031  |  Review, preview w/ Robert Kosara and Andy Kirk

Happy 2014!

Here we go folks. Another year has passed. We review what was big and major trends in 2013 and what to expect in 2014.

We have two old DS friends on the show to help us with the review: Andy “Visualisingdata” Kirk and Robert “Eagereyes” Kosara.

Important announcement: in 2014 we want to hear more from you! Please feel free to contact us to ask questions, we will address them in our upcoming podcasts. You can also suggest new guests or topics you would like us to cover. You can reach us through: Twitter (@datastories) | Facebook | Email: mail@datastori.es. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Take care.

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Links

• Periscopic’s U.S. Gun Deaths
• Pitch Interactive’s Drones
• NYT’s Silkroad and Snowfall
• Wealth Inequality Video
• Interactive Things’ NZZ Swiss Maps
• Sketchy Rendering for InfoVis
• Age of Buildings (pointillistic cartography)
• Nanocubes: Fast Visualization of Large Spatiotemporal Datasets
• Washington Post’s Shots heard around the District
• Density Design’s RAW Visualization Tool
• New Blogs: http://wtfviz.net/ | http://helpmeviz.com/ | http://thumbsupviz.com/
• Book: Design for Information (Robert’s Review)
• Nate Silver’s Five Thirty Eight and the Vis Job Opening
• Tableau Story Points
• Infoactive – Kickstarter Vis Tool Project