Uncanny Data

An article in the New York Times this last Tuesday cited new research that suggests we are more alert to patterns when we have seen, or experienced, something odd or uncanny. These disorienting experiences “may prime the brain to sense patterns it would otherwise miss,” writes Benedict Carey, the article’s author.
This reminded me of a [...]

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POSTED BY mschindler ON October 8th, 2009. PERMALINK

Designing for decision making—not the same as workflow

One of the challenges of the visualization business is that ‘visualization’ means different things to different people. And naturally, people go with what they know. One of the related areas –and one more in the comfort zone of a lot of buyers—is user interface (UI) design. Good web designers should be able to create meaningful [...]

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POSTED BY angela ON June 15th, 2009. PERMALINK

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