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Clarity and Simplicity of Purpose Drive the Best Data Visualizations

by   |   October 21, 2012   |   Leave a comment

Make me see the point of your work. That was the challenge posed by MIT researcher Felice Frankel to more than 1,000 professionals and academics at the Oct. 19 concluding session of VisWeek, the annual conference devoted to data visualizations. Read More…

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Microsoft Researcher: Effective Visualizations Require User Trials to Test Design Choices

by   |   October 18, 2012   |   Leave a comment

A picture is still worth a thousand words—but it has to be the right picture. And the most effective way to ascertain which visualization is best is to test it with live subjects—using real people performing real world activities, a leading Microsoft researcher told attendees at the VisWeek conference in Seattle. Read More…