Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
What is Data Vis?
Search
Jim Vallandingham
March 01, 2016
0
930
What is Data Vis?
Jim Vallandingham
March 01, 2016
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Jim Vallandingham
See All by Jim Vallandingham
Histograms to View Oodles of Doodles from Google
vlandham
0
1.9k
Exciting Trends in Data Visualization
vlandham
0
820
Using and Abusing the Force
vlandham
0
22k
Abstract Maps for a Powerful Impact
vlandham
0
2.6k
Featured
See All Featured
Refactoring Trust on Your Teams (GOTO; Chicago 2020)
rmw
35
3.2k
Building a Scalable Design System with Sketch
lauravandoore
462
33k
Dealing with People You Can't Stand - Big Design 2015
cassininazir
367
27k
Evolution of real-time – Irina Nazarova, EuRuKo, 2024
irinanazarova
9
970
The Myth of the Modular Monolith - Day 2 Keynote - Rails World 2024
eileencodes
26
3.1k
jQuery: Nuts, Bolts and Bling
dougneiner
64
7.9k
Bootstrapping a Software Product
garrettdimon
PRO
307
110k
Keith and Marios Guide to Fast Websites
keithpitt
411
22k
VelocityConf: Rendering Performance Case Studies
addyosmani
332
24k
Documentation Writing (for coders)
carmenintech
75
5k
Writing Fast Ruby
sferik
629
62k
Why You Should Never Use an ORM
jnunemaker
PRO
59
9.6k
Transcript
WHAT IS DATA VIS? and why should I care? Jim
Vallandingham Data Visualization Engineer @ Bocoup
BOCOUP.COM
None
WHAT IS DATA VIS? A Short boring Answer
WHAT IS DATA VIS? Visual Encoding Of data To Communicate
WHAT IS DATA VIS?
WHAT IS DATA VIS? But what is it Really?
WHAT IS DATA VIS? A Long boring Answer
WHAT IS DATA VIS? fancy Barcharts
WHAT IS DATA VIS? fancy Barcharts (not really)
fancy Barcharts
fancy Barcharts
WHAT IS DATA VIS? A History
A History Babylonian c. 1400 BCE
A History William Playfair 1821
WHAT IS DATA VIS? An Intersection
An Intersection
WHAT IS DATA VIS? An Academic Field
An Academic Field
An Academic Field
An Academic Field
WHAT IS DATA VIS? A Design Process
Design is a process Not a Product
Data Design is a Specific kind of design process Scott
Murray
But to What End?
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? What’s the Point?
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? Aggregate and Elucidate
Aggregate and Elucidate
Aggregate and Elucidate
Aggregate and Elucidate
Aggregate and Elucidate
Aggregate and Elucidate
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? Show Connections
Show Connections
Show Connections
Show Connections
Show Connections
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? Tell A Story
Tell A Story
Tell A Story
Tell A Story
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? Increase Data Literacy
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? In a Good Way
None
None
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? In a BAD way
In a BAD way
In a BAD way
In a BAD way
In a BAD way
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? Increase Algorithmic Literacy
Increase Algorithmic Literacy
Increase Algorithmic Literacy
WHAT CAN DATA VIS DO? Change The World?
Change The World
Change The World
Change The World
Everyday in Science Change The World
VISUALIZING How can you get into this Awesome field?
Code-less
Code-less RAW
Code-less LYRA
Code-less TABLEAU
Code-less DATABASIC
Code-ful
Code-ful PYTHON MATPLOTLIB
Code-ful PYTHON SEABORN
Code-ful R GGPLOT2
Code-ful JAVASCRIPT P5.JS
Code-ful JAVASCRIPT
TIPS & TRICKS Things that could Help you Visualizing
Start with the Data
None
Focus on your audience & What questions they Have
None
Use visualizations that Answer These Questions
None
Everything is A Remix
But share your inspirations!
Possible Inspiration Sources
None
None
None
None
Iterate Iterate Iterate With a Friend
None
Have Fun! Thanks
None
MY WORK Cause I’m Very important
None
None
None
None
None
None
VALLANDINGHAM.ME @vlandham