The “Dashboard” is Broken
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The value of dashboards has eroded. When executives hear the word “dashboard” today, they envision standard charts in BI platforms—obligatory elements for meetings rather than..
#Business_Intelligence #Career #Code #Data_Humanism #Data_Literacy
Book #Review – “The Data Storyteller’s Handbook”
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Learn more about Kat Greenbrook’s latest book while diving into her process behind its creation.
We Cannot Give Up on the Data Viz Renegades!
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Data viz renegades are often resistant to learn how to properly visually communicate the data that they work with. Here’s how to help them.
Through a Partisan Lens : How #politics Overrides Information
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A political psychology primer for information designers.
Making #dashboards Optimal for Human Brain Processing
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How the science behind brain processing and active memory can help guide our dashboard and other data visual designs.
Step 6 in the Data Exploration Journey: Cut to Realistic Scope
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A project to find insights from DVS’s State of the Industry Survey data moves from the analysis stages to preparation for build out.
An #interview with Jordan Morrow, Author of “Be Data Analytical”
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In his latest book, Morrow explores how data can influence decision making. Here’s a peek at what’s inside—plus, a Q&A with the author.
Teaching Data Visualisation to Middle Schoolers in Jakarta
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The class allowed students to see data as not just a result of gathering facts from the world, but as a tool to make meaning of reality.
Defying Chart #Design Rules for Clearer Data Insights
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Sir David MacKay, a UK scientist, challenged conventional chart design and created a truly insightful #Data_Visualization about sustainable energy.
Weaving Data Viz Into Science and Engineering #Education
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A Penn State course introduced STEM students to #Data_Visualization, teaching them design fundamentals and how to be supportive practitioners.
#Data_Visualization: A Subjective Lens on Reality
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An analysis of three elements that influence data visualization and that render the underlying data to be more subjective than objective.
Lalena Fisher: Telling A Children’s Story With Infographics
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An #interview with children’s author Lalena Fisher, whose latest book introduces kids to charts and diagrams that tell a story of friendship.
Data Storytelling Is Empowering Female Journalists in Kenya
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A fellowship program is teaching Kenyan journalists to use data sources and data analysis to do investigative work. Here are three examples.
‘Love Data Week’ is in Full Swing. Here’s How to Participate
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When data geeks and Valentine’s Day collide, it’s Love Data Week! Running eight years (and going steady), this event is growing in scope and popularity.
From Chocolates to Bar Graphs
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“Abbu, I’ll make a graph of all the chocolates you eat while I’m asleep and will send it to your team,” my daughter Pariza complained,..
#Charts #Community #Data_Literacy #Data_Visualization #Kids_Dataviz
Why I Stopped Using Bullet Graphs (and What I Now Use Instead)
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tl;dr: After teaching many data professionals about bullet graphs and using them in many #dashboards, I started to notice that they had a fair number..
#Business_Intelligence #Charts #Data_Literacy #Data_Visualization #How_To
#Review: Be Data Driven by Jordan Morrow
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Following up on his first #book, which considered data from the individual level, Jordan Morrow’s Be Data Driven looks at harnessing the power of data..
Embracing Mobile to Make Your Data Visualizations More Equitable
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Most of us have issues we care deeply about, whether they are large or small, individual or societal. When you think about the issues that..
#Community #Data_Humanism #Data_Literacy #Data_Visualization #equity
Information Empowerment : A Reciprocal #Data_Literacy Case Study, Part 3
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This is part three of a six-part series dedicated to sharing cross-functional ideas for #Design thinkers, data practitioners, business intelligence analysts, researchers, policymakers, and subject..
“In the end, all #Data_Visualization ends up with a conversation” — A Joint Review of Eyeo 2022
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The Eyeo festival has always held an interesting place in the community as, I’m told, it never really focused on any specific subject matter. At..
#Career #Data_Art #Data_Humanism #Data_Literacy #Data_Science #Design #New_Voices #Reviews
REVIEW: Dr. Selena Fisk’s I’m Not a Numbers Person
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When I came across I’m not a numbers person and learned about Dr. Selena Fisk, I knew that I would be interested in reading the..
#spotlight: #How_To Say ‘I Love You’ with a Graphic
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For the past two years, the #Data_Visualization narratives we’ve become familiar with infection curves, maps of health zones, and models of how the virus..
#Charts #Data_Humanism #Data_Literacy
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Five Ways to Teach Math as an Art Form
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Some days it feels like my first words were, “I hate math.” There’s a stereotype that creative ‘right-brainers’ can’t do math, and as a writer..
Data4Kids: A Collaborative Project to Teach Kids about Data
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When the COVID-19 pandemic first shut down in-person learning, we knew education wouldn’t be the same. How could kids—especially younger kids in elementary and middle..
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A Map of #Data_Visualization (Please Comment !)
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The data visualization field is fascinating and I feel incredibly fortunate to be working in it, but, frankly, it’s also kind of a mess: It’s..
#Data_Literacy #industry_landscape #information_architecture #Maps