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Informationen zum Autor Hunter Whitney is a human-centered design (HCD) strategist, instructor, and author who brings a distinct UX design perspective to data visualization and analytics. He currently works at eSimplicity as a Principal HCD Strategist. He has advised corporations, start-ups, government agencies, and NGOs to help them achieve their goals through a thoughtful, strategic design approach to digital products and services. He contributed a chapter in the book, “Designing for Emerging Technologies: UX for Genomics, Robotics, and the Internet of Things?. His teaching experience includes being a classroom instructor for the courses - "Design Thinking and UX Strategy" and "Human-Centered Design for Data Visualization" for UC Berkeley Extension. He is also an instructor and curriculum advisor for data visualization and UX design programs with UC Davis on Coursera. Klappentext Looks at new ways to visualise and make sense of data. Zusammenfassung Offers useful information about how visualizations can open your eyes to data. This book takes a conversational approach to presenting an overview of the subject! while also focusing on key details. It highlights the ideas and work of a variety of people who are actively contributing to this still emerging field. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From Terabytes to Insights2. A More Beautiful Question3. Winning Combinations: Working with the Ingredients of Data Visualization4. Pathways, Purposes, and Points of View5. Views You Can Use6. Thinking...Machines Chapter 7 Hindsight, Foresight, and Insight
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1. From Terabytes to Insights2. A More Beautiful Question3. Winning Combinations: Working with the Ingredients of Data Visualization4. Pathways, Purposes, and Points of View5. Views You Can Use6. Thinking.Machines Chapter 7 Hindsight, Foresight, and Insight
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"Whitney has developed deep expertise in data visualization in particular and user interface design in general over many years of experience.Not only does Whitney write well, he's also designed a book that supports the principles of design that he advocates. The book is beautiful.This is a fine book that adds real value to the field of data visualization. I recommend it highly to anyone who wants to become a skilled and effective practitioner." --Visual Business Intelligence blog, February 11, 2014
"Hunter Whitney thoughtfully interprets 20 years of technical successes in information visualization for a broader audience. He tells the grand story of scientific breakthroughs in an engaging way for a wide audience, packed with thought-provoking quotes and eye-catching examples that powerfully present this profound advance in human capacity for insight." --Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
