Edit 2018/Life beyond TEXT: maps, graphs, data, and the future of interactivity: Submissions:2019/“Wikipedians are born, not made” – applying the learnings from a 10-year-old research paper after all

Title

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

Theme (optional)

Tech & tools

Academic Peer Review option

No

Type of submission

presentation

Author

Yuri Astrakhan

E-mail address

yuriastrakhangmail.com

Wikimedia username

yurik

Affiliation(s) (optional)

none

Abstract

By the time you finish reading this, your mind will wonder to a new topic. In the age of information overload, text is simply not enough to keep one's focus, and to fully get the message across. 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

Special requests

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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