After doing some research on sustainable fashion and the potential users of a sustainable fashion website, it was time to put my findings to use. By narrowing down who would be visiting the Sustainable FashHub and for what reasons, I had a grasp on what content would be included on the website along with where… Continue reading Turning Research Into Architecture
Week One of Building Sustainable FashHub This week, in order to make sure everything goes according to plan for my website to be, the Sustainable FashHub, I dove right into some user research (For anyone who isn’t familiar with my latest project, take a peek at my last blog). User research can be done in… Continue reading But First, User Research
In my last post, I touched upon a project that I am currently working on. I loosely wrote about my proposal for the job, but now I will be sharing some more specific information with you all. Not only in this post but my posts for the next five weeks to come! As I write… Continue reading Accountability in the Form of a Project Management Plan
At the root of every amazing app, website, TV series, and so on, is a classic project proposal. Creators pitch their projects in hopes that their clients will “say yes” to their ideas. This week I was on the creator’s end of this business deal and now I wait to hear the fate of my… Continue reading Project Proposals – Will you marry my website?
Over the last seven weeks, I took a deep dive into the world of Dataviz as a part of my Master’s program. Although I will be shifting my focus away, for now, I know that I will be carrying new knowledge with me to my future learning endeavors. So many pieces of what I have… Continue reading My DataViz Experience (This Far)
Similarly to most millennials, in the past few years, I have seen a spike in how much coffee I drink per day. Not until I started my full-time job, post-undergrad did I even start partaking in the coffee craze. I found the Keurig stations around each corner of my office had given me an excuse… Continue reading Data Diaries: A Glance at my Water and Coffee Consumption
At the heart of every data visualization is one thing; a story. Every designer uses art to convey a message that will leave an impact on their audiences. There are multiple techniques a designer can use to do this. However, not all of these methods of storytelling are credible. You can be persuasive, or you… Continue reading Persuading and Manipulating with DataViz
To continue my data collection streak, this past week I decided to do some tracking that could lead me to some discovery on my waste production. I like to think that I am decently conscious of my carbon footprint, so tracking how much waste I produce could really help me see where to improve. I… Continue reading Data Diaries: Tracking My Waste Production
As you may be able to guess, the Tumblr account WTF Charts is one that collects a variety of poorly assembled data visualizations. I’ve collected a few of my favorite bad examples and listed them below. An Error in Graphics This visualization is one that has more than an issue or two. From the looks… Continue reading WTF Visualizations
This past week I tasked myself with doing some data collection for the sake of sharpening my data cleaning skills. I finished up with three different datasets that came from reliable sources such as the data.gov, the United States Census Bureau, and the Billboard archive. I found that searching for data came to be tougher… Continue reading DataViz – Collecting & Cleaning
Samantha Mantiglia 