Meaningful Representation of Hidden Informations

Public talk for the Culture Innovation Day at Hangar Piemonte, Torino.

more info at http://www.hangarpiemonte.it/

Transcript

2. Meaningful representation of hidden informations Fabio Franchino | @fabiofranchino - @todotoit - todo.to.it
3. Data
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5. Data Visualization
6. “Visual representation of abstract information that exploits our visual perception abilities in order to amplify cognition.”
8. There's a better way. Humans are intensely visual creatures. Patterns can express meaning.
9. Patterns
15. Visual patterns are powerful.
17. Patterns from Data
19. The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures 1 Ben Shneiderman
21. Visualization as a powerful tool
22. Discover and Understand
23. Anscombe's quartet dataset (1973).
24. To Present
25. Communicate: clearly and effectively Stimulate: engadge the viewer attention
27. A Visual Language
29. Effective Visualizations
30. Shows the data Provides meaningful informations Provides a clear message Attracts the users in some way Allows further explorations
31. The past
32. William Playfair | Exports and Imports of Denmark and Norway (1786)
33. Charles Minard | Map of Napoleon’s March (1869)
34. It's not that easy
37. Making an evidence presentation is a moral act as well as an intellectual activity 1 Edward Tufte
39. FOX News
40. FOX News (again)
41. Keynote’ Jobs Famous Pie
42. Correlation == Causation? (nope!)
43. more at tylervigen.com
44. Today
45. drones.pitchinteractive.com
46. vimeo.com/20412632
47. Grazie!