Tommy McCall: The simple genius of a good graphic
汤米·麦考尔: 好图表的简单原则
Tommy McCall specializes in presenting complex and rich data sets. Full bio
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over the past 25 years.
but first: a little history.
transmission and decoding of information.
turning points in human culture.
were great developments in communication.
得到了很大的发展。
be stuck in the Stone Ages.
for a quarter million years,
that proto-writings began to surface.
proper writing systems took shape.
首个合适的书写系统成形。
and diagrams for hundreds of years,
through graphics
invented the first bar chart,
发明的首个条形图,
of quantitative information.
the first pie and area charts.
commonly used chart forms today.
the coxcomb in 1857
on troop mortality.
could have been prevented.
Napoleon's march on Moscow,
拿破仑进军俄罗斯的图表,
dwindled to just 10,000
在战斗,地理和冰冻的影响下
temperatures took their toll.
with cartography
lots of data to play with,
an interesting chart form.
was the inspiration
of federal energy subsidies,
数据组织的最佳呈现,
in renewables over fossil fuels.
相较化石能源的不足。
the flow of energy through the US economy,
美国经济中的能源流动,
of the energy used is lost as waste heat.
是作为废热流失的。
into beautiful shapes.
connections of the women of Silicon Valley
birthing patents across the globe
so I rarely win at Scrabble.
我很少在拼字比赛中获胜。
all the two- and three-letter words
官方拼字字典里的
certainly is a game changer.
to quickly generate graphics
to produce interactive graphics.
on our own terms.
条件来导航信息。
as a little dot may be all you need
redesigned their "Markets" section,
设计他们的市场板块,
of stock listings
of essential market data.
for the most common stocks,
see how the stocks are doing.
relative to its one-year range.
stocks trading near their lows
就可以通过靠近左边的点
on an upward trajectory
copied the design.
for most graphics,
to embrace complexity
in their full glory.
of the Gallup Organization,
of presidential approval data.
could be graphed on a single page.
start with a high approval rating,
以高支持率开场,
in the graphic but not in the book.
被注释,在书中可不行。
with incredible efficiency.
以惊人的效率传输数据。
and specialized dialects will evolve.
特殊的方言将会发展。
of information on a single page
to decode complex information
to harness our built-in GPU
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tommy McCall - Information designerTommy McCall specializes in presenting complex and rich data sets.
Why you should listen
McCall founded and operates Infographics.com, a boutique data visualization agency that specializes in presenting complex and rich data sets. As an infographics designer, editor and producer, McCall brings together three realms of experience to present, visualize and understand complex data. As a designer, he aims to find the natural shape of the data and sculpt it into something captivating and beautiful. As a data editor, he finds the stories and shares the insights hidden within what is often a vast sea of information. As a producer, he oversees programmers, designers, data analysts, animators and illustrators to realize his vision.
McCall believes that graphicacy, the ability to communicate data through charts, diagrams and maps, is an emerging essential skill set, just as literacy and numeracy have been for past generations. He is excited by the opportunities to pioneer new chart forms to communicate specialized data sets as the collection and generation of data exponentially increase.
McCall was the infographics editor for Money Magazine and a graphics editor for the New York Times before launching his studio. He has explored over one hundred countries spanning all seven continents. Recently, he has taken a sabbatical to combine his a passion for travel with filmmaking to produce video "mediations" in ultra-high-definition intended for large-scale projection.
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