Visualizing information
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This document appears to be a slide presentation about visualizing information. Some key points: - The presenter, Andries, discusses why he believes in using visualizations to communicate complex information, citing how his mother was able to teach students using visual and narrative techniques. - Andries notes that "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand," quoting Confucius to emphasize the importance of visual communication. - Andries provides some tips for creating effective visualizations, including using structured data, prototyping interactions, choosing appropriate visualizations like simple graphs over "info porn", and learning from other media like games, documentaries and movies.
Visualizing information
- 1. VISUALIZING INFORMATION These are the slides of my talk at #multimania 2013
- 2. HI, I AM ANDRIES - @dretio Check the crab.
- 3. 50% 40% 10% Who I am Why I believe Lessons learned
- 4. PART 1 : WHY I BELIEVE Some interactive video in the background. I removed it to keep this snappy.
- 5. MY MOM
- 6. How did my mother manage to learn complex stuff to her students?
- 7. She used visualizations & narrative techniques. I still like the “nude virgins dancing in the moonlight” slide.
- 8. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius
- 9. My mom’s lab results : I think it’s very sad & she doesn’t understand a **
- 10. Federal government sites : very sad
- 11. Some modern interfaces : very sad
- 12. So I started my own company.
- 13. CO-FOUNDER BITS OF LOVE, A VISUALIZATION STUDIO
- 16. InteractionAesthetics NarrativeData Basics of a good interactive visualization
- 18. DRIVERS : OPEN DATA
- 19. DRIVERS : PERSONAL DATA
- 21. A good example : http:// elections.nytimes.com/ 2012/results/president/ scenarios
- 23. See your visualizations as a tool. A tool to perform tasks. A tool to communicate. Alberto Cairo A good mentor
- 24. John Snow : used visualizations to communicate his medical research
- 25. Florence Nightingale : used visualizations for her plea to better hygiene
- 26. ‘70s protests
- 27. ‘80s protests
- 29. PART 2 : SOME TIPS
- 30. #1 “STRUCTURED” DATA Datasets always contain hidden problems.
- 31. YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND Experts can learn to interpret the data correctly
- 33. MORE CONTEXT
- 34. #2 IT’S A LONG ROAD An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 35. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 36. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 38. USE MORE CIRCLES Circle porn is very hard to tackle
- 39. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 40. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 41. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 42. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 43. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 44. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 45. An overview how we created http:// s3.infografiek.lab.vrt .be/federaal
- 46. #3 PROTOTYPE
- 47. “I need to feel the interaction constantly” Jonathan Harris
- 48. #4 MAKE THE RIGHT BEST CHOICE
- 49. Don’t do “info porn”. Use simple & clear graphs when possible.
- 50. AREA’S ARE HARD TO READ
- 52. #5 RESPECT MATH Some warnings to designers
- 55. #6 RESPECT STATISTICS Difference between “average”, “mode” and “median”
- 56. #7 INTERACTION FOR IMPACT
- 58. Great example : http:// www.nytimes.com/ interactive/2012/02/13/ us/politics/2013- budget-proposal-
- 59. #8 LEARN FROM OTHER MEDIA
- 60. GAMES
- 61. DOCUS Great docu example : http:// nederlandvanboven.vpr o.nl/afleveringen/ overzicht.html
- 62. MOVIES Moneyball
- 63. SCIFI Star Trek
- 64. SCIFI Great book
- 65. THE WORLD Red stripes = red cars = female drivers?
- 66. THE WORLD
- 67. HOPE I hope my mom’s lab results will look better in the future
- 68. ANDRIES@BITSOFLOVE.BE @DRETIO Contact us if you want to work in this field or want us to help you out.