Oxide and Friends Data Visualization
Mar 15, 2024
Charlie Park, Oxide colleague, shares his experience with data visualization. Topics include flame graphs, Minard / Tufte diagrams, DTrace aggregations, ParaView, Simpsons IMDb analysis, survivorship bias, and Kartlytics. The hosts also discuss gnuplot, OODA loop, and upcoming Oxide and Friends book club.
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Bryan's Gnuplot Visualization Journey
- Bryan shared his enthusiasm for gnuplot after successfully plotting a complex box plot using it.
- He highlighted the challenges and idiosyncrasies of gnuplot but appreciated its powerful options.
Use Chat GPT to Master Gnuplot
- Use chat GPT to help with complex gnuplot tasks; it uncovers options like custom legend layouts.
- Embrace tools with thorough documentation even if their style is idiosyncratic, as gnuplot is.
Visualization Accelerates Data Insight
- Data visualization serves both to present known insights and to discover unknown patterns quickly.
- Faster iteration cycles accelerate the 'OODA loop', improving observation, orientation, decision, and action in data analysis.