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Presented at the 2008 Boston UPA conference
Transcript of Innovative Interfaces: Transforming Data Into Insight
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Innovative InterfacesTransforming data into insight
May 2008
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Why?
•Limited attention•Limited time•Limited domain knowledge
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Serial (Attentive) Search
•Limited Working Memory capacity•Limited Serial Processing capacity
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It’s WM(d?), stupid
Average IQ
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Blue States Red States
*This was a hoax
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What’s a graph?
Dictionary.com:
A diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
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Parallel (Preattentive) Search
o Similarityo Proximityo Salience/Pop-outo Closure/Continuityo Symmetry/Alignmento Figure/Ground
Groupings
ComparisonsPatterns
Gestalt
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Discriminability & Attention
o Motion Detectiono Change Detectiono Color (especially for red,
yellow, green, and blue) o Size/Lengtho Orientationo Brightness
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Mapping data to image
o Variable Length (distinguishable steps)o Data Types
o Numerical (Ranked or Continuous)o Nominal (Categorical)
Green M, “Toward a Perceptual Science of Multidimensional Data Visualization: Bertin and Beyond.”
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What’s the question?
What should I do?What should I choose?
What should I buy?What would I like?
What if?
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What book should I read next?
Really?Gratuitous Graph
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Visualizing NumbersVisualizing Words
Visualizing Identity
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VisualizingNumbers
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Visualizing Words
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Graph as user interface
NavigationOverview + Detail
Direct ManipulationImmediate Feedback
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Visualizing Identity
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Applications
Decision-makingComparingPlanning
PredictingDiscovering
Detecting PatternsDescribing Relationships
Exploring
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The last word: Funology
