Reading
For next week, read:
- Borges. The Garden of Forking Paths. pp. 29-35
- Six Selections by the Oulipo. pp. 147-189
- Paik. Cybernated Art. pp. 227-229
SIGGRAPH video
Visualization
Maps
William Playfair
line graphs, bar charts, pie charts
1780s - 1820s
Charles Minard
map + time + troop numbers + temperature
Graphical Integrity
Bottom of graph not zero
Not-to-scale
(& confusing perspective)
Linear size vs. area
Raw numbers, without appropriate corrections
Chartjunk - Moire' vibrations
Chartjunk - Gratuitous 3D
Data-Ink ratio
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