Tag: data

  • Ben Fry Talks Data Visualization

    Ben Fry visited our design studio class again, this time to give a presentation instead of critiquing our work. He talked about the importance of being able to visualize complex data in order to gain a better understanding of what we’re talking about, for instance, when we say the human genome consists of approximately 35,000…

  • 668 Paths To Go

    Although I spent all day working on my data visualization project, I’m still pretty much at square one, if you were to measure my current results by means of a finished project. I came into the studio late in the day to get some feedback to ensure I didn’t go down the wrong path and…

  • A Real Taste of Dick

    Much as I expected, my idea of “data” was completely off the mark. For 80 minutes this morning, Dick Buchanan tortured us with questions and rhetoric trying to extract the four types of data. No one had a clue. I’m not sure if Dick enjoyed pulling our teeth, or if he thought we should have…

  • It’s Only Tuesday

    Have I really already completed two days of grad school? Have I really only completed two days of grad school? Surely, it’s not Tuesday already. And surely, it’s not only Tuesday? I am just beginning to understand how this is going to rock my world. My life as I knew it before, my life as…