This document appears to be a slide presentation about visualizing information. Some key points: - The presenter, Andries, discusses why he believes in using visualizations to communicate complex information, citing how his mother was able to teach students using visual and narrative techniques. - Andries notes that "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand," quoting Confucius to emphasize the importance of visual communication. - Andries provides some tips for creating effective visualizations, including using structured data, prototyping interactions, choosing appropriate visualizations like simple graphs over "info porn", and learning from other media like games, documentaries and movies.

1. VISUALIZING INFORMATION
These are the
slides of my talk
at #multimania
2013

2. HI, I AM ANDRIES - @dretio
Check the crab.

3. 50%
40%
10%
Who I am
Why I believe
Lessons learned

4. PART 1 : WHY I BELIEVE
Some interactive
video in the
background. I
removed it to
keep this snappy.

5. MY MOM

6. How did my
mother manage
to learn complex
stuff to her
students?

7. She used visualizations
& narrative techniques. I
still like the “nude
virgins dancing in the
moonlight” slide.

8. I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
Confucius

9. My mom’s lab results : I
think it’s very sad & she
doesn’t understand a **

10. Federal government
sites : very sad

11. Some modern
interfaces : very sad

12. So I started my own
company.

13. CO-FOUNDER BITS OF LOVE,
A VISUALIZATION STUDIO

14. And another one..

15. second
screen
TV show
TVstudio

16. InteractionAesthetics NarrativeData
Basics of a good
interactive visualization

17. NOTHING NEW
Same basics

18. DRIVERS : OPEN DATA

19. DRIVERS : PERSONAL DATA

20. DRIVERS : JOURNALISM

21. A good example :
http://
elections.nytimes.com/
2012/results/president/
scenarios

22. “JOURNALISM” :)
Bad example

23. See your visualizations as a tool.
A tool to perform tasks.
A tool to communicate.
Alberto Cairo
A good mentor

24. John Snow : used
visualizations to
communicate his
medical research

25. Florence
Nightingale : used
visualizations for
her plea to better
hygiene

26. ‘70s protests

27. ‘80s protests

28. modern protest :
http://
drones.pitchinteract
ive.com/

29. PART 2 : SOME TIPS

30. #1 “STRUCTURED” DATA
Datasets always
contain hidden
problems.

31. YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND
Experts can learn to
interpret the data
correctly

32. BASIC CONTEXT
Famous funny
example

33. MORE CONTEXT

34. #2 IT’S A LONG ROAD
An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

35. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

36. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

38. USE MORE
CIRCLES
Circle porn is very
hard to tackle

39. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

40. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

41. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

42. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

43. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

44. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

45. An overview how
we created http://
s3.infografiek.lab.vrt
.be/federaal

46. #3 PROTOTYPE

47. “I need to feel the interaction constantly”
Jonathan Harris

48. #4 MAKE THE RIGHT BEST CHOICE

49. Don’t do “info
porn”. Use simple &
clear graphs when
possible.

50. AREA’S ARE HARD TO READ

52. #5 RESPECT MATH
Some warnings to
designers

55. #6 RESPECT STATISTICS Difference between
“average”, “mode”
and “median”

56. #7 INTERACTION FOR IMPACT

58. Great example : http://
www.nytimes.com/
interactive/2012/02/13/
us/politics/2013-
budget-proposal-

59. #8 LEARN FROM OTHER MEDIA

60. GAMES

61. DOCUS
Great docu example :
http://
nederlandvanboven.vpr
o.nl/afleveringen/
overzicht.html

62. MOVIES
Moneyball

63. SCIFI
Star Trek

64. SCIFI
Great book

65. THE WORLD
Red stripes = red cars =
female drivers?

66. THE WORLD

67. HOPE
I hope my mom’s lab
results will look better
in the future

68. ANDRIES@BITSOFLOVE.BE
@DRETIO
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