Obsoletes

Obsolete: This is an old version (pre- Fall 2026). The new version is: Tutorial 1: What Is Vis.

This gives you a sense of my thoughts on what Visualization is, and how we best go about creating them. By defining visualization in a clear and operational manner, we can better organize our thinking about what it means to do visualization well (which is our goal), how we should go about doing it, and what we need to learn to do it.

Obsolete: This is the old (pre-Fall 2026) Tutorial 2. The new tutorial 2 is: Tutorial 2: How to Think about Visualization: Building Blocks uses other examples to make a broader point.

I will use a simple example (a data table) to show how the basic concepts of visualization can be applied. This is mainly to illustrate the “4 design moves” introduced in Tutorial 1: What Is Visualization and How do We Do It?

Obsolete: This is an old version (pre- Fall 2026). The new version is: Tutorial 4: Critique.

Critique is the practice of examining something carefully to understand it and learn, often in a “discussion” format. Critique is a key tool in learning about Vis, and in improving design (for Vis, and in general). It is also a generally useful skill that can be learned with practice.