DATA VIZ FOR GOOD
This is a short op-ed originally written for Origin Magazine last year. This is a culture magazine, so the piece is written for an audience not familiar with Data Visualization . Using Data...
View ArticleBLACK METAL’S BOY BAND
I find myself totally amused with this band Ghost. So much so I’m actually taking 20 minutes of my day to write this post. We’re all familiar with bands that have much better branding and marketing...
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CLASSIC INFORMATION DESIGN
It was MTV Europe’s best video of the year in 2002. Over a decade later, Royksopp’s “Remind Me” is still a classic that I go back to and watch. Directed by Ludovic Houplan & Hervé de Crécy, they...
View ArticleGEARING UP FOR THE GIANTS
Update: This shirt is officially lucky. 4-0 for the season so far. Now making shirts for other regulars in those sections. Original: Getting excited for baseball season…. just designed and ordered this...
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CONFERENCE EXPERIENCES
The difference between creating a smooth running conference without any major glitches, and creating a conference that delivers a truly meaningful experience for the audience shouldn’t be confused....
View ArticleDATA STORIES THAT MATTER: DRONES
Today, Wes Grubbs, at Pitch Interactive released “Out of Sight, Out of Mind.” It is an immersive data visualization project highlighting important – but not always easy to see – facts about drone...
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ENGADGET LOVES VISUALIZED
When I first started getting Google alerts every time Engadget used the word “Visualized:” at the start of their blog post titles, I felt good about it considering that’s the name of my company. Then...
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1 MILLION VIEWS
I imagined this video would be well received, but I didn’t think it would take less than 6 months to get over 1,000,000 views. But, in fairness, those are ‘loads,’ not full view-throughs according to...
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VINTAGE NORTON ORTHOGRAPHICS
I recently lost one of my favorite shirts, and I miss it. I was trying to explain to someone why I like that shirt so much, and it really was for two reasons: One because I had it since high school...
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DATA SCIENCE VS. DATA EXPERIENCES
The Ad Technology industry is a lot like Hotel California. You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. I’m sure those in the space can empathize. So, it’s not surprising that more...
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BEST DESIGN THINKING BOOKS
There is a lot of discussion about what Design Thinking is, but personally, I think it comes down to one major principle: ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. In others words, don’t spend time building products...
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DESIGNING DANZIG
Thanks to my awesome Goddaughter, Miette. She’s only 2 years old, and clearly more artistically inclined than Danzig ever was. I knew I would someday reap the benefits of giving this Heavy Metal...
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VINTAGE ORTHOGRAPHICS
I was making a design recently using an orthographic style, which I’ve always liked when used well. It’s basically using two dimensional images that are representing three dimensional objects, which is...
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DATA VISUALIZATION BOOK DATABASE
If you can manage to read my chicken scratch, the image above is the very beginning of a side project to organize and categorize data visualization books that have been published in the past 15 years....
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