I started creating Excel versions of the graphs in the Financial Times’ Visual Vocabulary a couple of weeks ago and have successfully completed all but 13. The FT’s graphic library was based on the Graphic Continuum work Severino Ribecca and…
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Michael Freeman is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Washington Information School, where he teaches courses in data science, interactive data visualization, and web development. Prior to his teaching career, he worked as a data visualization specialist and research…
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RJ Andrews is a data storyteller. He is the author of the new book Info We Trust, a lavish adventure exploring how to inspire the world with data. RJ blends creative arts and data science to inform. As an independent creative…
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Spoiler alert! This post is going to ruin the end of the movie Avengers: Infinity War. The movie was released in April of this year and grossed more than $2 billion worldwide, so if you haven’t seen it, you probably…
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Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m just back from Germany attending the Information+ Conference in Potsdam and am excited for this week’s episode. This week, I chat with Britt Rusert, one of the editors of the new book, W. E….
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Eileen Webb is a digital strategist and co-founder of webmeadow, a firm that helps progressive organizations develop content and technology strategies to make the world a better place. Her background is in server-side coding and being that odd person who…
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Scott Murray is the Principal Learning Scientist at O’Reilly Media. Prior to that work, he was an Assistant Professor of Design at USF. He works with code, data, and computation to design learning experiences and is deeply interested in learning, teaching,…
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You have the poster on your wall and the desktop sheet tacked next to your computer. You’ve flipped through the card pack to learn specific definitions for specific graph types. Now comes a game! Today, I’m are excited to announce…
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There’s a new book about data visualization and data-driven storytelling about to hit bookshelves. Data-Driven Storytelling, edited by Nathalie Henry Riche, Christophe Hurter, Nicholas Diakopoulos, and Sheelagh Carpendale is an edited volume originating from a weeklong data storytelling conference at Schloss-Dagstuhl in…
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How many maps have you seen and not thought twice about how the data are plotted? Has the author carefully considered the colors assigned to the geographic units? Are the data placed into reasonably sized bins or groups? How were…
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