December 2011
4 posts
Chris Pudney's interactive visualisation of... →
The main ideas I was interested in visualizing were what happened, when, and who was present. The whenquestion is particularly interesting due to Wallace’s use of Subsidised Time. It became clear as I was preparing the data that much of the book is set during the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment, but I pressed on with the visualization anyway.
So cool.
WatchShan Carter on Data Storytelling
Shan Carter, who makes interactive graphics for The New York Times, talks telling stories with data in his aptly named presentation, “How I tried for years to find the perfect form for interactive graphics, how I failed, and why, whether a perfect form exists or not, I’ve stopped my desperate pursuit.”
He starts with finding a balance between...