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In a recent chat with Jérôme Cukier about the state of visualization related literature, he mentioned Julie Steele and Noah Iliinsky’s new book “ Designing Data Visualizations ” published by O’Reilly. Jérôme noted that it would be a good primer for people who are already working with data and looking for guidance about making their work more accessible.
Review: Designing Data Visualizations on Datavisualization.ch
The infographic representing the meanings of different colors in different cultures by David McCandless has been featuring the cover of his book Information is Beautiful . About a year ago, it was also the subject of a visualization critique [PDF] by Stephen Few , in which he remarked its "design failures", and questioned its "integrity" and "usefulness".
The Role of Colors in Culture: the Interactive Version - information aesthetics
For all the benefits of the information technology and communications revolution, it has a well-known dark side: information overload and its close cousin, attention fragmentation.
Recovering from information overload - McKinsey Quarterly - Organization - Talent
Il nous a semblé intéressant de traduire, de façon collaborative (via Framapad ), l’essai original que viennent de publier danah boyd et Kate Crawford présentant “Six provocations au sujet du phénomène des Big Data”. Ces chercheuses, orientées vers l’ethnographie des usages des technologies de communication, s’interrogent – en toute connaissance de cause [cf. cette étude sur les tweets des révolutions tunisiennes et égyptiennes à laquelle a participé danah boyd ]- sur les limites épistémologiques, méthodologiques, mais aussi éthiques des Big Data : champ d’études qui s’ouvre aujourd’hui sur la base des énormes jeux de données que fournit internet, en particulier celles générées par l’activité des usagers des sites de réseaux sociaux, que seuls des systèmes informatiques ont la capacité de collecter et de traiter.
Big Data : la nécessité d’un débat « InternetActu.net
Par Daniel Kaplan le 20/09/11 | 11 commentaires | 3,782 lectures | Impression En 2010, dans l’ouvrage Informatique, Libertés, Identités , nous posions la question : “Que pourrais-je accomplir, moi , si je disposais, sous une forme réellement exploitable, des informations sur mes trajets et mes communications des années passées ?
MyData : renverser la relation consommateur, concrètement « InternetActu.net
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Data visualizations and infographics can make complex datasets easier to understand and comprehend. By creating a graphical represenatation of data and statistics, complicated concepts and information can make more sense in less time. Many visualizations focus on representing a specific set of data or statistical information. Others focus on less-concrete topics, providing a visual representation of abstract concepts.
Data Visualization and Infographics Resources - Smashing Magazine
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Traditional linear search methods often prove unsuitable for large sets of data, which applies particularly for multi-faceted information (data consisting of items that can be ordered by multiple criteria).
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