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A “New Data Epistemology”

May 17, 2015 by

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Does visualizing data change the way you think about that data?  I believe it does.  But so does what data we are collecting in the first place.  This will be a lengthy post.  But stick with it.  In the end, I hope to propose what I term the “new data epistemology.”  It is something I […]

Review of Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data Through the Eyes of Experts

August 1, 2013 by

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Edit: You can buy the book off of amazon here: Beautiful Visualization on Amazon.com I just finished reading the excellent book Beautiful Visualization: Looking at Data through the Eyes of Experts, and I have to say, I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in either data visualization or basic data analytics. There are twenty […]

[Repost] Taxonomy vs. iconography in data visualization

October 3, 2011 by

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This is a repost from a previous date. During college I worked at the University of Chicago Special Collections, where they keep the old, valuable, and/or particularly noteworthy volumes in the Library’s collection, among other things. It is a very, very cool place (if you are in Chicago, it is definitely a place to see […]

A view from above

July 4, 2011 by

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Hey all! I have been pretty busy recently with my new job at the Alamo Colleges, and with a mountain of other projects that I don’t even want to think about right now. Anyway, after a long-ish hiatus due to those work demands, here’s a quick post about something neat I ran across the other […]

Tourists vs. Locals: Photo Edition

February 3, 2011 by

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From Eric Fisher, we have an incredible set of maps showing where tourists and locals tend to take pictures. He used Flickr upload histories to determine whether or not a user was a native to an area or just visiting, and then mapped out their shots in different colors for dozens of cities. From what […]

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