Month: April 2019

I started work on my final project for Professor Cairo’s Intro to Visualization course. My topic: HIV. This was based on a story I read in The New York Times about how HIV has become most prevalent in the South, in rural areas, and among gay, male, people of color. I wanted to explore how…… Continue reading Final Project: The Changing Landscape of HIV

Of all the interviews in The Functional Art, the interview with Stefanie Posavec is my favorite. Alberto Cairo: How did you do the graphics? Did you do use any scripts to count the words, organize them, sort them according to themes, etc.?Stefanie Posavec: Believe it or not, I didn’t. I did it all by hand.The…… Continue reading The Functional Art: Interview with Stefanie Posavec

Well, here it is. My first data visualization for Professor Cairo’s Intro to Data Visualization course. The project brief: Create a visualization of financial hardship in Florida based on The A.L.I.C.E. Report provided by United Way. Requirements included: Tell a compelling focus or narrativeDeliver a tabloid sized visualizationDeliver a mobile versionApply all we have read…… Continue reading Florida: Why Are So Many Seniors Struggling?