Author Archives: Deb

So I can’t remember how I arrived at Scientific American and these two data visualizations but upon first impression, I really like them. Why? Both are about topics and issues about and related to women. I am a woman, therefore I am partial to stories about anything that could affect me or enlighten me about […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I do not suck at math ”I do not suck at math. I do not suck at math. I do not suck at math …” “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can …” The enormous hurdle in my mind that I’ve been working through as I learn about visualization is […]