Tommy McCall: The simple genius of a good graphic
Tommy McCall: La genialidad de un buen gráfico
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over the past 25 years.
de datos en los últimos 25 años.
but first: a little history.
pero, primero, un poco de historia.
transmisión y decodificación de datos.
transmission and decoding of information.
momentos decisivos en la cultura humana.
turning points in human culture.
la alfabetización y la aritmética
were great developments in communication.
en la comunicación.
y expresarlas con palabras
be stuck in the Stone Ages.
estaríamos en la Edad de Piedra.
desde hace 250 000 años,
for a quarter million years,
que surgió la protoescritura.
that proto-writings began to surface.
los sistemas formales de escritura
proper writing systems took shape.
y los diagramas desde cientos de años,
and diagrams for hundreds of years,
through graphics
de cantidades con gráficos
invented the first bar chart,
visual de la información cuantitativa.
of quantitative information.
el primer gráfico de tarta y de área.
the first pie and area charts.
commonly used chart forms today.
los más usados hoy en día.
the coxcomb in 1857
el diagrama de área polar en 1857
de las tropas ante la Reina Victoria.
on troop mortality.
could have been prevented.
de las muertes pudieron ser evitadas.
Napoleon's march on Moscow,
la marcha de Napoleón sobre Moscú,
dwindled to just 10,000
de 422 000 se redujo a solo 10 000
la geografía y las bajas temperaturas.
temperatures took their toll.
with cartography
de Sankey con cartografía
para la temperatura.
mucha información con que jugar,
lots of data to play with,
an interesting chart form.
crear un gráfico interesante.
de Nightingale fue la inspiración
was the inspiration
of federal energy subsidies,
de subsidios federales de energía,
in renewables over fossil fuels.
en energías renovables
the flow of energy through the US economy,
de energía en la economía de EE. UU.
of the energy used is lost as waste heat.
de energía se pierde como calor residual.
into beautiful shapes.
para darles formas bellas.
connections of the women of Silicon Valley
y profesionales de las mujeres
entrelazarse en forma de arcos.
birthing patents across the globe
de patentes en todo el mundo.
so I rarely win at Scrabble.
y rara vez gano al Scrabble.
las palabras de dos y tres letras
all the two- and three-letter words
cambia las reglas del juego.
certainly is a game changer.
para generar gráficos rápidos
to quickly generate graphics
producir gráficos interactivos.
to produce interactive graphics.
on our own terms.
en nuestros propios términos.
puede ser todo lo que se necesita
as a little dot may be all you need
de razonamiento.
rediseñó su sección de "Mercados"
redesigned their "Markets" section,
of stock listings
de acciones de ocho páginas
of essential market data.
de datos de mercado esenciales.
para las acciones más comunes,
for the most common stocks,
see how the stocks are doing.
a ver cómo iban las acciones.
en el espacio de un año.
relative to its one-year range.
pueden elegir acciones cercanas al mínimo
stocks trading near their lows
ver las acciones de tendencia alcista
on an upward trajectory
copied the design.
copió el diseño.
el objetivo de los gráficos,
for most graphics,
aceptar la complejidad
to embrace complexity
en su máximo esplendor.
in their full glory.
de la Organización Gallup
of the Gallup Organization,
cientos de páginas
of presidential approval data.
sobre el apoyo a presidentes.
podía graficarse en una sola página.
could be graphed on a single page.
en una sola página.
de los presidentes comienza
start with a high approval rating,
pero pocos lo mantienen.
favorecen la aprobación
in the graphic but not in the book.
en el gráfico, pero no en el libro.
with incredible efficiency.
información con eficiencia increíble.
y dialectos especializados evolucionarán.
and specialized dialects will evolve.
a pensar más rápido
of information on a single page
de un libro en una sola página
nuevos descubrimientos.
para decodificar información compleja
to decode complex information
aprovechar nuestro GPU integrado
to harness our built-in GPU
escondidas dentro.
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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