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Thoughts on the Shneiderman PDF and how data types relate to my experience in data science The Shneiderman paper discussed some interesting concepts in regards how to visually approach different data types. The seven basic data types listed are: 1-dimensional, 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, temporal, multi-dimensional, tree, and network. There are specific ways that designers have figured …

Affordances and Signifiers II: The Design of Everyday Things In my previous post, I discussed the concept of routine and familiarity affecting intentional design in some capacity. The second chapter of The Design of Everyday Things discusses a concept that can explain human predisposition toward routine. According to the author, three levels of processing in …

Affordances and Signifiers I: The Design of Everyday Things One of the most profound things written in the first chapter of The Design of Everyday Things is the statement that all things artificial are designed in some way. Not everything is necessarily designed well, but everything is intentionally designed in some way. In the modern …