“Basically, half of our brain is hard wired for vision. Vision is the biggest bandwidth in terms of sensory information to the outside world. So what visualization is doing is just taking advantage of the fact that we are so programmed to see the world around us in terms of what we see.”
This is the most understandable definition of information or data visualization that I had to save it in my phone. On a similar note, I am infatuated with the concept of narrative visualization. In relating this back to Fernanda’s quote that starts off this entry, thinking about cultivating world stories through vision, as opposed to the strictly spoken or written word, is the reason I came to this program.
Because of this, I can’t even be surprised at how much I loved this portion of the movie. Hearing Amanda, Fernanda, Martin, etc (we’re all on a first name basis), begin expanding on the idea of big data telling stories through visualizations and infographics was the right-brain bell I needed. The idea that large data sets, through clever and concise writing and beautiful graphics, could tell a story holds great appeal to me. I always go on about how I love reading, writing, and sharing stories but if I wanted to do that through plain text, I would. Using entities such as JavaScript or graphics as my text is vastly more appealing to me as a storyteller.
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