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I would recommend starting with Stephen Few's books: Show Me the Numbers and Information Dashboard Design: Displaying Data for At-a-Glance Monitoring to get an
by tom_b 10y ago
I would recommend starting with Stephen Few's books: Show Me the Numbers and Information Dashboard Design: Displaying Data for At-a-Glance Monitoring to get an idea of visualization from a business needs perspective. These are easy reads.
Few is heavily influenced (and cites) Edward Tufte - Tufte is probably the definitive reference for communicating data with visual techniques. If you are interested in pursuing scientific visualization, you probably need to spend some time with Tufte. I never have properly done this myself.
These sources will give you a solid foundation without being tied to specific tech. You'll probably find lots of libraries built on top of d3.js that implement the basic ideas of both authors. I have been meaning to look at data exploration examples (e.g., stuff with visualization examples in R) and translate to different front/backend. That might be neat too.
Build some examples where the visualization provides real insight to a defined business problem and you will probably score some new opportunities for yourself.
Good luck.
- mxmpawn 10y agoVery nice feedback, thanks!. I know Tufte (here in HN there was a topic about his opinion on pie charts) but I've never read something from Stephen Few. I'll definitely check it out. Regarding the building of some examples, yes, I've already made some of them for the news media job I have, but I'm doing a contract job for a real estate aggregator company (like trulia but from Argentina) and I'm interested in all things regarding public transport. So I think I'll explore these topics and see what sticks.
- thenipper 10y agoI've been learning this stuff for work some. I've found that Good Charts: The HBR Guide to making Smarter More Persuasive Data Visualizations[1] to be helpful. Also the Wall Street Guide to Info Graphics[2] is a good 'recipe' book for graphs/charts. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Good-Charts-Smarter-Persuasive-Visualizations/dp/1633690709 https://www.amazon.com/Good-Charts-Smarter-Persuasive-Visual... 2. https://www.amazon.com/Street-Journal-Guide-Information-Graphics/dp/0393347281/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=28S6Y1SEGP6ACH7E397B https://www.amazon.com/Street-Journal-Guide-Information-Grap...