Data Visualisation

for Hacks & Hackers

(in Prague!)

what is it all about

that's the buzz, baby

and there is nothing you can do about it ...

information visualisation

philosophy?

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data visualisation

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data are abstract

while we human beings come from a world of sensible things

sense making

• Smell
• Taste
• Hearing
• Touch
• Sight

Sight - let's keep it simple

a cultural problem

this is not serious enough for business

not serious for business?

but time has elapsed...

the media is different

and it offers a small, disrupting feature

• brushing
• linked views
• something we still don't imagine

this will be a design problem, be aware

tables- versus -strokes

tools

reduced creativity tools

• datawrapper
• google charts
• illustrator
• anybody who did actually use it?
  • recline
  • raw

vectorial is the key

enhanced creativity tools

• d3
• pencil & paper
• processing
• some javascript frameworks & CSS

D3

it's a flexible tool

usability research effort from Stanford and Berkeley visualization groups

for example ...

vis.berkeley paper→object constancy

is the result of the research effort of a whole laboratory, and more than one

gallery

Data!

your company data

tools for data troubles

• R
• python (pandas + vincent)
• SQL
• bash (linux or mac shell)
• make

examples

• U.S. Gun Deaths
• fashion week
• twists and turns
• Wahlland
• Bundeskabitett

how hard can it get?

anatomy of a force chart

reference for custom gravity

were it is used

how hard can it get?

• interdisciplinary
  • data analysis
  • design
    • interaction
    • visual
  • programming
    • frontend
    • backend (data processing)
• innovative
  • purpose
  • concepts
  • technologies

like doing research, in an interdisciplinary field

should we just give up?

"Coding is expensive and slow, journalism should be cheap and fast"

strategies

Flugrouten Radar

rethink news

disqus

infomous

market watch

what is "reduced creativity"?

sparklines!

thanks !

Questions?

@liberalogica