What Makes Good Data Visualization?
Panel discussion at the New York Public Library.
Panelists:
Kaiser Fung, Blogger, junkcharts.typepad.com/numbersruleyourworld
Andrew Gelman, Director, Applied Statistics Center, Columbia University
Mark Hansen, Artist; Professor of Statistics, UCLA
Tahir Hemphill, Creative Director; Founder, Hip Hop Word Count Project
Manuel Lima, Founder, VisualComplexity.com; Senior UX Design Lead, Microsoft Bing
Infovis and Statistical Graphics: Different Goals, Different Looks by Andrew Gelman and Antony Unwin is said in the announcement to be relevant. (It’s forty-four pages so don’t try to read it while watching the video. It is, however, worth your time.)
Unfortunately, the sound quality is very uneven. Ranges from very good to almost inaudible.
@16:04 the show is finally about to begin.
The screen is nearly impossible to see. I have requested that the slides be posted.
The parts of the discussion that are audible are very good, which makes it even more disappointing that so much of it is missing.
Of particular interest (at least to me) were the early comments and illustrations (not visible in the video) of how current graphic efforts are re-creating prior efforts to illustrate data.