Getting people excited about their data one visual at a time
Readers: I was in Portland, Oregon last week attending three data visualization workshops by industry expert, Stephen Few. I was very excited to be sitting at the foot of the master for three days and soak in all of this great dataviz information. Last Thursday, was the third workshop, Now You See It which is based on…
Readers: I am in Portland, Oregon this week attending three data visualization workshops by industry expert, Stephen Few. I am very excited to be sitting at the foot of the master for three days and soak in all of this great dataviz information. Today, was the second workshop, Information Dashboard Design which is based on Steve’s best-selling…
Readers: I am in Portland, Oregon this week attending three data visualization workshops by industry expert, Stephen Few. I am very excited to be sitting at the foot of the master for three days and soak in all of this great dataviz information. Yesterday, was the first workshop, Show Me the Numbers which is based on Steve’s…
Readers: I am in Portland, Oregon this week attending three data visualization classes by industry expert, Stephen Few. I am very excited to be sitting at the foot of the master for three days and soak in all of this great dataviz information. To follow my theme of highlighting cities I visit, I found an…
Read more Infographic: Mount Hood, Portland, Oregon (Ben VanderVeen)
Readers: It has been a while since I have discussed some of the latest creative thoughts on data visualization from Stephen Few. I have read all of Steve’s books, attended several classes from him, and religiously follow his blog and newsletter on his website, Perceptual Edge. For those of you who don’t know, Stephen Few is the Founder &…
Read more Stephen Few: Why Do We Visualize Quantitative Data?
Critiquing Data Visualizations I attended an online webinar today hosted by Data Science Central titled Making Flow Happen: Dashboards that Persuade, Inform, and Engage. The presenter was Jeff Pettiross (photo, right) from Tableau Software. I found Jeff’s presentation to be very informative and helpful, but it was the Q&A session afterwards that I thought brought an…
Note: I was supposed to have attended Stephen Few’s three data visualization classes this week in Portland, but preparations for a client presentation in Paris next week made attending impossible. Dashboard Insight posted a synopsis of a post Stephen did on Data Visualization and the Blind. My wife has worked in Special Education for over…
