Thinking with Your Eyes: Keynote

Keynote lecture given during the second day of the "Thinking with Your Eyes" symposium at Harvard.

http://visualize.fas.harvard.edu/DFC/speakers.html

Transcript

1. James R. A. Davenport @jradavenport ifweassume.com University of Washington Department of Astronomy Thinking with Your Eyes, Harvard University 2014
2. Using visualization, data, and blogging to learn about myself ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
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8. This script runs every minute I use my computer: date >> ~/batlog.dat /usr/sbin/ioreg -l | grep “CycleCount” >> ~/batlog.dat /usr/sbin/ioreg -l | grep “Capacity” >> ~/batlog.dat ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
9. Days Since Purchase ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
10. Days Since Purchase ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
11. Unexpected responses/interactions ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
12. not always positive, but always amusing! ifweassume.com @jradavenport
13. date >> ~/batlog.dat /usr/sbin/ioreg -l | grep “CycleCount” >> ~/batlog.dat /usr/sbin/ioreg -l | grep “Capacity” >> ~/batlog.dat This script runs every minute I use my computer: ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
14. Days Since Purchase Time of Day Inspired by Stephen Wolfram Sleep (usually) Dinner Summer Internship (2013)
15. “Scientist, study thyself.” #ScienceProverb ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
16. data from 2010 US Census ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
17. Survey: How many days do you wear your jeans before they need washing? ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
18. Survey: How many days do you wear your jeans before they need washing? men women both responses from Reddit ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
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20. Coffee:! Always ! within a ! 2 minute! walk! 2 min ! 1 min ! 5! Coffee: Always within a 2 minute walk ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
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22. United States of Starbucks ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
23. furthest point from a Starbucks ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
24. data from 2010 US Census ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
25. 80% of US lives within 20 miles of a Starbucks ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
26. Visualization makes technical ideas accessible to everyone ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
27. Airports of the World data from ourairports.com airports, runways, helipads, landing strips ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
28. Population Density ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
29. Population Density Wealth
 Inequality? ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
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31. DEW Line ifweassume.com #thinkeyes2014
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33. Bermuda Cuba Haiti Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Jamaica Cayman Islands Bahamas Cancún Sable Island Nat’l Park ifweassume.com @jradavenport
34. People engage with dynamic range & detail ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
35. People engage with dynamic range & detail Encourage viewer to discover for themselves ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
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37. Spark conversations about sample bias, correlation, causation… ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
38. The Dimensions of Art 65,000 pieces from the Tate Modern ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
39. The Dimensions of Art 65,000 pieces from the Tate Modern Width Height Width ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
40. The Dimensions of Art 65,000 pieces from the Tate Modern ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
41. Need to balance complexity & beauty ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
42. Share your visualization online. (great for feedback) ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
43. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Top 10 Best-Seller Book Covers Over Time data from USA Today ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
44. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2004 2003 2010 2002 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
45. Feb 2008 Aug 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
46. Feb 2008 Aug 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
47. Feb 2008 Aug 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
48. Feb 2008 Aug 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
49. Feb 2008 Aug 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
50. Feb 2008 Aug 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
51. Feb 2008 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
52. 2008 2009 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
53. 2012 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
54. The Average Top-10 Best-Selling Book Cover *From 2000-2011 ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
55. Best-Seller Brown ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
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57. Cool visualization, but now have more questions than when I started. e.g. genre, average color vs rank, average color over time… ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
58. e.g. map projections color schemes Unexpected concerns for scientists making visualizations ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
59. Making good visualizations is hard Asking good visual questions is harder Communicating complex ideas with
 new audiences is worth the effort. ifweassume.com @jradavenport #thinkeyes2014
60. Thanks! @jradavenport ifweassume.com