Hugh Macdonald @insanitycuredJeremy Yuille @overlobe RMIT UniversityReuben Stanton @absent

Dr. Stephen Viller @viller University of Queensland

data

data

sensemaking

communication

data

data + social

object centered sociality

Cetina & Bruegger (2000)

objects, around which discussions takes place, help focus and start

social interaction

social objects

Hugh MacLeod http://gapingvoid.com/2007/12/31/social-objects-for-beginners/(via @mediajunkie)

sliced & diced

compared

frequency

social gravity

Jyrgi Engeström http://www.zengestrom.com/blog/2007/08/what-makes-a-go.html

design patterns

design patterns

social visualization

mapping

help people choose the most appropriate way to visualize a dataset.

mapping

Stephen Few Show Me the Numbers http://www.perceptualedge.com

mapping

Dan Roam The Back of the Napkin http://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/

decorationhelp people ‘decorate’ a visualization to better communicate its relevance and context

decoration

tweakabilityinstead of making the visualization a snapshot, make it an interface that lets a user playfully explore the data.

tweakability

annotation

let people annotate the visualization in a consistent and coherent manner

annotation

snapshot

let people store and retrieve configurations of an interactive visualization

snapshot

social objects

socialvizpatterns.info

thanks