Tag Archives: information visualization
Lessons from Trainersville
Yesterday I ran my first ever day-long training workshop. I’ve done plenty of workshops before, and written my own material, but this was the first time I’d ever planned, written and delivered an entire day on my own, start to … Continue reading
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Beauty, abstraction and storytelling
Garr Reynolds, consummate presenter. Check out those slides – just beautiful. I’m a huge fan of his book, too – Garr’s presentational style is really something to aspire to: simple, elegant, and entertaining. Also, he frames everything using stories, something … Continue reading
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Why cartography is such a good communication tool
Maps are a brilliant way of communicating information. For me, maps work on two levels. The first is that they provide a visual representation of a landmass — or figurative landmass, like the organisation of a company, the brain, or the Dewey … Continue reading
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Ignore visual metaphor at your peril
I went to a research talk recently. It was a brilliant example of how to talk lucidly about science despite having poor graphical representations of the data. The the speaker was youngish, eloquent, and unashamed of it (more people should … Continue reading
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