:45:19 Parallels between data visualization and "photo journalism"? 00:46:12 Responsible data and visualization authorship ctd. 00:50:03 Project votesmart 00:51:39 NYT graphics jobs report 00:53:15 Success stories? 01:05:33 Refuse to work for potentially unethic clients? 01:08:28 "The dark side of datakind" 01:09:06 Back to original question :) 01:13:18 Concerns in visualizing personal stories 01:24:59 Wrapping it up Links Periscopic's Gun Murders Visualization Jake’s article: “You Can't Just Hack Your Way to Social Change” Jer Thorp’s Visualization as Process Article Book: Raw Data Is An Oxymoron The Stop, Question and Frisk Data Biases in creating data Project Votesmart NYT vis of job market interpretation Map of gun owners   Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Data Stories #20: On Maps. With Michal Migurski. http://datastori.es/data-stories-20-maps-migurski/ http://datastori.es/data-stories-20-maps-migurski/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:57:49 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=342 Continue reading →]]> Hi all,

In this episode we talk about maps and map technology. How it evolved and revolutionized the way we think about geography. We have Michal Migurski with us! He is former technology head at Stamen and creator of multiple successful visualizations libraries and tools like Modest Maps and Crimespotting.

Episode Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:06 Our guest: Mike Migurski
00:04:45 How did Mike get started with computers?
00:06:16 Raving in the 90s
00:07:02 The beginnings of Stamen
00:13:49 Oakland Crimespotting
00:14:58 A short history of online mapping
00:17:04 Google maps
00:20:19 Open Street Map
00:24:31 Everyblock
00:26:51 Oakland Crimespotting pt.2
00:32:42 Tools and frameworks – modest maps
00:34:29 Polymaps
00:36:30 Cloudmade
00:38:23 Leaflet.js
00:39:57 Mapnik
00:43:12 d3.geo
00:46:17 How to make geo data accessible in a better way
00:49:56 Automatic labeling
00:51:39 @alignedleft: What is a map tile?
00:55:42 @janwillemtulp: Question on process and inspiration, future trend
00:58:07 @petersonGIS: time ratio data processing vs visualization
01:02:57 Wrapping it up

Links

Stamen’s Projects

The Atlantic’s article on maps: 12 Fresh Ideas for Transforming the Places We Live With Open Data

Tools and Frameworks

Recent Mike’s Projects

Others

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Lots of links! Have fun with maps :)

]]> http://datastori.es/data-stories-20-maps-migurski/feed/ 0 Hi all, - In this episode we talk about maps and map technology. How it evolved and revolutionized the way we think about geography. We have Michal Migurski with us! He is former technology head at Stamen and creator of multiple successful visualizati... Hi all, In this episode we talk about maps and map technology. How it evolved and revolutionized the way we think about geography. We have Michal Migurski with us! He is former technology head at Stamen and creator of multiple successful visualizations libraries and tools like Modest Maps and Crimespotting. Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:06 Our guest: Mike Migurski 00:04:45 How did Mike get started with computers? 00:06:16 Raving in the 90s 00:07:02 The beginnings of Stamen 00:13:49 Oakland Crimespotting 00:14:58 A short history of online mapping 00:17:04 Google maps 00:20:19 Open Street Map 00:24:31 Everyblock 00:26:51 Oakland Crimespotting pt.2 00:32:42 Tools and frameworks - modest maps 00:34:29 Polymaps 00:36:30 Cloudmade 00:38:23 Leaflet.js 00:39:57 Mapnik 00:43:12 d3.geo 00:46:17 How to make geo data accessible in a better way 00:49:56 Automatic labeling 00:51:39 @alignedleft: What is a map tile? 00:55:42 @janwillemtulp: Question on process and inspiration, future trend 00:58:07 @petersonGIS: time ratio data processing vs visualization 01:02:57 Wrapping it up Links Stamen’s Projects Digg Labs Visualizations Oakland Crimespotting The Atlantic’s article on maps: 12 Fresh Ideas for Transforming the Places We Live With Open Data Tools and Frameworks openstreetmaps modestmaps unfolding (like modestmaps, but for processing) leaflet.js polymaps cloudmade kartograph.js mapnik mapbox tilemill cartodb d3.geo Recent Mike’s Projects Walking Papers Field Papers Green Means Go Others http://moveon.org http://fundrace.org http://www.everyblock.com/ http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/ http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/ --- Lots of links! Have fun with maps :) Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Episode #19: With Santiago Ortiz http://datastori.es/episode-19-with-santiago-ortiz/ http://datastori.es/episode-19-with-santiago-ortiz/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:19:50 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=324 Continue reading →]]> santiago

Hi Folks,

We have Santiago Ortiz with us today. Santiago has an impressive array of data visualization projects he has been pouring out during the last year and a very unique style. See for yourself in his portfolio website: http://moebio.com/. We talk about the Tapestry Conference, mathematics, the business of data visualization and much much more. Enjoy it!

Chapters

00:00:00 Start
00:00:01 Intro: our guest today: Santiago Ortiz (@moebio)
00:01:55 Tapestry conference
00:08:40 Santiago: how it all began: Flash, math and teaching
00:11:34 Bestiario
00:13:23 Impure/Quadrigram
00:14:17 Freelance since 2012
00:17:12 Yay for self-inititated projects!
00:20:56 Knowledge visualization
00:25:11 “Santiago style”
00:26:36 Client work
00:31:18 Tools, frameworks, open source
00:40:52 On process
00:51:47 Non-information-based projects
00:55:23 The role of math
01:06:41 Regional differences in the data visualization scenes?
01:17:13 Wrapping it up

Episode’s Links

Tapestry Conference
Scott McCloud
Pat Hanrahan
Nigel Holmes
Enrico’s live notes from tapestry
Jonathan Corum’s slides

Santiago and his work
his portfolio: http://moebio.com/
his past company: http://www.bestiario.org/
Lostalgic (ABC’s LOST TV show): http://intuitionanalytics.com/other/lostalgic/
Love is patient (merging faces with voronoi shapes): http://moebio.com/loveispatient/
http://moebio.com/research/faces/

Processing library
giCenterUtils: http://gicentre.org/utils/

Vis people with math background
Jason Davies: http://www.jasondavies.com/
Jen Lowe: http://www.datatelling.com/

Hilbert Curves and Vis
Wikipedia page on HC
Martin Wattemberg’s Jigsaw Maps
Daniel Keim’s Pixel-Oreinted Visualizations

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-19-with-santiago-ortiz/feed/ 0 Hi Folks, - We have Santiago Ortiz with us today. Santiago has an impressive array of data visualization projects he has been pouring out during the last year and a very unique style. See for yourself in his portfolio website: http://moebio.com/. Hi Folks, We have Santiago Ortiz with us today. Santiago has an impressive array of data visualization projects he has been pouring out during the last year and a very unique style. See for yourself in his portfolio website: http://moebio.com/. We talk about the Tapestry Conference, mathematics, the business of data visualization and much much more. Enjoy it! Chapters 00:00:00 Start 00:00:01 Intro: our guest today: Santiago Ortiz (@moebio) 00:01:55 Tapestry conference 00:08:40 Santiago: how it all began: Flash, math and teaching 00:11:34 Bestiario 00:13:23 Impure/Quadrigram 00:14:17 Freelance since 2012 00:17:12 Yay for self-inititated projects! 00:20:56 Knowledge visualization 00:25:11 "Santiago style" 00:26:36 Client work 00:31:18 Tools, frameworks, open source 00:40:52 On process 00:51:47 Non-information-based projects 00:55:23 The role of math 01:06:41 Regional differences in the data visualization scenes? 01:17:13 Wrapping it up Episode's Links Tapestry Conference Scott McCloud Pat Hanrahan Nigel Holmes Enrico’s live notes from tapestry Jonathan Corum’s slides Santiago and his work his portfolio: http://moebio.com/ his past company: http://www.bestiario.org/ Lostalgic (ABC's LOST TV show): http://intuitionanalytics.com/other/lostalgic/ Love is patient (merging faces with voronoi shapes): http://moebio.com/loveispatient/ http://moebio.com/research/faces/ Processing library giCenterUtils: http://gicentre.org/utils/ Vis people with math background Jason Davies: http://www.jasondavies.com/ Jen Lowe: http://www.datatelling.com/ Hilbert Curves and Vis Wikipedia page on HC Martin Wattemberg’s Jigsaw Maps Daniel Keim’s Pixel-Oreinted Visualizations Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Episode #18: Happy Birthday, Data Stories! http://datastori.es/episode-18-happy-birthday-ds/ http://datastori.es/episode-18-happy-birthday-ds/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:52:00 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=317 Continue reading →]]> happy-birthday

What can we say? One year has passed and it looks crazy we have been doing this thing for a whole year: 18 whole episodes. Thanks a lot everyone for your encouragements and numerous comments and suggestions. And big thanks to all the people who participated!

In this episode we review the whole set of posts and comment on them trying to see how they look like from a distance now that some time has passed.

If you have any suggestions on stuff you would like to see in DS in the next year LET US KNOW!

Chapters:

00:00:00 Happy Birthday Data Stories!
00:02:19 On naming episodes and the Andy effect
00:04:44 01: Animated Data Kitsch
00:06:54 02: Ranting about marathons, challenges and awards
00:09:45 03: Evaluation
00:15:11 04: Malofiej
00:17:27 05: Learning data visualization with Andy Kirk
00:21:22 06: Food
00:22:49 07: Color
00:23:25 08: Interview with Jeff Heer
00:24:51 09: Bridging academia and industry
00:25:41 10: Stefanie Posavec
00:26:49 11: emoto
00:27:29 12: Alberto Cairo
00:29:52 13: visweek
00:31:20 14: Google hangout episode
00:33:22 15: Robert Kosara
00:35:27 16: 2012 review
00:37:24 17: Data Sculptures
00:38:52 What’s up next

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-18-happy-birthday-ds/feed/ 5 What can we say? One year has passed and it looks crazy we have been doing this thing for a whole year: 18 whole episodes. Thanks a lot everyone for your encouragements and numerous comments and suggestions. What can we say? One year has passed and it looks crazy we have been doing this thing for a whole year: 18 whole episodes. Thanks a lot everyone for your encouragements and numerous comments and suggestions. And big thanks to all the people who participated! In this episode we review the whole set of posts and comment on them trying to see how they look like from a distance now that some time has passed. If you have any suggestions on stuff you would like to see in DS in the next year LET US KNOW! Chapters: 00:00:00 Happy Birthday Data Stories! 00:02:19 On naming episodes and the Andy effect 00:04:44 01: Animated Data Kitsch 00:06:54 02: Ranting about marathons, challenges and awards 00:09:45 03: Evaluation 00:15:11 04: Malofiej 00:17:27 05: Learning data visualization with Andy Kirk 00:21:22 06: Food 00:22:49 07: Color 00:23:25 08: Interview with Jeff Heer 00:24:51 09: Bridging academia and industry 00:25:41 10: Stefanie Posavec 00:26:49 11: emoto 00:27:29 12: Alberto Cairo 00:29:52 13: visweek 00:31:20 14: Google hangout episode 00:33:22 15: Robert Kosara 00:35:27 16: 2012 review 00:37:24 17: Data Sculptures 00:38:52 What's up next Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Episode #17: Data Sculptures http://datastori.es/episode17-data-sculptures/ http://datastori.es/episode17-data-sculptures/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:23:41 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=300 Continue reading →]]> Hi,

In this episode we talk about Data Sculptures, also known as Physical Visualization. We invite Pierre Dragicevic and Yvonne Jansen (from the Aviz Lab at INRIA in Paris) to talk about their experiments with physical bar charts and their fantastic collections of physical visualizations.

Pierre and Yvonne give several demos you can see on our recorded video. Make sure you don’t miss Pierre giving a real-time demo of Jacques Bertin’s reorderable matrix!

Episode Chapters

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:01:08 Topic: Data Sculptures with Yvonne Jansen and Pierre Dragicevic
  • 00:04:01 Studies on legibility of physical 3D data visualizations
  • 00:12:45 Pros and cons of rapid prototyping vs. subsurface engraving
  • 00:16:57 Broader perspective: How did Pierre and Yvonne get Pierre and Yvonne’s motivation, and general characterization of the field
  • 00:22:04 Their project collections at: http://www.aviz.fr/Research/PassivePhysicalVisualizations and http://www.aviz.fr/Research/ActivePhysicalVisualizations
  • 00:27:26 Bertin’s reorderable matrix
  • 00:35:00 Slow data
  • 00:37:30 Back to Bertin and physical manpulation of data
  • 00:39:04 Social aspects
  • 00:39:47 Future perspective
  • 00:41:21 Digital fabrication techniques
  • 00:49:45 Online services
  • 00:50:27 FabLabs
  • 00:54:17 Accessibility aspects
  • 00:55:33 Practical applications
  • 00:57:54 Shapeshifting displays and materials
  • 01:05:46 Early examples and the great books from W. Brinton
  • 01:09:20 Wrap up

Links:

]]> http://datastori.es/episode17-data-sculptures/feed/ 3 Hi, - In this episode we talk about Data Sculptures, also known as Physical Visualization. We invite Pierre Dragicevic and Yvonne Jansen (from the Aviz Lab at INRIA in Paris) to talk about their experiments with physical bar charts and their fantastic... Hi, In this episode we talk about Data Sculptures, also known as Physical Visualization. We invite Pierre Dragicevic and Yvonne Jansen (from the Aviz Lab at INRIA in Paris) to talk about their experiments with physical bar charts and their fantastic collections of physical visualizations. Pierre and Yvonne give several demos you can see on our recorded video. Make sure you don't miss Pierre giving a real-time demo of Jacques Bertin's reorderable matrix! Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:08 Topic: Data Sculptures with Yvonne Jansen and Pierre Dragicevic 00:04:01 Studies on legibility of physical 3D data visualizations 00:12:45 Pros and cons of rapid prototyping vs. subsurface engraving 00:16:57 Broader perspective: How did Pierre and Yvonne get Pierre and Yvonne's motivation, and general characterization of the field 00:22:04 Their project collections at: http://www.aviz.fr/Research/PassivePhysicalVisualizations and http://www.aviz.fr/Research/ActivePhysicalVisualizations 00:27:26 Bertin's reorderable matrix 00:35:00 Slow data 00:37:30 Back to Bertin and physical manpulation of data 00:39:04 Social aspects 00:39:47 Future perspective 00:41:21 Digital fabrication techniques 00:49:45 Online services 00:50:27 FabLabs 00:54:17 Accessibility aspects 00:55:33 Practical applications 00:57:54 Shapeshifting displays and materials 01:05:46 Early examples and the great books from W. Brinton 01:09:20 Wrap up Links: (Forgotten) Brinton's book on Graphic Presentation Compostable and water-soluble 3d printing  PLA Printing (most environmentally friendly material made from corn starch or sugar) MIT Shape Displays Programmable matter (with demo) Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Episode #16: What Was Big in 2012 and What Is Coming in 2013 http://datastori.es/episode-16-what-was-big-in-2012-and-what-is-coming-in-2013/ http://datastori.es/episode-16-what-was-big-in-2012-and-what-is-coming-in-2013/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:13:18 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=281 Continue reading →]]> Happy New Year Friends!

We invited a few experts in a Google Hangout to discuss what was big in 2012 and what will happen in 2013. We have Andrew Vande Moere from Infosthetics, Andy Kirk from Visualisingdata and Bryan Connor from The Why Axis.

Chapters Breakdown:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:22 Our guests: Andrew Vande Moere from http//infosthetics.com
00:02:07 Andy Kirk from visualisingdata.com
00:03:07 Bryan Connor from the Why Axis
00:03:51 What was big in 2012 and what is coming 2013
00:04:05 More education and training
00:05:05 Technical issues…
00:06:05 More general interest in learning data visualization
00:07:01 Mike Bostock and d3
00:07:55 Alberto Cairo’s online infographics course
00:09:06 Mike Bostock and d3 again :)
00:10:32 Integrated print <-> interactive workflows
00:11:28 Democratization
00:14:58 Academic trends?
00:15:40 Visualization as a tool for communication
00:21:02 The human touch
00:22:39 Storytelling: people are actually doing it now
00:25:10 Woops – there he goes…
00:25:28 Tools for storytelling
00:26:30 So-called “network problems”
00:27:07 Snow Fall by NYT
00:31:49 More tools for storytelling and the return of “multimedia”
00:33:03 More case studies and behind the scenes reports
00:35:11 Less blogging in 2012?
00:42:46 Santiago Ortiz — @moebio
00:43:41 emoto
00:44:58 Real-time data visualization
00:49:28 Reaching wider audiences
00:50:14 Conferences, marathons, competitions
00:54:22 Simon Scarr
00:55:15 Wishes for 2013
01:01:05 Guest wishes for 2013

Mentioned Links:

d3
http://d3js.org
http://bost.ocks.org/mike/

Democratization of infographics
http://www.re.vu
http://visualize.me
http://visual.ly
http://venngage.com
https://www.vizify.com/
http://www.easel.ly/
http://infogr.am/

Visualization as a tool for communication
http://www.aviz.fr/bayes - visualization for bayesian reasoning

The human touch
http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1274/ - sketchy rendering
http://nathaliemiebach.com
http://itsbeenreal.co.uk
http://www.densitydesign.org

Narratives
https://popcorn.webmaker.org
sStory by EJ Fox

Snow Fall
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/

Less blogging?
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/blog/?p=644

Santiago Ortiz
http://moebio.com

emoto
http://blog.emoto2012.org

Realtime data visualization
http://hint.fm/wind/

Reaching wider audiences
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-states

Conferences
visualized, eyeo, visualizing marathon, information is beautiful award…

Simon Scarr
https://twitter.com/SimonScarr

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Have fun and Happy New Year!!!

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-16-what-was-big-in-2012-and-what-is-coming-in-2013/feed/ 4 Happy New Year Friends! - We invited a few experts in a Google Hangout to discuss what was big in 2012 and what will happen in 2013. We have Andrew Vande Moere from Infosthetics, Andy Kirk from Visualisingdata and Bryan Connor from The Why Axis. - Happy New Year Friends! We invited a few experts in a Google Hangout to discuss what was big in 2012 and what will happen in 2013. We have Andrew Vande Moere from Infosthetics, Andy Kirk from Visualisingdata and Bryan Connor from The Why Axis. Chapters Breakdown: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:22 Our guests: Andrew Vande Moere from http//infosthetics.com 00:02:07 Andy Kirk from visualisingdata.com 00:03:07 Bryan Connor from the Why Axis 00:03:51 What was big in 2012 and what is coming 2013 00:04:05 More education and training 00:05:05 Technical issues... 00:06:05 More general interest in learning data visualization 00:07:01 Mike Bostock and d3 00:07:55 Alberto Cairo's online infographics course 00:09:06 Mike Bostock and d3 again :) 00:10:32 Integrated print <-> interactive workflows 00:11:28 Democratization 00:14:58 Academic trends? 00:15:40 Visualization as a tool for communication 00:21:02 The human touch 00:22:39 Storytelling: people are actually doing it now 00:25:10 Woops - there he goes... 00:25:28 Tools for storytelling 00:26:30 So-called "network problems" 00:27:07 Snow Fall by NYT 00:31:49 More tools for storytelling and the return of "multimedia" 00:33:03 More case studies and behind the scenes reports 00:35:11 Less blogging in 2012? 00:42:46 Santiago Ortiz — @moebio 00:43:41 emoto 00:44:58 Real-time data visualization 00:49:28 Reaching wider audiences 00:50:14 Conferences, marathons, competitions 00:54:22 Simon Scarr 00:55:15 Wishes for 2013 01:01:05 Guest wishes for 2013 Mentioned Links: d3 http://d3js.org http://bost.ocks.org/mike/ Democratization of infographics http://www.re.vu http://visualize.me http://visual.ly http://venngage.com https://www.vizify.com/ http://www.easel.ly/ http://infogr.am/ Visualization as a tool for communication http://www.aviz.fr/bayes - visualization for bayesian reasoning The human touch http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/1274/ - sketchy rendering http://nathaliemiebach.com http://itsbeenreal.co.uk http://www.densitydesign.org Narratives https://popcorn.webmaker.org sStory by EJ Fox Snow Fall http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ Less blogging? http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/blog/?p=644 Santiago Ortiz http://moebio.com emoto http://blog.emoto2012.org Realtime data visualization http://hint.fm/wind/ Reaching wider audiences http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-states Conferences visualized, eyeo, visualizing marathon, information is beautiful award... Simon Scarr https://twitter.com/SimonScarr --- Have fun and Happy New Year!!! Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Episode #15: With Robert Kosara http://datastori.es/episode-15-with-robert-kosara/ http://datastori.es/episode-15-with-robert-kosara/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:54:25 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=266 Continue reading →]]>

Hi all,

We got Robert Kosara on Data Stories for this episode. Robert is the editor of eagereyes.org, one of the most respected and well-known data visualization blogs in the Internet. He is known for his controversial and informative posts and his “academic” style (some people say :) ).

But Roberts, as he says in the show, wears many hats. He was a Professor of Computer Science at UNC Charlotte until recently when he surprisingly moved to Tableau after being tenured.

In the show we talk about his choice and many other things: vis research, blogging, Tableau, etc. See the episode breakdown below.

And, as usual, have fun!

Enrico & Moritz

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00:00:00 Enrico and Moritz catching up
00:04:22 Today’s guest: Robert Kosara
00:05:23 eagereyes.org and blogging in general
00:08:14 Enrico’s blog
00:09:46 Robert’s research themes
00:11:35 Blur as a retinal variable?
00:13:13 Interdisciplinarity in infovis research
00:14:31 How Robert got started
00:19:04 Early years of eagereyes.org and abandoned plans for the site
00:21:59 “lines in the sand”
00:27:04 What will the future bring for eagereyes?
00:30:58 State of visualization blogging
00:33:16 Blogging and academic careers
00:36:17 Openness and sharing ideas
00:43:04 The real story! Robert’s move to Tableau
00:51:22 Researching: storytelling with data
00:55:40 Visualization in wider communication contexts and workflows
00:59:13 Tableau for Mac?
01:01:36 A few ideas for improvement
01:03:12 Clevelandgate
01:08:16 Future for word clouds as a final slide for powerpoint presentations?
01:10:14 Robert’s influences?
01:13:38 How much work was it to release Parallel Sets, and was it worth it?
01:16:13 Wrapping it up

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-15-with-robert-kosara/feed/ 1 Hi all, - We got Robert Kosara on Data Stories for this episode. Robert is the editor of eagereyes.org, one of the most respected and well-known data visualization blogs in the Internet. He is known for his controversial and informative posts and his ... Hi all, We got Robert Kosara on Data Stories for this episode. Robert is the editor of eagereyes.org, one of the most respected and well-known data visualization blogs in the Internet. He is known for his controversial and informative posts and his "academic" style (some people say :)). But Roberts, as he says in the show, wears many hats. He was a Professor of Computer Science at UNC Charlotte until recently when he surprisingly moved to Tableau after being tenured. In the show we talk about his choice and many other things: vis research, blogging, Tableau, etc. See the episode breakdown below. And, as usual, have fun! Enrico & Moritz --- 00:00:00 Enrico and Moritz catching up 00:04:22 Today's guest: Robert Kosara 00:05:23 eagereyes.org and blogging in general 00:08:14 Enrico's blog 00:09:46 Robert's research themes 00:11:35 Blur as a retinal variable? 00:13:13 Interdisciplinarity in infovis research 00:14:31 How Robert got started 00:19:04 Early years of eagereyes.org and abandoned plans for the site 00:21:59 "lines in the sand" 00:27:04 What will the future bring for eagereyes? 00:30:58 State of visualization blogging 00:33:16 Blogging and academic careers 00:36:17 Openness and sharing ideas 00:43:04 The real story! Robert's move to Tableau 00:51:22 Researching: storytelling with data 00:55:40 Visualization in wider communication contexts and workflows 00:59:13 Tableau for Mac? 01:01:36 A few ideas for improvement 01:03:12 Clevelandgate 01:08:16 Future for word clouds as a final slide for powerpoint presentations? 01:10:14 Robert's influences? 01:13:38 How much work was it to release Parallel Sets, and was it worth it? 01:16:13 Wrapping it up Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no Episode #14: Data Stories Hangout http://datastori.es/episode-14-data-stories-hangout/ http://datastori.es/episode-14-data-stories-hangout/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:43:00 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=253 Continue reading →]]>

Hi there,

We just finished recording the hangout. 10 people joined it and some more followed the stream off-line. If you wanted to participate and you could not — we are sorry but there is a limit of maximum 10 people imposed by Google.

We really enjoyed the hangout and it was a fantastic experiment full of interesting questions and comments.

Among others, we had Kim Rees from Periscopic, Benjamin Wiederkehr from Interactive Things, Santiago Ortiz, Stephen Boyd, Miska Knapek, Wes Grubbs from Pitch Interactive, Karen Doore from UT Dallas, Yuri Engelhardt and Jim Vallandingham on the show.. Quite a mixture!

Unfortunately, as with any experiment, something can go wrong and it went wrong: we totally screwed up the video part by having Benjamin Wiederkehr in focus all the time instead of switching between the participants. For this reason we turned down the video part and kept the audio. The gist is still there!

We’ll hopefully get it right the next time :)

Enrico & Mo.

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-14-data-stories-hangout/feed/ 3 Hi there, - We just finished recording the hangout. 10 people joined it and some more followed the stream off-line. If you wanted to participate and you could not — we are sorry but there is a limit of maximum 10 people imposed by Google. - Hi there, We just finished recording the hangout. 10 people joined it and some more followed the stream off-line. If you wanted to participate and you could not — we are sorry but there is a limit of maximum 10 people imposed by Google. We really enjoyed the hangout and it was a fantastic experiment full of interesting questions and comments. Among others, we had Kim Rees from Periscopic, Benjamin Wiederkehr from Interactive Things, Santiago Ortiz, Stephen Boyd, Miska Knapek, Wes Grubbs from Pitch Interactive, Karen Doore from UT Dallas, Yuri Engelhardt and Jim Vallandingham on the show.. Quite a mixture! Unfortunately, as with any experiment, something can go wrong and it went wrong: we totally screwed up the video part by having Benjamin Wiederkehr in focus all the time instead of switching between the participants. For this reason we turned down the video part and kept the audio. The gist is still there! We'll hopefully get it right the next time :) Enrico & Mo. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:05:55 Episode #13 – from Visweek 2012 http://datastori.es/episode-13-from-visweek-2012/ http://datastori.es/episode-13-from-visweek-2012/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:41:28 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=244 Continue reading →]]> Hey Folks!

I managed to grab a couple of buddies at VisWeek and record a (low audio quality – sorry) episode with some on-the-spot comments. Andrew Vande Moere (infosthetics.com) and Jerome Cukier joined me to have some fun and indulge in some gossiping.

A few papers we mention in the episode (may be not complete):

Have fun! And hey … big big thank yous to all the data stories listeners who stopped me to say hi. I loved it!

-Enrico.

P.S. Moritz was not there and lots of people asked me about him. What can I do? Just let him know how much you want to see him (he will hate me for writing this ;) )!

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-13-from-visweek-2012/feed/ 2 Hey Folks! - I managed to grab a couple of buddies at VisWeek and record a (low audio quality - sorry) episode with some on-the-spot comments. Andrew Vande Moere (infosthetics.com) and Jerome Cukier joined me to have some fun and indulge in some gossi... Hey Folks! I managed to grab a couple of buddies at VisWeek and record a (low audio quality - sorry) episode with some on-the-spot comments. Andrew Vande Moere (infosthetics.com) and Jerome Cukier joined me to have some fun and indulge in some gossiping. A few papers we mention in the episode (may be not complete): How Capacity Limits of Attention Influence Information Visualization Effectiveness. [Best Paper award]. Steve Haroz, David Whitney. Evaluating the Effect of Style in Information Visualization. Vande Moere et al. Investigating Physical Visualizations. Yvonne Jansen et al. Sketchy Rendering for Information Visualization. Jo Wood et al. Have fun! And hey ... big big thank yous to all the data stories listeners who stopped me to say hi. I loved it! -Enrico. P.S. Moritz was not there and lots of people asked me about him. What can I do? Just let him know how much you want to see him (he will hate me for writing this ;))! Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 48:16 Episode #12: Alberto Cairo and “The Functional Art” http://datastori.es/episode-12-alberto-cairo-and-the-functional-art/ http://datastori.es/episode-12-alberto-cairo-and-the-functional-art/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:48:23 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=227 Continue reading →]]> Hi, we have Alberto Cairo on the show for Episode #12! If you don’t know who Alberto is, well … it’s your fault, check his web site first. He has a fantastic book out on Infographics and Visualization called “The Functional Art“, which can directly go in your shelf between the Tuftes and the Fews.

We talk about the book and many many other things. Alberto is so talkative and deep that we could have recorded for another 3 or 4 hours. Lots, lots of fun! We loved it.

—
Episode breakdown:

00:00:00 Data Stories Number Many
00:03:29 Special guest today: Alberto Cairo
00:05:30 Background: Journalism and Teaching
00:13:01 Book: The functional art
00:19:25 Low-tech visualization
00:23:38 Differences between data visualization and information graphics / data journalism
00:31:51 How to work under practical constraints in a newsroom
00:39:11 International news graphics scene
00:42:37 Experimentalism vs conservatism
00:46:52 Connect print and online
00:48:17 Flash! (ah, the good times)
00:49:40 Back to “The Functional Art”
00:53:21 The visualization wheel
00:57:59 Use of multiple representations
01:04:02 Power of annotations
01:05:44 Wrapping it up

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-12-alberto-cairo-and-the-functional-art/feed/ 5 Hi, we have Alberto Cairo on the show for Episode #12! If you don't know who Alberto is, well ... it's your fault, check his web site first. He has a fantastic book out on Infographics and Visualization called "The Functional Art", Hi, we have Alberto Cairo on the show for Episode #12! If you don't know who Alberto is, well ... it's your fault, check his web site first. He has a fantastic book out on Infographics and Visualization called "The Functional Art", which can directly go in your shelf between the Tuftes and the Fews. We talk about the book and many many other things. Alberto is so talkative and deep that we could have recorded for another 3 or 4 hours. Lots, lots of fun! We loved it. --- Episode breakdown: 00:00:00 Data Stories Number Many 00:03:29 Special guest today: Alberto Cairo 00:05:30 Background: Journalism and Teaching 00:13:01 Book: The functional art 00:19:25 Low-tech visualization 00:23:38 Differences between data visualization and information graphics / data journalism 00:31:51 How to work under practical constraints in a newsroom 00:39:11 International news graphics scene 00:42:37 Experimentalism vs conservatism 00:46:52 Connect print and online 00:48:17 Flash! (ah, the good times) 00:49:40 Back to "The Functional Art" 00:53:21 The visualization wheel 00:57:59 Use of multiple representations 01:04:02 Power of annotations 01:05:44 Wrapping it up Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:07:21 Data Stories #11: emoto (with Stephan Thiel from Studio NAND) http://datastori.es/data-stories-11-emoto-with-stephan-thiel/ http://datastori.es/data-stories-11-emoto-with-stephan-thiel/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:30:16 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=219 Continue reading →]]>

Hi Folks,

In this episode we talk about emoto, the project on visualizing the sentiment of the Olympic Games in London 2012.

Since Moritz was one of the principal designers and developers behind the project, we thought: “hey, why not?!”

And we have a special guest! Stephan Thiel, from Studio NAND, joined us to share his own view and experience with the project.

Make sure to give a look to the emoto web site and the accompanying blog before listening to the podcast if you can, this will help you following our discussion … just in case you are not familiar with the project yet … just in case.

00:00:00 Intro – catching up
00:04:44 emoto – with our special guest Stephan Thiel from Studio NAND
00:06:58 How it all started
00:09:32 The team
00:13:19 Live sentiment visualization
00:17:44 How to test a real-time system for a one-off event?
00:21:09 The processing timeline
00:24:56 Sentiment analysis
00:27:06 Topic detection – supervised vs. unsupervised
00:28:17 The other project parts – data blog and data sculpture
00:31:00 Origami visualization
00:38:10 Color scale
00:42:34 Message stream view
00:49:00 “Sentigraphs”
00:54:47 Data sculpture
01:00:30 What’s next

Have fun!

Enrico & Moritz.

P.S. Feedback always welcome.

]]> http://datastori.es/data-stories-11-emoto-with-stephan-thiel/feed/ 1 Hi Folks, - In this episode we talk about emoto, the project on visualizing the sentiment of the Olympic Games in London 2012. - Since Moritz was one of the principal designers and developers behind the project, we thought: "hey, why not?!" - Hi Folks, In this episode we talk about emoto, the project on visualizing the sentiment of the Olympic Games in London 2012. Since Moritz was one of the principal designers and developers behind the project, we thought: "hey, why not?!" And we have a special guest! Stephan Thiel, from Studio NAND, joined us to share his own view and experience with the project. Make sure to give a look to the emoto web site and the accompanying blog before listening to the podcast if you can, this will help you following our discussion ... just in case you are not familiar with the project yet ... just in case. 00:00:00 Intro - catching up 00:04:44 emoto - with our special guest Stephan Thiel from Studio NAND 00:06:58 How it all started 00:09:32 The team 00:13:19 Live sentiment visualization 00:17:44 How to test a real-time system for a one-off event? 00:21:09 The processing timeline 00:24:56 Sentiment analysis 00:27:06 Topic detection - supervised vs. unsupervised 00:28:17 The other project parts - data blog and data sculpture 00:31:00 Origami visualization 00:38:10 Color scale 00:42:34 Message stream view 00:49:00 "Sentigraphs" 00:54:47 Data sculpture 01:00:30 What's next Have fun! Enrico & Moritz. P.S. Feedback always welcome. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:06:09 Data Stories #10 – Hand crafted data (with Stefanie Posavec) http://datastori.es/data-stories-10-hand-crafted-data-with-stefanie-posavec/ http://datastori.es/data-stories-10-hand-crafted-data-with-stefanie-posavec/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:46:23 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=207 Continue reading →]]> Hi Everyone,

It’s been a long time since our last episode. Sorry, sorry, sorry! Moritz was/is busy with Emoto and the London Olympics, Enrico is moving (with the whole family) to New York City.

In this episode we have the honor to talk with “data illustrator” Stefanie Posavec. Stefanie makes fascinating hand-crafted visualization like: Literary Organism and (En)tangled Word Bank. Most of her work is done by hand, like the highlighted text of Keruac’s On The Road, and this is so intriguing that we wanted to know more about this process.

You can also see her recent Eyeo Festival 2012 talk to know more about how she works.

There’s a lot of food for thoughts in this episode and, sure enough, lots of fun! Here is the breakdown:

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:00:53 Olympic Effects – the emoto project (http://emoto2012.org)
  • 00:04:42 Enrico will move to NYC!
  • 00:07:08 Special guest today: Stefanie Posavec
  • 00:09:05 Literary Organism
  • 00:11:25 Hand-made! (art/design/craft?)
  • 00:14:36 Data Illustration
  • 00:19:12 Critique of data visualization, and the right framing of your work
  • 00:26:43 Tips for novices
  • 00:32:08 Manual effort creates “weight”?
  • 00:35:35 Work process – Measuring Kraftwerk and other projects
  • 00:45:27 Data analysis aspects
  • 00:47:50 Code vs manual layout – should Stef learn to code?
  • 00:55:40 More hand made data illustration projects
  • 00:58:10 Data cuisine workshop
  • 00:59:01 Skype problems
  • 01:00:13 Prints!

Have fun!

Enrico & Mo.

]]> http://datastori.es/data-stories-10-hand-crafted-data-with-stefanie-posavec/feed/ 2 Hi Everyone, - It's been a long time since our last episode. Sorry, sorry, sorry! Moritz was/is busy with Emoto and the London Olympics, Enrico is moving (with the whole family) to New York City. - In this episode we have the honor to talk with "data... Hi Everyone, It's been a long time since our last episode. Sorry, sorry, sorry! Moritz was/is busy with Emoto and the London Olympics, Enrico is moving (with the whole family) to New York City. In this episode we have the honor to talk with "data illustrator" Stefanie Posavec. Stefanie makes fascinating hand-crafted visualization like: Literary Organism and (En)tangled Word Bank. Most of her work is done by hand, like the highlighted text of Keruac's On The Road, and this is so intriguing that we wanted to know more about this process. You can also see her recent Eyeo Festival 2012 talk to know more about how she works. There's a lot of food for thoughts in this episode and, sure enough, lots of fun! Here is the breakdown: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:53 Olympic Effects - the emoto project (http://emoto2012.org) 00:04:42 Enrico will move to NYC! 00:07:08 Special guest today: Stefanie Posavec 00:09:05 Literary Organism 00:11:25 Hand-made! (art/design/craft?) 00:14:36 Data Illustration 00:19:12 Critique of data visualization, and the right framing of your work 00:26:43 Tips for novices 00:32:08 Manual effort creates "weight"? 00:35:35 Work process - Measuring Kraftwerk and other projects 00:45:27 Data analysis aspects 00:47:50 Code vs manual layout - should Stef learn to code? 00:55:40 More hand made data illustration projects 00:58:10 Data cuisine workshop 00:59:01 Skype problems 01:00:13 Prints! Have fun! Enrico & Mo. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:05:13 Episode #9 – Bridging academia and industry, with Danyel Fisher http://datastori.es/episode-9-bridging-academia-and-industry-with-danyel-fisher/ http://datastori.es/episode-9-bridging-academia-and-industry-with-danyel-fisher/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:33:26 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=201 Continue reading →]]> Hi there!

In this episode we talk about bridging academia and industry. We touched upon this issue many times in the past so we decided to record a whole a special issue on that.

To help us with it we invited Danyel Fisher, a renown Information Visualization researcher from Microsoft Research. This year Danyel is chairing the newly established Industry Track at VisWeek 2012, the leading conference in Visualization, and his job is to attract more people from industry to this traditionally pretty academic conference.

We discuss existing practices, gaps, and ways to bridge them. Here is the breakdown of the episode:

[00:00:00] Our special guest today: Danyel Fisher
[00:04:00] Relations between research and project departments at Microsoft
[00:12:39] Existing gaps between between research and practitioners
[00:16:09] Transfer of algorithms, e.g. Voronoi treemaps
[00:18:40] Visweek industry track
[00:32:03] Affordability of big conferences for individuals, lowering the threshold
[00:38:20] Live transmission from visweek?
[00:39:21] How can non-academic conferences attract more researchers?
[00:43:09] Researchers and their presence on the web
[00:50:30] Are papers an adequate publication format for visualization research?
[00:52:39] What else can we do?
[00:54:27] How to get designers to read papers
[00:59:28] Text books: Colin Ware, Tufte, Beautiful Visualization
[01:05:52] Danyel’s current research: Interaction with Big Data
[01:12:12] Final pleading for visweek and potentially exciting encounters with Moritz in an elevator

Have fun!

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-9-bridging-academia-and-industry-with-danyel-fisher/feed/ 7 Hi there! - In this episode we talk about bridging academia and industry. We touched upon this issue many times in the past so we decided to record a whole a special issue on that. - To help us with it we invited Danyel Fisher, Hi there! In this episode we talk about bridging academia and industry. We touched upon this issue many times in the past so we decided to record a whole a special issue on that. To help us with it we invited Danyel Fisher, a renown Information Visualization researcher from Microsoft Research. This year Danyel is chairing the newly established Industry Track at VisWeek 2012, the leading conference in Visualization, and his job is to attract more people from industry to this traditionally pretty academic conference. We discuss existing practices, gaps, and ways to bridge them. Here is the breakdown of the episode: [00:00:00] Our special guest today: Danyel Fisher [00:04:00] Relations between research and project departments at Microsoft [00:12:39] Existing gaps between between research and practitioners [00:16:09] Transfer of algorithms, e.g. Voronoi treemaps [00:18:40] Visweek industry track [00:32:03] Affordability of big conferences for individuals, lowering the threshold [00:38:20] Live transmission from visweek? [00:39:21] How can non-academic conferences attract more researchers? [00:43:09] Researchers and their presence on the web [00:50:30] Are papers an adequate publication format for visualization research? [00:52:39] What else can we do? [00:54:27] How to get designers to read papers [00:59:28] Text books: Colin Ware, Tufte, Beautiful Visualization [01:05:52] Danyel's current research: Interaction with Big Data [01:12:12] Final pleading for visweek and potentially exciting encounters with Moritz in an elevator Have fun! Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:15:46 Episode #8 – Interview with Jeff Heer http://datastori.es/episode-8-interview-jeff-heer/ http://datastori.es/episode-8-interview-jeff-heer/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:06:24 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=184 Continue reading →]]> Hi Folks,

We are raising the bar here!

In this new episode we have Jeff Heer, Assistant Professor at Stanford and creator of 4 (!) data visualization toolkits/languages (Prefuse, Flare, Protovis, D3).

Jeff is a very well regarded researcher in the area of visualization, user interfaces and human-computer interaction. If you don’t know him yet we strongly encourage you to give a look to his projects web page, you’ll find lots of cool stuff there like his studies on Graphical Perception and Wrangler, a data pre-processing tool.

Talking with Jeff has been great and very inspiring. We talk about past, present and future of visualization; everything dressed with LOLs, a bit of gossip and … one scoop at the end of the podcast!

Have fun,
Enrico & Mo

Episode Chapters

[00:00:00] Introduction: Today’s special guest – Jeff Heer
[00:03:12] Investigating complete data interaction flows, and how visualization can help
[00:06:47] Data wrangling
[00:09:50] Prefuse, flare, protovis, d3
[00:10:44] prefuse
[00:14:52] flare
[00:17:05] protovis
[00:22:17] d3
[00:28:52] Comparing the different paradigms
[00:35:06] What’s next?
[00:38:33] Flexible tools for data exploration
[00:41:42] How to bridge research and practice?
[00:49:44] Function vs. aesthetics?
[00:53:33] Is there a future for high-end customized visualization?
[00:56:02] Why is visualization so popular right now?
[01:01:18] The future of visualization
[01:14:06] Super secret start-up in formation!

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-8-interview-jeff-heer/feed/ 5 Hi Folks, - We are raising the bar here! - In this new episode we have Jeff Heer, Assistant Professor at Stanford and creator of 4 (!) data visualization toolkits/languages (Prefuse, Flare, Protovis, D3). - Hi Folks, We are raising the bar here! In this new episode we have Jeff Heer, Assistant Professor at Stanford and creator of 4 (!) data visualization toolkits/languages (Prefuse, Flare, Protovis, D3). Jeff is a very well regarded researcher in the area of visualization, user interfaces and human-computer interaction. If you don't know him yet we strongly encourage you to give a look to his projects web page, you'll find lots of cool stuff there like his studies on Graphical Perception and Wrangler, a data pre-processing tool. Talking with Jeff has been great and very inspiring. We talk about past, present and future of visualization; everything dressed with LOLs, a bit of gossip and ... one scoop at the end of the podcast! Have fun, Enrico & Mo Episode Chapters [00:00:00] Introduction: Today's special guest - Jeff Heer [00:03:12] Investigating complete data interaction flows, and how visualization can help [00:06:47] Data wrangling [00:09:50] Prefuse, flare, protovis, d3 [00:10:44] prefuse [00:14:52] flare [00:17:05] protovis [00:22:17] d3 [00:28:52] Comparing the different paradigms [00:35:06] What's next? [00:38:33] Flexible tools for data exploration [00:41:42] How to bridge research and practice? [00:49:44] Function vs. aesthetics? [00:53:33] Is there a future for high-end customized visualization? [00:56:02] Why is visualization so popular right now? [01:01:18] The future of visualization [01:14:06] Super secret start-up in formation! Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:16:11 Episode #7 – Color (feat. Gregor Aisch) http://datastori.es/episode-7-color-feat-gregor-aisch/ http://datastori.es/episode-7-color-feat-gregor-aisch/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:00:46 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=167 Continue reading →]]> moritzstefaner

Folks,

Here is another great episode … honestly I think it’s one of the best we have ever recorded (-Enrico). We talk about color, and color you know … it’s huge. To get some help we invited Gregor Aisch from Driven By Data and asked him to talk about his experience with color and his super useful library chroma.js.

We have to apologize for a number of things. The episode came out late, the quality is not super high and we have no transcribed chapters this time. No worries, this won’t happen again (or too often) and we have no intention to neglect DS. Moritz has been traveling and taking days off in beautiful Greece and Enrico was just having another baby.

Update: Useful color tools suggested by some of you

  • http://www.colourlovers.com/
  • http://kuler.adobe.com/ (love this!)
  • http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/ColorTool.php

Update: Here is the chapter list! We just could not let such a great episode go without proper chapter marks…

[00:00] Intro: Today with Gregor Aisch from http://driven-by-data.net
[02:04] Computational Visualistics
[03:32] Today’s topic: Color
[03:46] Family drama interlude
[04:08] Colors: Powerful, but tricky to get right
[04:50] Color perception
[09:55] Color spaces
[15:39] Colors for categorical data
[17:20] What’s the maximum number of categorical colors to be used?
[19:40] Equidistance
[20:15] Colorbrewer
[23:13] chrome.js
[25:56] Colors for continuous data
[26:41] Mo’s six word advice
[27:04] Color for continuous data – usually not advisable
[30:14] Rainbow scales
[30:48] …and how to avoid them
[33:17] Color is difficult
[35:07] More tips on how to do it right
[37:29] Is there a method behind ugly visualization in science?
[38:58] Paper: Evaluation of artery visualizations
[42:39] How to deal with skewed distributions
[46:19] Learn about the data, highlight the interesting insights
[48:12] Redundant encoding and interaction between visual variables
[51:13] Use for secondary dimensions, or small number of categories
[52:57] Mo’s tips
[54:04] Don’t forget the legend
[54:34] Gregor’s tips
[56:07] Above all, do no harm.
[56:43] Enrico’s tips
[58:27] Wrapping it up

And stay tuned for another episode soon! We will have Jeff Heer on board! If you have any questions for him add a comment below or send us an email (see address in the right).

Take care and have fun!

Enrico and Moritz.

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-7-color-feat-gregor-aisch/feed/ 19 moritzstefaner Folks, - Here is another great episode ... honestly I think it's one of the best we have ever recorded (-Enrico). We talk about color, and color you know ... it's huge. To get some help we invited Gregor Aisch from Driven By Data and asked him to talk... Folks, Here is another great episode ... honestly I think it's one of the best we have ever recorded (-Enrico). We talk about color, and color you know ... it's huge. To get some help we invited Gregor Aisch from Driven By Data and asked him to talk about his experience with color and his super useful library chroma.js. We have to apologize for a number of things. The episode came out late, the quality is not super high and we have no transcribed chapters this time. No worries, this won't happen again (or too often) and we have no intention to neglect DS. Moritz has been traveling and taking days off in beautiful Greece and Enrico was just having another baby. Update: Useful color tools suggested by some of you http://www.colourlovers.com/ http://kuler.adobe.com/ (love this!) http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/ColorTool.php Update: Here is the chapter list! We just could not let such a great episode go without proper chapter marks... [00:00] Intro: Today with Gregor Aisch from http://driven-by-data.net [02:04] Computational Visualistics [03:32] Today's topic: Color [03:46] Family drama interlude [04:08] Colors: Powerful, but tricky to get right [04:50] Color perception [09:55] Color spaces [15:39] Colors for categorical data [17:20] What's the maximum number of categorical colors to be used? [19:40] Equidistance [20:15] Colorbrewer [23:13] chrome.js [25:56] Colors for continuous data [26:41] Mo's six word advice [27:04] Color for continuous data - usually not advisable [30:14] Rainbow scales [30:48] …and how to avoid them [33:17] Color is difficult [35:07] More tips on how to do it right [37:29] Is there a method behind ugly visualization in science? [38:58] Paper: Evaluation of artery visualizations [42:39] How to deal with skewed distributions [46:19] Learn about the data, highlight the interesting insights [48:12] Redundant encoding and interaction between visual variables [51:13] Use for secondary dimensions, or small number of categories [52:57] Mo's tips [54:04] Don't forget the legend [54:34] Gregor's tips [56:07] Above all, do no harm. [56:43] Enrico's tips [58:27] Wrapping it up And stay tuned for another episode soon! We will have Jeff Heer on board! If you have any questions for him add a comment below or send us an email (see address in the right). Take care and have fun! Enrico and Moritz. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 59:34 Episode #6 – On Food http://datastori.es/epsiode-6-on-food/ http://datastori.es/epsiode-6-on-food/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 20:06:24 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=150 Continue reading →]]> Hi Folks!

In this episode we talk about food. Food? Yes, food. Moritz recently created the Müsli Ingredient Network, a visualization of ingredient combinations in müsli, and we took this as an opportunity to talk about one of our favorite topic other than Visualization, that is, food. But hey … there is a lot to visualize about food! Listen to the episode and you’ll see it.

Visualizations discussed in detail:

Mo’s Müsli Network

Mo’s Müsli Matrix

Barabasi’s Flavor Network

Episode breakdown:

[00:00] Intro
[02:18] Today’s topic – food!
[02:46] Moritz’s Muesli ingredient network
[10:13] Barabasi’s food ingredient analysis
[16:20] Are scientific papers the best way to communicate research?
[18:19] Food pairing website
[19:23] Visualizing food 40 ways
[21:02] How America spends food and drink spending per city
[22:49] Use food to represent data
[24:32] Personal data
[24:55] Nutrition data
[28:26] Self nutrition data
[30:25] Maragrida’s email: Data sexuals
[31:15] Big data – overrated?
[33:09] Hourly webcam shots
[34:57] Manually collected data
[36:20] Should you learn to code? (Sakshita’s comment)
[39:55] Wrapping it up

Links and Images:

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As usual your feedback is more than welcome. And let us know if you intend to do some visualization with food data. Have fun!

]]> http://datastori.es/epsiode-6-on-food/feed/ 4 Hi Folks! - In this episode we talk about food. Food? Yes, food. Moritz recently created the Müsli Ingredient Network, a visualization of ingredient combinations in müsli, and we took this as an opportunity to talk about one of our favorite topic othe... Hi Folks! In this episode we talk about food. Food? Yes, food. Moritz recently created the Müsli Ingredient Network, a visualization of ingredient combinations in müsli, and we took this as an opportunity to talk about one of our favorite topic other than Visualization, that is, food. But hey ... there is a lot to visualize about food! Listen to the episode and you'll see it. Visualizations discussed in detail: Episode breakdown: [00:00] Intro [02:18] Today's topic - food! [02:46] Moritz's Muesli ingredient network [10:13] Barabasi's food ingredient analysis [16:20] Are scientific papers the best way to communicate research? [18:19] Food pairing website [19:23] Visualizing food 40 ways [21:02] How America spends food and drink spending per city [22:49] Use food to represent data [24:32] Personal data [24:55] Nutrition data [28:26] Self nutrition data [30:25] Maragrida's email: Data sexuals [31:15] Big data - overrated? [33:09] Hourly webcam shots [34:57] Manually collected data [36:20] Should you learn to code? (Sakshita's comment) [39:55] Wrapping it up Links and Images: Barabasi's Food Ingredient Analysis Moritz’s Muesli Network Food Pairing Tool Visualizing Food 40 Ways (the one w/ french fries bar charts :-)) America’s Food and Drink Spending (by Interactive Things) Self Nutrition Data (food database with query visualization tools) USDA National Nutrient Database --- As usual your feedback is more than welcome. And let us know if you intend to do some visualization with food data. Have fun! Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 41:06 Episode #5 – How To Learn Data Visualization (with Andy Kirk) http://datastori.es/episode-5-how-to-learn-data-visualization-with-andy-kirk/ http://datastori.es/episode-5-how-to-learn-data-visualization-with-andy-kirk/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:16:07 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=130 Continue reading →]]> Hi Folks! We love Andy so much that we decided to keep him with us for another episode (well, actually we hope somebody will eventually pay the ransom). This time we talk about “learning visualization”, which is the perfect topic for him given his experience with his training visualization courses.

We received many requests of people who wanted to know how to learn visualization in the past. So, here we are with a more than one hour long podcast with the three of us talking about it. We just hope you’ll find the time to listen to the entire episode. If not, the breakdown below can help you chunking it into a few sessions. Have fun!

Breakdown of the episode

Introductory thoughts
00:00:00 Intro, Andy Kirk (http://visualisingdata.com) is again our guest
00:01:15 Topic: How to learn visualization
00:01:56 Multidisciplinarity
00:06:31 Reports from teaching practice
00:09:21 Theory and practice – rules vs, free exploration
00:12:24 Do you need to start with a question?

Basic skills
00:15:43 What is the basic skill set to learn?
00:16:15 Visual variables
00:18:53 Statistics and data analytics
00:19:32 Gestalt laws
00:20:32 The journalistic sense – what is an interesting angle?
00:22:19 Position is everything
00:23:38 Color is difficult

Process and tools
00:25:05 Tools
00:26:18 Data types and repertoire
00:27:15 Metaphors
00:28:52 Interaction
00:31:27 The role of design
00:32:57 How to get started?

Learning options and books
00:39:46 Everybody should have a datavis course!
00:41:32 How to learn it yourself? Books, lectures, …
00:42:39 Stephen Few: Show me the numbers
00:43:20 Andy’s first book, and mo is the cinderella of datavis
00:43:52 Readings in Information Visualization: Using vision to think
00:45:09 Edward Tufte: Visual display of quantitative information
00:46:05 Ware: Information Visualization – Perception for Design
00:47:42 Misc.
00:49:23 Our scoop!
00:52:03 Google for “information visualization lecture pdf”

The craft of visualization design
00:53:43 Now that you know everything – how to do it in practice?
00:55:01 DIY vs. template-based tools
00:57:01 Do you need to learn how to program? Yes, yep, yes, yeah. Me too.
00:58:36 Tools
01:00:17 Finding data
01:02:28 Put it out there
01:04:08 The pathetic misery that is creating data visualizations

Conclusion
01:05:52 Trying to wrap it up
01:07:13 see conference – and see+
01:08:44 Trying to wrap it up – again!

Resources and Links

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That’s all folks. Let us know how you like it and feel free to ask more questions if you have.

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-5-how-to-learn-data-visualization-with-andy-kirk/feed/ 10 Hi Folks! We love Andy so much that we decided to keep him with us for another episode (well, actually we hope somebody will eventually pay the ransom). This time we talk about "learning visualization", which is the perfect topic for him given his expe... Hi Folks! We love Andy so much that we decided to keep him with us for another episode (well, actually we hope somebody will eventually pay the ransom). This time we talk about "learning visualization", which is the perfect topic for him given his experience with his training visualization courses. We received many requests of people who wanted to know how to learn visualization in the past. So, here we are with a more than one hour long podcast with the three of us talking about it. We just hope you'll find the time to listen to the entire episode. If not, the breakdown below can help you chunking it into a few sessions. Have fun! Breakdown of the episode Introductory thoughts 00:00:00 Intro, Andy Kirk (http://visualisingdata.com) is again our guest 00:01:15 Topic: How to learn visualization 00:01:56 Multidisciplinarity 00:06:31 Reports from teaching practice 00:09:21 Theory and practice - rules vs, free exploration 00:12:24 Do you need to start with a question? Basic skills 00:15:43 What is the basic skill set to learn? 00:16:15 Visual variables 00:18:53 Statistics and data analytics 00:19:32 Gestalt laws 00:20:32 The journalistic sense - what is an interesting angle? 00:22:19 Position is everything 00:23:38 Color is difficult Process and tools 00:25:05 Tools 00:26:18 Data types and repertoire 00:27:15 Metaphors 00:28:52 Interaction 00:31:27 The role of design 00:32:57 How to get started? Learning options and books 00:39:46 Everybody should have a datavis course! 00:41:32 How to learn it yourself? Books, lectures, ... 00:42:39 Stephen Few: Show me the numbers 00:43:20 Andy's first book, and mo is the cinderella of datavis 00:43:52 Readings in Information Visualization: Using vision to think 00:45:09 Edward Tufte: Visual display of quantitative information 00:46:05 Ware: Information Visualization - Perception for Design 00:47:42 Misc. 00:49:23 Our scoop! 00:52:03 Google for "information visualization lecture pdf" The craft of visualization design 00:53:43 Now that you know everything - how to do it in practice? 00:55:01 DIY vs. template-based tools 00:57:01 Do you need to learn how to program? Yes, yep, yes, yeah. Me too. 00:58:36 Tools 01:00:17 Finding data 01:02:28 Put it out there 01:04:08 The pathetic misery that is creating data visualizations Conclusion 01:05:52 Trying to wrap it up 01:07:13 see conference - and see+ 01:08:44 Trying to wrap it up - again! Resources and Links visualisingdata's resource paper (including books) fellinlovewithdata's data visualization beginner's toolkit: books and tools "making a map together", perfecting a visualization from the guardian's data blog Ben Shneiderman's Visual Information Seeking Mantra (overview first, ...) Lakoff's metaphors we live by (if you need metaphors to use in vis) New notable vis books: Noah Illinsky's Designing Data Visualizations Nathan Yau's Visualize This Tamara Munzner's Information Visualization: Principles, Methods, and Practice (early incomplete draft) The Why Axis: vis criticism blog --- That's all folks. Let us know how you like it and feel free to ask more questions if you have. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:10:38 Episode #4 – Malofiej 20 (with Andy Kirk) http://datastori.es/episode-4-malofiej-20-with-andy-kirk/ http://datastori.es/episode-4-malofiej-20-with-andy-kirk/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:02:58 +0000 moritzstefaner http://datastori.es/?p=107 Continue reading →]]> We have our first guest on the show! Andy Kirk and Moritz just came back from Malofiej 20, the Infographic World Summit, and we used the chance to discuss our impressions of the event — the conference, the awards, the workshops and the general vibe.

Breakdown of the episode

[00:00:00] Intro and welcome to our guest Andy “Not McCandless” Kirk from visualisingdata.com
[00:02:31] Malofiej: what is it, how did we there and some history
[00:07:20] Pamplona lifestyle
[00:08:42] Stockholm syndrome or best friends forever?
[00:10:08] Conference talks in short
[00:10:23] Gonzalo Peltzer
[00:12:12] Andrew Vande Moere
[00:14:02] Moritz Stefaner (slides)
[00:16:13] Andy “Big Data” Kirk (slides)
[00:23:00] Sheila Pontis
[00:25:15] Bryan Christie
[00:27:39] Simon Rogers
[00:28:47] Robert Kosara
[00:30:44] Alberto Cairo
[00:31:59] Anne Gerdes, Nora Coenenberg
[00:33:42] Nigel Holmes
[00:35:20] Matthew Bloch
[00:37:15] Ginny Mason
[00:39:14] Carl DeTorres
[00:41:34] Jaime Serra
[00:44:17] Sergio Pecanha
[00:45:50] Mario Tascon (@mtascon)
[00:46:43] The awards
Winner list (pdf)
Gold medals with Jury remarks
All online winners with links [colorful-data.net]

[00:49:49] New York Times dominates
[00:51:22] Best of show: Guantanamo Detainees
Print piece (and some background info)
Online

[00:53:49] New York Times again
[00:58:17] Internet Group do Brasil
[00:58:49] Resumé
[01:03:02] What is an information graphic, after all?
Images of the Devastation Along Misurata’s Main Road
Part Ape, Part Human

[01:05:25] We should all submit our online works
[01:06:27] We just can’t finish

 

The jury + speaker crowd

More on Malofiej 20

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-4-malofiej-20-with-andy-kirk/feed/ 3 We have our first guest on the show! Andy Kirk and Moritz just came back from Malofiej 20, the Infographic World Summit, and we used the chance to discuss our impressions of the event — the conference, the awards, the workshops and the general vibe. - We have our first guest on the show! Andy Kirk and Moritz just came back from Malofiej 20, the Infographic World Summit, and we used the chance to discuss our impressions of the event — the conference, the awards, the workshops and the general vibe. Breakdown of the episode [00:00:00] Intro and welcome to our guest Andy "Not McCandless" Kirk from visualisingdata.com [00:02:31] Malofiej: what is it, how did we there and some history [00:07:20] Pamplona lifestyle [00:08:42] Stockholm syndrome or best friends forever? [00:10:08] Conference talks in short [00:10:23] Gonzalo Peltzer [00:12:12] Andrew Vande Moere [00:14:02] Moritz Stefaner (slides) [00:16:13] Andy "Big Data" Kirk (slides) [00:23:00] Sheila Pontis [00:25:15] Bryan Christie [00:27:39] Simon Rogers [00:28:47] Robert Kosara [00:30:44] Alberto Cairo [00:31:59] Anne Gerdes, Nora Coenenberg [00:33:42] Nigel Holmes [00:35:20] Matthew Bloch [00:37:15] Ginny Mason [00:39:14] Carl DeTorres [00:41:34] Jaime Serra [00:44:17] Sergio Pecanha [00:45:50] Mario Tascon (@mtascon) [00:46:43] The awards Winner list (pdf) Gold medals with Jury remarks All online winners with links [colorful-data.net] [00:49:49] New York Times dominates [00:51:22] Best of show: Guantanamo Detainees Print piece (and some background info) Online [00:53:49] New York Times again [00:58:17] Internet Group do Brasil [00:58:49] Resumé [01:03:02] What is an information graphic, after all? Images of the Devastation Along Misurata’s Main Road Part Ape, Part Human [01:05:25] We should all submit our online works [01:06:27] We just can't finish   The jury + speaker crowd More on Malofiej 20 25 lessons learned Bryan Christie's initial thoughts, and more thoughts Robert Kosara's perspective  Andy Kirk's reflections Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 1:09:37 Episode #3 – How do you evaluate visualization? http://datastori.es/episode-3-vis-evaluation/ http://datastori.es/episode-3-vis-evaluation/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:18:07 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=89 Continue reading →]]> Hi there, we made it to the third episode (a bit late though, Moritz was travelling to SXSW).

In this episode we first answer to some of the questions we received and then we move on to the main topic: how do you evaluate visualization? We have been discussing some contests in episode #2 and thought evaluation is really a key issue there.

Breakdown of the episode

[00:00] Intro
[01:34] Listener question: Terms and conditions in competitions
[03:46] Listener question: Connect research and practitioners
[07:43] Listener question: How to stay objective about your own work?
[10:23] Listener question: Do we criticize each other?
[11:15] Listener question: How to introduce business people to benefits of visualization beyond Excel?
[13:58] News: Visualizing sprint
[15:54] News: Kartograph
[19:40] SxSW Panel: Intent and Impact: How Visualization Makes a Change
[21:36] Quality criteria and evaluating information visualizations: traditional academic approach
[28:08] Evaluation beyond simple, clear-cut tasks
[33:13] Enrico admits his secret love of David MacCandless
[33:58] Andrew Vande Moere and Helen Purchase: On the role of design in information visualization
[35:00] Truth and Beauty or: “I know it when I see it”
[38:36] Data politics and importance of how the end product came about
[40:36] Tamara Munzner’s nested model for visualization evaluation and design
[44:25] Code of ethics
[45:59] Wrap up and outlook

Links and images

Research papers mentioned in the episode

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Have fun and, as usual, let us know what you think!

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-3-vis-evaluation/feed/ 4 Hi there, we made it to the third episode (a bit late though, Moritz was travelling to SXSW). - In this episode we first answer to some of the questions we received and then we move on to the main topic: how do you evaluate visualization? Hi there, we made it to the third episode (a bit late though, Moritz was travelling to SXSW). In this episode we first answer to some of the questions we received and then we move on to the main topic: how do you evaluate visualization? We have been discussing some contests in episode #2 and thought evaluation is really a key issue there. Breakdown of the episode [00:00] Intro [01:34] Listener question: Terms and conditions in competitions [03:46] Listener question: Connect research and practitioners [07:43] Listener question: How to stay objective about your own work? [10:23] Listener question: Do we criticize each other? [11:15] Listener question: How to introduce business people to benefits of visualization beyond Excel? [13:58] News: Visualizing sprint [15:54] News: Kartograph [19:40] SxSW Panel: Intent and Impact: How Visualization Makes a Change [21:36] Quality criteria and evaluating information visualizations: traditional academic approach [28:08] Evaluation beyond simple, clear-cut tasks [33:13] Enrico admits his secret love of David MacCandless [33:58] Andrew Vande Moere and Helen Purchase: On the role of design in information visualization [35:00] Truth and Beauty or: "I know it when I see it" [38:36] Data politics and importance of how the end product came about [40:36] Tamara Munzner's nested model for visualization evaluation and design [44:25] Code of ethics [45:59] Wrap up and outlook Links and images SxSW Visualizing.org sprint Kartograph SxSW panel: Intent and Impact Force-Directed Edge Bundling for Graph Visualization Hippocratic Oath (see towards the end of the post) A Code of Ethics for Data Visualization Professionals Research papers mentioned in the episode On the role of design in information visualization. Andrew Vande Moere and Helen Purchase. An Insight-Based Methodology for Evaluating Bioinformatics Visualizations. Purvi Saraiya, Chris North, and Karen Duca. A nested process model for visualization design and validation. Tamara Munzner. --- Have fun and, as usual, let us know what you think! Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 48:23 Episode #2 – Visualization Contests, Marathons, Challenges, Awards, Etc. http://datastori.es/episode-2-vis-contests/ http://datastori.es/episode-2-vis-contests/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:49:17 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=67 Continue reading →]]> Hi Folks, the second episode is out!

First and foremost: thanks a lot for your kind and useful feedback! It’s fantastic to know you are there listening to us. In a way, it’s magic.

A big thank also to to David Schroeder of pilotvibe.com for creating a jingle for Data Stories. Yes, we have a jingle now!

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In this episode we talk mainly about contest, awards, marathons, etc. (but don’t miss Mo’s rant at the end :-) ).

Here is the episode chapters breakdown:
[00:27] Recent activities
[01:56] Feedback for first episode
[05:22] Title music by Dave Schroeder from pilotvibe.com
[05:43] Visualizing.org marathon grand prize
[09:13] Types of contests and awards
[11:28] NSF visualization award has no category for interactive vis
[12:28] Academic contests tradition
[13:45] VAST Challenge
[21:05] Information is beautiful awards
[22:15] Lines in the sand
[24:23] Information is beautiful awards pt. 2
[25:19] Our favorite entry: “Spotlight of profitability”
[31:55] Wrapping up the contests
[33:07] Mo’s rant on outrageous RFPs
[35:33] Outlook

Visualizations Discussed in Detail
Some of you voiced the need to have more to see before listening to the episode. Here are the main visuals we discuss in details (click on the images to have a higher resolution version).

E-Cube-Librium - Visualizing Marathon 2011 Grand Prize Winner
(see how it works: http://invent.ge/ecube-how)

e-cube-librium

Spotlight of Profitability (see 2nd entry in the list) – Information is Beautiful Awards
(Our favorite entry for IBA)

SPOTLIGHT-ON-PROFITABILITY

Contests Mentioned in the Episode

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As usual, let us know what you think. Criticism is welcome.

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-2-vis-contests/feed/ 5 Hi Folks, the second episode is out! - First and foremost: thanks a lot for your kind and useful feedback! It's fantastic to know you are there listening to us. In a way, it's magic. - A big thank also to to David Schroeder of pilotvibe. Hi Folks, the second episode is out! First and foremost: thanks a lot for your kind and useful feedback! It's fantastic to know you are there listening to us. In a way, it's magic. A big thank also to to David Schroeder of pilotvibe.com for creating a jingle for Data Stories. Yes, we have a jingle now! --- In this episode we talk mainly about contest, awards, marathons, etc. (but don't miss Mo's rant at the end :-)). Here is the episode chapters breakdown: [00:27] Recent activities [01:56] Feedback for first episode [05:22] Title music by Dave Schroeder from pilotvibe.com [05:43] Visualizing.org marathon grand prize [09:13] Types of contests and awards [11:28] NSF visualization award has no category for interactive vis [12:28] Academic contests tradition [13:45] VAST Challenge [21:05] Information is beautiful awards [22:15] Lines in the sand [24:23] Information is beautiful awards pt. 2 [25:19] Our favorite entry: "Spotlight of profitability" [31:55] Wrapping up the contests [33:07] Mo's rant on outrageous RFPs [35:33] Outlook Visualizations Discussed in Detail Some of you voiced the need to have more to see before listening to the episode. Here are the main visuals we discuss in details (click on the images to have a higher resolution version). E-Cube-Librium - Visualizing Marathon 2011 Grand Prize Winner (see how it works: http://invent.ge/ecube-how) Spotlight of Profitability (see 2nd entry in the list) - Information is Beautiful Awards (Our favorite entry for IBA) Contests Mentioned in the Episode NSF Challenge VAST Challenge Information is Beautiful Awards Visualizing Marathon --- As usual, let us know what you think. Criticism is welcome. Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 39:44 Episode #1 – Exuberant Animated Data Kitsch http://datastori.es/episode-1-exuberant-animated-data-kitsch/ http://datastori.es/episode-1-exuberant-animated-data-kitsch/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:39:37 +0000 Enrico Bertini http://datastori.es/?p=35 Continue reading →]]> Hi Folks, in this episode we discuss the goods and bads of animated visualization:

03:26 – Introducing Data Stories
06:05 – Data Animation Kitsch
14:40 – Using Animation Interactively
17:54 – Scientific Research on Animation
27:17 – Eye-candy and the 2D vs. 3D Debate
29:37 – Engagement and “Data Entertainment”
31:19 – Contests and Marathons
41:07 – Conclusion

Here are some useful links to follow the discussion.

Examples.

Well-crafted round-up article by Andy Kirk

Research papers on animation.

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What do you think of animation in visualization? Is it effective? Can you resist the allure?

]]> http://datastori.es/episode-1-exuberant-animated-data-kitsch/feed/ 16 Hi Folks, in this episode we discuss the goods and bads of animated visualization: - 03:26 - Introducing Data Stories 06:05 - Data Animation Kitsch 14:40 - Using Animation Interactively 17:54 - Scientific Research on Animation Hi Folks, in this episode we discuss the goods and bads of animated visualization: 03:26 - Introducing Data Stories 06:05 - Data Animation Kitsch 14:40 - Using Animation Interactively 17:54 - Scientific Research on Animation 27:17 - Eye-candy and the 2D vs. 3D Debate 29:37 - Engagement and "Data Entertainment" 31:19 - Contests and Marathons 41:07 - Conclusion Here are some useful links to follow the discussion. Examples. GE Installations (turbines and imaging scans) Deluge (Norwegians moving house) The Classic Koblin's Flight Patterns The Classic Yau's Growth of Walmart KIVA Micro-Loans Well-crafted round-up article by Andy Kirk Research papers on animation. Animation: can it facilitate? Tversky et al. Int. J. Human-Computer Studies (2002) 57, 247–262. Effectiveness of animation in trend visualization. G. Robertson et al. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2008) 14(6) 1325 - 1332. A Comparison of Animated Maps with Static Small-Multiple Maps for Visually Identifying Space-Time Clusters. A. L. Griffin et al. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96(4), 2006, pp. 740–753. --- What do you think of animation in visualization? Is it effective? Can you resist the allure? Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner no 44:32