resources_1.md

#Resources, Day 1

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The d3.js Environment

• d3 Show Real
• d3 Layouts
• NVD3
• Rickshaw
• Crossfilter
• dc.js
• RAW

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Basic Visualization Concepts

• Chart Suggestions, A Thought Starter
• d3.js Gallery
• Attribute Encoding
• Preattentive Processing
• Find the Un-bump
• Cartogram Types
• Electoral Vote Maps: 1 2 3 4
• Color Theory Tutorial
• ColorBrewer Scales

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##Narrative Structure

• Narrative Categories
• Author Driven
  • Refugees by Country
  • The Facebook Offering
• Viewer Driven
  • Crimespotting
  • Paths to the White House
• Martini Glass
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind
  • US Gun Deaths
• Facebook Friendships

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Interogatting the Data

• Crime Data from 2005

###Exercise:

1. Come up with three questions to ask the data
2. Sketch two visualization types to explore each question

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##d3.js Time!

• Protovis, an Interactive Toolkit for Visualization
• An SVG Primer
• Binding Data Tutorial
• Scales Tutorial
• Axes Tutorial
• SVG Transform Attribute