Tag: visualization
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GLBT sentiment in 2000, an infographic
This infographic represents my look at the sentiments of gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans in 2000. There isn’t a lot of hard data about the lives of the GLBT community. While there is a lot of anecdotal information, wonderful storytelling of our history and even good documentaries about our lives, quantified open data is hard…
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Google’s Art Copy Code—that’s what I’m talking about.
Google has been very involved with the intersection of the three disciplines of creative, content and programming, better named Art, Copy & Code. This video encapsulates a vision for this intersection. I share a passion for projects and ideas that work in this intersection. I believe that marketers don’t yet see the opportunities for…
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The importance of purple
The use of color to convey meaning in design and communication is no where more apparent than in the many maps generated for the 2012 U.S. election. American imaginations are full of red states and blue states and the huge ideological associations that go along with those colors. Designers, whether working for one party or…
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How to decide?
What’s the decision tree for making decisions? What’s the best way to know what to do and how to act? Who is a decision maker? Here’s my first attempt at my best practices for making good decisions, no matter what the topic. This decision maker outlines my process as well as what I think are…
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Eyeo Attendees Visualization
I enjoyed finding myself on this visualization of Eyeo Festival Attendees. Let the festival begin! Visualization by Jeff Johnston .
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What are you feeling? Subway
How can we gauge interest or other emotions when we encounter public art, events, or other chance happenings? I like the idea of pairing an emotional gauge with our environment and measuring the emotional impact of the people who encounter art or beauty or drama or something interesting. The intangible yet real benefits could more…
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Bubble Wrap Schedule
Every day we have to understand what 21 creative staff are doing with their time. Are they busy? Who is open? Above, my prototype for better visualizing my department’s daily workload: staple a piece of bubble wrap on top of a grid with each staff member’s name and hour slot. For each hour scheduled, the…
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Visualizing my week
I posted on Visualizing.org a past visualization I created to understand the impact of just how many meetings I am in during the week. This visualization helps me see the cyclical nature of client communications per week, as well as the amount of time I spend with others. Luckily, I’m an extrovert. Meeting and talking…
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Who is going to Eyeo Festival 2012? I am!
I could not be more excited about going to the 2012 Eyeo Festival in Minneapolis. I went to the 2011 festival and it blew my mind. Suddenly I was in the midst of remarkably talented, smart designers, developers, data analysts, academics and journalists all coming together to discover new ways to visualize our world. The…
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is a collection of observations, insights, recommendations and enjoyments relating to creativity, clarity and communication. All my interests in visualization, data design, information communication and creativity will be explored.