“It's a mistake to think that creating information from data is easy.” - Jose Berengueres

 

In this episode of Data Chats, Chris Richardson interviews Jose Berengueres. He is an associate professor in design thinking, data visualization and computer science at the United Arab Emirates University. He is also the author of Data Viz and Sketch Thinking

 

They discuss

Why you should think beyond excel for creating graphs and charts

The importance of the DIKW pyramid (Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom)

How culture influences communication, specifically visualization decisions

The problems with pie charts and color decisions

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