A new series by the New York Times is equally exciting and painful: it presents visualizations for discussion in class, but the outside help they are getting is coming from statistics rather than visualization. It’s another reminder of just how far we still have to go to even be noticed as a research field.
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Vis Potpourri, September 2017
A potpourri is a collection of spices and plants that create a pleasant aroma together. This new series assembles a list of links to recently interesting things in visualization, from both information visualization (InfoVis, which I normally cover on this site) and scientific visualization (SciVis) – the latter covered by new blog collaborator and medical visualization assistant professor, Noeska Smit.
Review: Putting Stories to Work and Out On the Wire
Two books I’ve read recently make good points about stories that apply to data stories, without the books being about data: Shawn Callahan’s Putting Stories to Work and Jessica Abel’s Out On the Wire.
The Season of Storytelling: Kicking It Off With A Podcast
It's (almost) Fall – a good time for telling stories! Jon Schwabish invited me to be on his PolicyViz podcast again to kick off its new season. And I have a long list of things to write about around that topic, too.
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ZIPScribble Map
What happens when you connect all the ZIP codes in the U.S. in order? It's a surprising and interesting pattern. Explore yourself!
Pie Charts
Think you know pie charts? Here's an overview, tips&tricks, and cutting-edge research on the chart everybody loves to hate.
Techniques
Bar charts, pie charts, parallel coordinates, Venn diagrams, … What are they? How do they work? Which one do you use for what?
Papers
When I publish scientific papers, I write about them here. There's research on visualization techniques, perception, and other topics.
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eagereyes has been around for a bit! This interactive calendar lets you explore more than ten years' worth of content.