I always mess with my site around the new year, and this year is no exception. In addition to a new theme, I’ve also been thinking about content. Here are some thoughts on what I want to do in 2015. [Read more…] about eagereyes will be bloggier in 2015
Blog 2014
Data Stories starring Tamara Munzner
The latest episode of the Data Stories podcast has Tamara Munzner as the guest. They talk about her much-anticipated book, visualization taxonomies, and a lot more. It’s a great episode, well worth listening to.
Review: Wainer, Picturing the Uncertain World
Picturing the Uncertain World by Howard Wainer is a book about statistics and statistical thinking, aided by visual depictions of data. Each article in the collection starts by stating a question or phenomenon, which is then investigated further using some clever statistics. [Read more…] about Review: Wainer, Picturing the Uncertain World
VIS 2014 Observations and Thoughts
While I’ve covered individual talks and events at IEEE VIS 2014, there are also some overall observations – positive and negative – I thought would be interesting to write down to see what others were thinking. [Read more…] about VIS 2014 Observations and Thoughts
VIS 2014 – Friday
Wow, that was fast! VIS 2014 is already over. This year’s last day was shorter than in previous years, with just one morning session and then the closing session with the capstone talk. [Read more…] about VIS 2014 – Friday
VIS 2014 – Thursday
Thursday was the penultimate day of VIS 2014. I ended up only going to InfoVis sessions, and unfortunately missed a panel I had been planning to see. The papers were a bit more mixed, but there were agains some really good ones. [Read more…] about VIS 2014 – Thursday
VIS 2014 – Wednesday
Wednesday is more than the halfway point of the conference, and was clearly the high point so far. There were some great papers, the arts program, and I got to see the Bertin exhibit.
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VIS 2014 – Tuesday
The big opening day of the conference, Tuesday, brought us a keynote, talks, and panels. Also, a new trend I really like: many talks end with the URL of a webpage that contains a brief summary of the paper, the PDF, and often even a link to the source code of the tool they developed. [Read more…] about VIS 2014 – Tuesday
VIS 2014 – Monday
IEEE VIS 2014 technically began on Saturday, with the first full day open to all attendees being Sunday. Monday continued the workshops and tutorials, and that is where we join our intrepid reporter. [Read more…] about VIS 2014 – Monday
The VIS Sports Authority
When you think of a conference, does sitting around a lot come to mind? Lots of food? Bad coffee? No time to work out? For the first time in VIS history, there will be a way to exercise your body, not just your mind. The VIS Sports Authority, which is totally an official thing that I didn’t just make up, will kick your ass at VIS 2014. [Read more…] about The VIS Sports Authority