Archive for November, 2007
Posted by phdblogmeister on November 30, 2007
from: http://vizthink.com/index.html
Our goal at VizThink is to bring together a broad cross section of the visual thinking community. We’re bringing content from each of the visual arts disciplines together to create a unique mix of content. Here’s just a small sampling of some of the topics you’ll find at VizThink ’08:
- Moving beyond bullet points…using storytelling for presentations
- Aligning individuals using visualization
- Visualization in 3D? When does it matter
- Facilitation using photographs
- Designing compelling and effective information graphics
- Virtual worlds: future or fad
- Creating a global visual language
- Organizing your world with visuals
- Using visuals for powerful presentations
- Storytelling through comics and graphic novels
- Visual techniques for analyzing data
- Visualization principles for software design
- Facilitation through live sketching
- Can there be a true language with grammar and structure that uses visuals?
- Visualization as a brainstorming tool
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 30, 2007
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ivs/index.html
Forthcoming in 2007 is our special issue on Visual Analytics by Guest Editor: Pak Chung Wong. Free online access to these papers will be available to you upon publication.
Included in the Visual Analytics special issue:
- Interactive Wormhole Detection and Evaluation;
Weichao Wang, Aidong Lu
- NetLens: Iterative Exploration of Content-Actor Network Data;
Hyunmo Kang, Catherine Plaisant, Bongshin Lee, Benjamin B. Bederson
- ScentIndex and ScentHighlights: Productive Reading Techniques for Conceptually Reorganizing Subject Indexes and Highlighting Passages;
Ed H. Chi, Lichan Hong, Julie Heiser, Stuart K. Card, Michelle Gumbrecht
- Ewall: A Visual Analytics Environment for Collaborative Sense-Making;
Paul E. Keel
- A Visualization Testbed for Analyzing the Performance of Computational Linguistics Algorithms;
Stephen G. Eick , Justin Mauger, Alan Ratner
- An Automated Approach for the Optimization of Pixel Based Visualizations;
Jörn Schneidewind, Mike Sips, Daniel A. Keim
- Visual Analysis of Historic Hotel Visits;
Chris Weaver, David Fyfe, Anthony Robinson, Deryck Holdsworth, Donna Peuquet, Alan M. MacEachren
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 30, 2007
From: http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
One page PDF with links to EACH example: periodic_table-one-page.pdf
Full paper: a-periodic-table-of-visualization-methods.pdf
Counter:
Anyone looking for an encyclopedic reference for data visualization should consider Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference, by Robert L. Harris. (from http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=81)
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 30, 2007
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 23, 2007
http://www.startribune.com/205/story/1318663.html
Tip #1: Always use a PS at the end of your cover letter… Click on the link for more info.
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 19, 2007
2006-2008
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 19, 2007
Consider this:
- On average, about 70 percent of all IT-related projects fail to meet their objectives
- Nearly half of respondents reported at least one project failure in the past year
- Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft) stated 35% of IT projects fail
- 35% of all requirements change within the duration of any given project
References
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsurvival.html
http://www.it-cortex.com/Stat_Failure_Rate.htm
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?s=stating%20the%20obvious
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Posted by phdblogmeister on November 19, 2007
Does having more then on computer monitor increase productivity?
Some research I did on the subject found:
Vedors
Hardware
Software
Hardware/Software Combo
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