data visualizations and storytelling
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F I N D A N D U N D E R S TA N D D ATA
Dec 3, 2012Data Scientist Seminar Series
Visualizations & Storytelling
Founder and CEO
HjalmarGislason
Twitter: @datamarketSlides: http://blog.datamarket.com/
‣ Background and philosophy
‣ Visualization types
‣ Tools and technology
‣ Storytelling - by example
TOPICS
drive our worldNUMBERS
Finding and publishingnumerical data is
HARD
for numbersGOOGLE
Wasn’t this supposed to be about
VISUALIZATION?
109 columnsx
340 lines=
37.060 cells
One-off projectsvs. a
generic solution
200,000,000More than
time series
45.000+data sets
822 years1279 - 2100
PHILOSOPHY1. Master the best-known chart types first.
2. Play on them IF needed to communicate your message.
3. If you’re inventing a new visualization type from scratch, you’re doing it wrong!
4. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Infograph vs Data vis
It’s a question of purpose!
Basic type Variations
Tables 2
Line charts 4
Bar and column charts 8
Scatter / bubble charts 2
Maps 1
DM’s Core Chart Types
Pie Chart (Good)
Better than Pie Chart...
Brand recognition
Brand image
Scatter / Bubble
Choropleth Map
TOOL for the TASK
TOOLSOne-off charts
Tableau DataGraph RSee also RStudio
TOOLSVideos & custom high-res graphics
Processing
TOOLSCharts for the Web
HighCharts gRaphaël
TOOLSSpecial Development Requirements
Raphaël Protovis D3
STORYTELLING
http://vis.stanford.edu/files/2010-Narrative-InfoVis.pdf
‣ Background and philosophy
‣ Visualization types
‣ Tools and technology
‣ Storytelling - by example
TOPICS
F I N D A N D U N D E R S TA N D D ATA
Twitter: @datamarket · Facebook: DataMarket · E-mail: [email protected]
Hjalmar Gislason, founder & CEO