Justin Grimes is a statistician, open data proselytizer, Code for America Brigade leader and all-around fun guy to be around. In this, the 16th episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, Justin and I talk about effective open data strategies, civic technology,... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #16: Justin Grimes appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jul 21, 2015•21 min
The 15th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast features Aron Pilhofer from the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Aron and I talk about how the Guardian is working to deepen reader engagement, measure how readers interact with their content, and how... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #15: Aron Pilhofer appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jul 14, 2015•22 min
In this, the 14th episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Ken Melero, Director of Federal at Socrata. Socrata is a cloud-based open data software company that helps local, state, and federal governments open their data and make those data... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #14: Ken Melero from Socrata appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jul 07, 2015•19 min
In this episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Adam Coyne and Jennifer de Vallance from Mathematica Policy Research. MPR conducts policy and economic research to improve public well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #13: Mathematica Policy Research appeared first on PolicyViz ....
Jun 30, 2015•20 min
Welcome to Episode #11 of the PolicyVIz Podcast! This week, I’m excited to welcome Scott Klein, Assistant Managing Editor at ProPublica. Scott and his team do really exciting work with data, by presenting large datasets with journalism. That is, they... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #12: Scott Klein appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jun 23, 2015•17 min
In this week’s episode, I speak with author, speaker, and dashboard expert Mico Yuk. Mico is co-founder and partner at BI Brainz, author of the book Data Visualization for Dummies, and leads business intelligence dashboard trainings around the world. In this... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #11: Mico Yuk appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jun 16, 2015•25 min
When it comes to creating visualizations with your data, it’s not the tool that “makes” things, it’s the user. I’ve heard lots of people say that Excel makes terrible data visualizations. It’s true that 3D cones and 3D exploding pie... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #10: Dave Bruns appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jun 09, 2015•25 min
What’s the best way to teach data visualization? How do you mix theory and practical applications? What tool or tools should you teach: Tableau, Excel, d3, Processing, something else? Scott Murray, Assistant Professor of Design at the University of San... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #9: Scott Murray appeared first on PolicyViz .
Jun 02, 2015•25 min
In this week’s episode, I chat with Nick Diakopoulos from the University of Maryland at College Park. Nick recently co-hosted an event on algorithmic transparency at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Nick and I chat about algorithms... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #8: Nick Diakopoulos appeared first on PolicyViz .
May 26, 2015•19 min
In this week’s episode, I speak with color-guru Rob Simmon from Planet Labs. If you don’t know Rob, you should absolutely read is famous 6-part series on color hosted at the Visual.ly blog. Nowadays, Rob is busy launching satellites and... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #7: Rob Simmon appeared first on PolicyViz .
May 19, 2015•18 min
In the previous episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I spoke with Maral Pourkazemi about the DeepLab project. That discussion was so interesting, we pulled in instigator Addie Wagenknecht to talk more about the project, its future, and what it means... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #6: DeepLab appeared first on PolicyViz .
May 12, 2015•20 min
There are important and consequential issues to discuss when it comes to technological differences and disparities across different groups such as gender, race, ethnicities, or differences across countries. In this, the fifth episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Maral... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #5: Maral Pourkazemi appeared first on PolicyViz ....
May 05, 2015•25 min
We’ve seen some big changes in data driven journalism over the past year or so with new media companies like 538, Vox, and the Upshot launching. In this fourth episode of the PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Ben Casselman, Chief... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #4: Ben Casselman appeared first on PolicyViz .
Apr 28, 2015•19 min
Thanks so much for tuning into the first two episodes of the PolicyViz Podcast. On this week’s episode, I welcome Eric Klotz, founder of Visualized, to discuss the challenges and excitement around data visualization conferences. Eric and I have been... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #3: Eric Klotz and Visualized appeared first on PolicyViz .
Apr 21, 2015•19 min
On this week’s episode of The PolicyViz Podcast, I speak with Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec about their current project, Dear Data. If you haven’t seen it, Dear Data is a year-long analog project in which Giorgia and Stephanie collect their... The post PolicyViz Podcast Episode #2: Dear Data appeared first on PolicyViz .
Apr 14, 2015•21 min
Welcome to the PolicyViz Podcast! That’s right, I’m moving my random audio blob posts to a more structured podcast. In these podcasts, I will chat with my guests primarily about data visualization, presentation skills, and presentation design. I’m also hoping... The post The PolicyViz Podcast appeared first on PolicyViz .
Apr 06, 2015•18 min