1. Session II - I
Visual communication

2. we are all
Session II Visual Junkies
Visual communication

3. 80% of our brain
is dedicated to
visual processing

4. Since we are born
We learn visually

5. Since we born
We learn visually(II)

6. A clear example
The japanese way to learn
mathematics

8. And when we grow up
We use visuals to do our
ideas understandable

9. And for
communicating things
more effectively

10. From 1600 visual display of information
is becoming more and more popular
Rise of Analytic geometry
Birth of probability theory
Apparition of theories of error measurement
Beginning of demographic statistics

11. Charles Joseph Minard
Napoleon’s disastrous
Russian Campaign of 1812

12. Étienne Jules Marey
Horses Movement

13. Jhon Snow
Cholera map

14. And actually
we have visual information in
everywhere

16. Charles Joseph Minard
Napoleon’s disastrous
Russian Campaign of 1812

18. We use visual communication for
explaining simple concepts

21. Or “more” apparently difficult ones

24. But all of them are easy to
understand

25. Summarizing...
A good visual exercise must be
done with clarity and efficiency
A good visual communication
should give to the viewer the
greatest number of ideas in the
shortest time

26. Session II - II
How visual communication
is used in our field

31. Session II - LAB
Introducing online data
comparison tools

32. So, now?
Let’s start small and explore
how to get simple stories from
data

33. Google Ngram
Analyze phrases have occurred
in a corpus of books
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com

34. WorldBank open data repository
View, download and analyze the
worldbank data
http://data.worldbank.org/

35. Google Trends
Compare the world’s interest
based on Google Searches
http://www.google.com/trends

36. Objectives
Discover an interesting story
Create your pecha kucha for tomorrow