by Celia Wood | Nov 25, 2020 | Capstone
Beginning with Envisioning Information, Tufte details various points he previously made in The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, going over the elements of graphic design like chartjunk and overall visual clarity. Tufte, in the first portion of this book...
by Celia Wood | Nov 18, 2020 | Capstone
Continuing with Tufte, he gets into the specifics of how graphs should look with respect to their data. The first parameter he sets is the ratio of the amount of ink used for the data to the total amount of ink. Similar to his ratio for the lie factor, he believes a...
by Celia Wood | Oct 25, 2020 | Capstone
Continuing with The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Tufte goes into the specifics of distorting data and how to avoid it. He states that the main goal for an accurate depiction of the data is that the numerical representation matches the visual...
by Celia Wood | Oct 18, 2020 | Capstone
After making his case as to why narrative is important to scientists, Olson has begun to dig into the exact tools he recommends. He begins with the importance of templates. The first template is the word template, where he recommends you summarize the central theme of...
by Celia Wood | Oct 17, 2020 | Capstone
Continuing with my readings, I began Randy Olson’s Houston We Have a Narrative. Olson started his career as a marine biologist and later, after achieving tenure as a professor, went to film school and worked in Hollywood. The main purpose of this book is to make the...
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