Dataviz + Mobile: Friends or Frenemies?

This was a talk written & delivered with Miranda Mulligan (@jmm) at NICAR 2013 http://ire.org/conferences/nicar-2013/

The idea was to analyze the state of data viz on mobile and how it could be improved through better workflow, tools, or practices.

Transcript

1. Dataviz + @RWD + Mobile
   are they
   Friends or
   Frenemies?
   map imagery by Ben Fry - http://fathom.info/allstreets/
   Miranda Mulligan
   Knight Lab
   Pete Karl II
   Upstatement
   @jmm
   @steyblind
   CAR
   2013
   

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2. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   Hi.
   I’m Miranda.
   I’m Pete.
   

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3. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   A
   Mobile Design
   Primer
   

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4. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   Mobile
   

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5. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   Viewports
   

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6. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   Responsive Web Design
   @rwd
   

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7. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   ~ Brad Frost, RWD: Missing the Point
   bit.ly/rwd_point
   

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8. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   Design
   for
   Mobile Storytelling
   

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9. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
   We should be crafting
   our stories for longevity.
   Historically, we leave
   behind our work.
   

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10. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    ~ John Ruskin, Victorian art critic
    “When we build let us think we build forever. Let it
    not be for present delight nor for present use alone.”
    inspiration from Wilson Miner, When We Build - vimeo.com/34017777
    

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11. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    Homework:
    Watch “When We Build”
    vimeo.com/34017777
    

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12. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    What’s happening now?
    

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13. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    Why is this so hard?
    

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14. This viz is
    hand-crafted
    

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15. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    It’s expensive to launch/release/publish.
    

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16. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    “sharing” is complicated
    

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17. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    Your story changes with the reader’s viewport.
    

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18. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    What do?
    

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19. ~ Miranda Mulligan, this morning
    “There is significant synergy between storytelling
    design & the ‘mobile first’ approach to design.”
    

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20. @lukew
    “Mobile first forces you to get
    down to the bare essence of
    what makes your content work.”
    

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21. feature-focused design is at the
    forefront of workflow and process:
    i.e touch, gestures, geo, etc
    

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22. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    ‘mobile-first’ design = storytelling design
    

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23. Miranda Mulligan & Pete Karl II for CAR 2013 @RWD + Dataviz: Friends or Frenemies?
    thanks.
    

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