This site has gone through many different looks and designs. I haven’t kept count, but I’d be surprised if it was fewer than ten. So far, they have all either been off-the-shelf generic designs or ones I had created myself. For its tenth birthday, I decided to splurge and get eagereyes a complete makeover: a new theme and a real, custom logo. [Read more…] about Meet the New Logo and Theme!
Blog 2016
The Controversies
I have opinions. I state those opinions. Not everybody likes my opinions. And sometimes it’s not just a matter of opinion, but also of tone and approach. Criticism can be a useful tool or it can be an angry attack. Figuring out which is which isn’t always easy while you’re doing it. [Read more…] about The Controversies
Eagereyes’ Early History
Just ahead of the first decade of this website’s history clicking over, here’s a look back at where things started. Some of those postings were terrible, some of them were quite prescient or are even still popular. [Read more…] about Eagereyes’ Early History
The Ten Years of EagerEyes Blogstravaganza
October 1 marks the ten-year anniversary of this website. Well, it’s really older than that, but the first posting in its modern history is dated October 1, 2006. To celebrate, this week will see a posting every day, so hold on to your hats! [Read more…] about The Ten Years of EagerEyes Blogstravaganza
Tapestry 2017: St. Augustine, FL on March 1st
We just announced next year’s Tapestry Conference – the fifth episode (chapter? act?)! It will take place on March 1st, 2017, in St. Augustine, FL. We have three exciting keynotes, and we’re looking for your talk proposals, posters, and demos! [Read more…] about Tapestry 2017: St. Augustine, FL on March 1st
Ben Shneiderman’s Chart Pies
So turns out Ben Shneiderman is into pies! Actual pies that is, but in the form of charts. Rather than, you know, the other way around. Feast your eyes on delicious-looking chart pies!
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Review: Lupi, Posavec, Dear Data
Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec have turned their Dear Data project into a book. It’s a great example of the kind of creative work you can do around visualization without computers, entirely by hand. What started with a simple idea turned into an amazing project. [Read more…] about Review: Lupi, Posavec, Dear Data
The Bits Are Rotting in the State of Data Journalism
News articles are an incredibly important source of historical information. Online media and interactive pieces are much more at risk of breaking or disappearing, at least in theory. Well, it’s not just theory. A quick look around shows a number of even fairly recent pieces in major publications that are broken today. [Read more…] about The Bits Are Rotting in the State of Data Journalism
A Reanalysis of A Study About (Square) Pie Charts from 2009
After my recent posting on the results of our pie charts studies, Jorge Camoes teased me on Twitter about square pie charts. So I dug up the data from a study we ran many years ago to look at how well they compare to bars, pies, and squares. [Read more…] about A Reanalysis of A Study About (Square) Pie Charts from 2009
New, Improved Traveling Presidential Candidate Map
Many years ago, when this website was still young, I created a map of all the ZIP codes in the U.S. in numeric order and then wondered about the shortest path through all of them. I dubbed that The Traveling Presidential Candidate Map. Here is an improved version that’s interactive and much more efficient than the old one. [Read more…] about New, Improved Traveling Presidential Candidate Map