Data Visualization in GV2012

Yesterday I came back from Kenya after attending Global Voices Online Summit there. One of my favourite sessions there was about Data Visualization and here are the slides I used there [Video here].

Data Visualization

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The session was moderated by SocialFlow's Gilad Lotan, there were also awesome presentations by MIT's J. Nathan Matias, Tactical Technology Collective's Marek Tuszynski and Kepha Ngito from Map Kibera.

Some tweets from the session here:

Excited for the data visualization session with @gilgul @natematias @info_activism @gr33ndata @ngitok #gv2012
— Rebekah Heacock (@rebekahredux) July 3, 2012

Data Visualization on #Egypt elections. #GV2012
— Chan(@mydaydream89) July 3, 2012

.@gr33ndata sees visualization as a way to make data easy to understand, beautiful and engaging #gv2012
— Ethan Zuckerman (@EthanZ) July 3, 2012

Liveblogging the #gv2012 Data Visualization panel with @natematias@gilgul @gr33ndata @ngitok here: docs.google.com/folder/d/0BzwG…
— Matt Stempeck (@mstem) July 3, 2012

Review of some news visualization experiments by @natematias. He wants to know who is cited in @globalvoices posts. #gv2012
— Ethan Zuckerman (@EthanZ) July 3, 2012

So @sultanalqassemi is the most quoted author on @globalvoices, according to an MIT visualization #GV2012
— Leila Nachawati Rego (@leila_na) July 3, 2012

"How do I get to the influencers on twitter for information to spread" Nice Visualization presentation by Gilad Lotan of @socialflow #gv2012
— Javie Ssozi (@jssozi) July 3, 2012

Interesting to see the data visualization of different topics on twitter: tv show vs sports match; times of day; bot tweets #gv2012
— Ruen Govinder (@ruen) July 3, 2012

Marek of @tactical_tech urges us to think of data visualization as metaphor - the data itself tends not to be surprising, striking. #gv2012
— Ethan Zuckerman (@EthanZ) July 3, 2012

.@natematias recommends datatherapy.org to learn how to tell stories with the data you have #gv2012 #dataviz
— Rebekah Heacock (@rebekahredux) July 3, 2012

Influence on Twitter only requires a smart path to users w/ big audiences. #DataViz on the path to successful hashtags #gv2012
— Daniel Bogre Udell (@dbudell) July 3, 2012

Good observation from @natematias: people want to see themselves in data visualizations- participatory viz goes viral. #gv2012
— Ethan Zuckerman (@EthanZ) July 3, 2012

By far, the best panel in #gv2012 : data visualization with @gilgul @natematias we need those visualization tools/methods!
— sami ben gharbia (@ifikra) July 3, 2012

There is a summary about the session by Matt Stempeck (@mstem) here
http://summit2012.globalvoicesonline.org/2012/07/visualizing-data-at-global-voices/