IS 289 Week 1 Class Notes Information and Visualization

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conceptual [context] graphical [treatment]
effects should undergird the argumentattribute legendcorrelation

legibility

visualization type

hierarchy
shape/iconicity
color use, gradients, symbolic values
scale: measures/proportion (volume/area/size)-->metrics need to vary according to the same principle
positionality/placement (Herbert Simon-->diagrams: the fundamental principle is that the most useful thing is to figure out how to use physical placement to reduce the work the reader has to do)

 

 

 

Just riding the wave.

Just make it look chart-y.

 

radial display is very complicated

only musical in its thematic reference, not its information structure****

And how is this useful?

Go Inbound!

Chance of Viewing/Responding is lower than the chance of Proofreading.

Jacques Bertin Basic Graphic Variables plus position and rate of change (rate of change bc not working with static information)

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