eyeo 2014: and then there were twelve. how to (keep) running a successful data visualization design...
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Official Title: And then there were Twelve Museum Title: When Data Visualization Grows Up Vernacular Title: Lessons from 14 years in the salt mines: What I’ve learned going bankrupt twice, losing my daughter, and firing half my staff.TRANSCRIPT
And then there were twelveEric Rodenbeck@stamen#EYEO2014
And then there were twelveEric Rodenbeck@stamen#EYEO2014
1. It’s been a weird year
The market is changing
VCs are hiring designers in-house
Apple is hiring people from small firms like Stamen
It’s not working
Everything you do is being harvested
Traffic & round trip times
The Internet of Things is for suckers
The Internet of ThingsAmbient Incidental Fucking Internet of Everything
This is just getting started
Data visualization is going to have more to say
Things are weird, but we’ll have jobs! Whee!
2. Stamen keeps changing too
2004year 2
2006year 4
2014year 13
How do tinkerers thrive in the mainstream?
3. Why I’m doing this
Data visualization opens up new doors
collapses time into a few frames
and expands our ideas of what being in the world is
Crowdsourcing maps of private transit networks
Figuring out new ways to map the world
Mapping other worlds
4. Hacking into the mainstream
it’s getting easier to make maps
Stamen example 1: Maps From Scratch
Stamen example 2: mapstack.stamen.com
Stamen example 3: maptime.io
Atlanta @maptimeATLAustin @maptimeATXBoston @maptimeBostonChattanooga @maptimeCHACleveland @opengeoCLE Lexington @maptimeLEXCape Cod, Maine @maptimeMENew York @maptimeNYCOakland @maptimeOAKPortland @maptimePDXSalt Lake City @maptimeSLCSan Francisco @maptime SFSt. Johns, OR @maptimeStJohnsToronto @maptimeTOWashington DC @maptimeDCWindsor-Essex @maptimeWindsor
It’s getting easier to do, and we need to be ready
looking at early photography is instructive
mostly nerds doing itit’s alot about the techwhat’s in? what’s out?
“The members of Group f/64 believe that photography, as an art form, must develop along lines defined by the actualities and limitations of the photographic medium, and must always remain independent of ideological conventions of art and aesthetics that are reminiscent of a period and culture antedating the growth of the medium itself.”
“The members of Stamen believe that data visualization, as an art form, must develop along lines defined by the actualities and limitations of the data visualization medium, and must always remain independent of ideological conventions of art and aesthetics that are reminiscent of a period and culture antedating the growth of the medium itself.”
It’s getting easier to do, and we need to be ready
the view from here
It’s getting more popular, and we need to be ready
It’s going to happen quicker than we think
5. Sustainable business model for visualizers
and then there were twelve*
*(ok 14)
It can’t be just about the $
This can be confusing
They don’t teach this shit in data visualization school
Things I have learned:
a. Someone has to own 51%
b. Invest in operations earlier than you want to
This is Bill
c. People leave
This is me and Mike
This is Seth
(there are lots more people who can do this now)
d. People over process every time
e. Fire early, fire often
(these will be your friends)
f. Someone’s going to have to stop coding
g. Designers & coders make terrible managers
h. Pay it forward & engage community
6. This will eat your head. Business is personal
People leaveMoney can be tightClients can be a dragDemons in your headUncertain future
When everything stopped
Past. Future.
7. Why I’m still here
The reveal, of objects to think with
Climate Central
The future
Independent practitioners
Aha! moments
Thank you EYEOOnwards!@stamen