Apr
20
5 Reasons Visualization Is Not More Prevalent
April 20, 2008 | 8 Comments
Why does it seem I have to look hard to find good data visualization examples? Why do few tech companies devote resources to visualization (Google’s the obvious exception)? Why are there relatively few job postings for visualization, with many of those there are requiring mainly graphic design skills and not data visualization skills? I was […]
Apr
13
Haugeland’s AI Views 25 Years Later
April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
A couple of years ago, I picked John Haugeland’s Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea up off the free book table in the computer science department of Indiana University. Finally read it this weekend. Published in 1985, there’s a lot to like about the book, but its definitely a product of its time. That period […]
Apr
3
10 New York Times Visualizations
April 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
NYTimes.com has done a great job of moving beyond the static infographics found in newspapers. 10 favorites below…comment if you know of good ones I’ve missed. Also, for further reading/viewing, see…
- Playgrounds for Data: Inspiration from NYTimes.com Interactives - Infovis 2007 slides on Matthew Ericson’s blog…