information visualization – Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

Now You See It: An Introduction to Visual Data Sensemaking

By Scott J. Pearson | April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 by Scott J. Pearson

We live in an era, the so-called Information Age, where data collection has become incredibly easy. The term “Big Data” gets thrown around casually as computers collect more information on us than we know how to process. Yet wise interpretation of those data is often elusive. We’re overwhelmed with it. Effective visualizations and charts can help us interpret it better, whether to present and persuade or to monitor and manage. Stephen Few, an eloquent minister-turned-data…

Visual Thinking for Design

By Scott J. Pearson | December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 by Scott J. Pearson

Colin Ware directs a Data Visualization Research Lab at the University of New Hampshire. His education is broad and interesting: He holds degrees both in computer science and the psychology of perception. He is a (the?) leading expert on integrating neuroscience and psychology with computer graphics. Most computer graphics books teach how to make things that look cool. This book takes a different tact and discusses why things look cool in terms of the brain’s…