This is the fifth article in my Visualisation Insights series. The purpose of this series is to provide readers with unique insights into the field of visualisation from the different perspectives of those in the roles of designer, practitioner, academic, blogger, journalist and all sorts of other visual thinkers. My aim is to bring together […]
Visualisation Insights: #5 Head of Data Visualisation Read More »
Its been a great start to the week in the world of visualisation with Paul Butler’s terrific design showing some fascinating patterns of Facebook friends and Nathan Yau reminding us of some of the best work that has taken place this year. Now, the New York Times graphics team have joined the party with the
Mapping America: More visualisation brilliance from NYT Read More »
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting and useful articles I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from November 2010
Best of the visualisation web… November 2010 Read More »
On Friday I announced the two finalists battling it out in my ‘visualisations in the wild’ contest. Over the weekend and right up to an hour ago I’ve been inundated with email messages, tweets and post comments from readers casting their vote for which visualisation they believe best captures the essence of this competition. The
‘Visualisations in the wild’ contest: The winner! Read More »
A couple of weeks ago I launched a contest for one lucky reader to win a full conference pass to the O’Reilly Strata ‘Making Data Work’ conference taking place in Santa Clara, CA in February 2011.
‘Visualisations in the wild’ contest final: vote for your winner! Read More »
Fascinated to read in the mainstream press about Tableau’s decision to remove a series of visualisations published by WikiLeaks using Tableau Public, following pressure from Senator Joe Lieberman. Elissa Fink of Tableau has published an explanation of the background behind this decision. The key excerpts from this explanation are: Our terms of service require that
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A couple of items of news have popped up this week which give further evidence of the growing mainstream appreciation and appeal of visualisation. The fact both involve the BBC is very encouraging and continues their recent coverage of this subject following their Newsnight programme featuring David McCandless back in August. The Joy of Stats
BBC going deeper into visualisation Read More »
It almost passed me by unnoticed but I realised I made my 100th blog post yesterday and so I felt justified to compile a self-indulgent post to celebrate the fact. For those of you from non-cricket playing nations, 100 not out is terminology used to describe a player who has reached the treasured milestone of
Visualising Data – 100 not out… Read More »
I spent a couple of days last week in Bristol at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)/Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Workshop on “The Challenges of Visualising Biological Data“. It was a great privilege to have had my expression of interest converted into an invitation to this (possibly) one-off event and I
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You may have seen a recent post where I published details of a great event being held in February 2011. The O’Reilly Strata ‘Making Data Work’ conference will bring together a unique blend of professionals, experts and innovators from all walks of the data world, including a very strong visualisation presence. For those who can
Visualisation Contest: Send a great example from ‘the wild’ Read More »