Submissions:2018/Life beyond TEXT: maps, graphs, data, and the future of interactivity


 * Title: Life beyond TEXT: maps, graphs, data, and the future of interactivity

Tech & tools
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 * Academic Peer Review option: No


 * Type of submission: presentation


 * Author: Yuri Astrakhan


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 * Wikimedia username:yurik


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 * Abstract:

By the time you finish reading this intro, your brain will want to jump to a different topic. In the age of information overload, text is simply not enough. An image on the other hand will grab more attention, will convey the point to a greater extent, and may actually convince and educate the reader. Minard's graph of Napoleon's war was probably as damaging as the actual losses - for it, in one picture, told much more than entire books.

I dream of content


 * Length of presentation: 30


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 * Preferred room size: 100


 * Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?: yes, NY, Wikimanias


 * If you will be incorporating a slidedeck during your presentation, do you agree to upload it to Commons before your session, with a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, including suitable attribution in the slidedeck for any images used?: yes


 * Will you attend WikiConference North America if your submission is not accepted?: maybe

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