Tag: Data Visualization

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Mary Aviles

Generating Data Action: How an MIT Professor Hopes Data Can Empower Civic Change

Technology, applied responsibly, has the potential to drive social change. Public tech, sometimes called gov-tech, can connect and mobilize people, improve city experiences, and reduce government..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Peter Grundy

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. This installment of “Three Questions With …” features 40-year design veteran Peter Grundy, a London-based..
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Sarah Steimer

Peter Grundy on Informative, Fun, and Elegant Design

Learn how Peter Grundy, 40-year information design veteran, educates his audience through cheery, simple illustrations.
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Mary Aviles

REVIEW: A Guided Virtual Tour of ‘Data Visualization and the Modern Imagination’

Like inventors, explorers, and philosophers, data visualizers have honed their craft through experimentation, abject failure, breakthrough moments, pushing boundaries, and by standing on the shoulders..
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Mary Aviles

Three Questions with… RJ Andrews

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. On September 25, 2020, the virtual doors of the Stanford Libraries’ swung open to reveal the..
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Krist Wongsuphasawat

Navigating the Wide World of Data Visualization Libraries

Graphics and visualization developers often get presented with a simple yet difficult question: “Which visualization library should I use?” Typically, making this decision is not about..
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Zach Bowders

Viz What You Love

After a long day of meetings, projections, and rigorous data analysis there’s nothing I look forward to more in the evening than sitting down and..
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Bill Shander

The Past, Present, and Future of Scrollytelling

Just as earthquakes are (tangentially) related to presidential elections, so too are avalanches related to data storytelling and visualization. Before I tell you how, though,..
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Will Chase

Constructing a Career in Dataviz: Finding Success

My father grew up on a farm in rural Kansas. His father and grandfather were both builders, and growing up on the farm, he gained..
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Mary Aviles

Indelible Impressions: Why You Won’t Forget the Map Room Project

In my quest to improve data fluency among those who think of themselves as non-data people, I am always on the lookout for physical manifestations..
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Amy Cesal

Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization

Alt text (sometimes called alt tags or alternative text) are written descriptions added to images that convey the meaning of the visual. Good alt text helps more people..
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Isaac Levy-Rubinett

With Great Visualization Comes Great Responsibility

When The New York Times’s visual story How the Virus Got Out published, the two circles of data journalists Youyou Zhou is a member of reacted differently. On..
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Amy Cesal

How to Create Brand Colors for Data Visualization Style Guidelines

The most common push back I hear about creating a unique style guide for data visualization, is “We have a style guide for the brand,..
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Tiffany France

Choosing Fonts for Your Data Visualization

The purpose of data visualization is to provide a layout that relays lots of information quickly. Good visualizations help the user understand complicated data without..
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Alana Pirrone

Visualizing Likert Scale Data: Same Data, Displayed Seven Different Ways

Working with research and evaluations teams, I’m often faced with the question of how to effectively display Likert scale data. If you are not familiar..
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Claire Santoro

Three Questions with… Stefanie Posavec and Miriam Quick

This content originally appeared as part of The ‘Gale newsletter. This issue’s installment of “Three Questions With …” is a double feature! Today we’re chatting..