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Visualize This, Second Edition: Updating a Visualization Guide for My Past Self

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How do you get the visualization idea in your imagination on to a screen where others can see? People consume data through different screen sizes. Tags: writing It was for someone who was familiar with visualization but was stuck on the part where it’s time to make and design charts with your own data. Flash dies.

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Meteorologist delighted by surprise map interaction

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Meteorologist Greg Dutra was delivering the daily weather news for ABC Chicago and accidentally discovered that his map was interactive when he touched the screen: This wasn’t in the training manual! Tags: interaction , weather. — Greg Dutra (@DutraWeather) August 4, 2022.

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Accessible visualization with Olli JavaScript library

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The Olli library aims to make it easier for developers to improve the accessibility of existing charts : Olli is an open-source library for converting data visualizations into accessible text structures for screen reader users. Tags: accessibility , Matt Blanco , Olli.

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Ukraine’s defense in Kyiv

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The mixed media piece pulls you in to how different strategies have worked and have not, at least the best you can through a screen. Tags: defense , Kyiv , New York Times , Russia , Ukraine , war. The New York Times shows how Russia has tried to take over and how Ukraine continues to stop the offensives.

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Visualize This (2nd ed.): Finding the Best Visualization Tools

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A data dashboard on a projected screen carries different requirements than an exploratory tool on a laptop, which carries different requirements than a data story that scrolls on your phone. Order on Amazon Tags: writing This can make it tricky to find the best visualization tool. Look for the tools that are best for you.

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Focusing on the majority of students not affected by affirmative action

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The beeswarm bubbles fill to the edge of the screen to highlight the point. Tags: affirmative action , education , New York Times The selective schools get all the attention, but there are a surprising percentage of programs that accept just about everyone.

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Crows might understand probabilities

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This is where the crows learn the unique pairings between the image on the screen and the likelihood of obtaining a reward.” Tags: Ars Technica , birds , probability “We introduce the concept of probabilities, such as that not every peck to an image will result in a reward,” Johnston elaborated.

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