Bridget Cogley's guest appearances

Bridget Cogley

The PolicyViz Podcast

Be Data Lit - The Podcast

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Nancy Duarte

John Zeratsky

Alberto Cairo

Andy Kirk

Jon Schwabish

Joshua Smith

Maarten Lambrechts

Shirley Wu

Ben Jones

Nadieh Bremer

Josh Smith

Elijah Meeks

Andy Cotgreave

Kenneth Field

Catherine Madden

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Vidya Setlur

Vidya Setlur is the director of Tableau Research. She leads an interdisciplinary team of research scientists in areas including data visualization, multimodal interaction, statistics, applied ML, and NLP. She earned her doctorate in Computer Graphics in 2005 at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Tableau, she worked as a principal research scientist at the Nokia Research Center for seven years. Her personal research interests lie at the intersection of natural language processing and computer graphics to better understand data semantics and user intent to inform the meaningful visual depiction of data. Interpreter turned analyst, Bridget Cogley brings an interdisciplinary approach to data analytics. As Chief Visualization Officer at Versalytix, her role uplifts data visualization within the org and helps shape the vision. Her dynamic, engaging presentation style is paired with thought-provoking content, including ethics and data visualization linguistics. She has a deep interest in the nuances of communication, having been an American Sign Language Interpreter for nine years. She is currently a Tableau Hall of Fame Visionary. Her work incorporates human-centric dashboard design, an anthropological take on design, ethics, and language. She extensively covers speech analytics and open text. Prior to consulting, Bridget managed an analytics department, which included vetting and selecting Tableau, creating views in the database, and building comprehensive reporting. She also has experience in training, HR, managing, and sales support. Episode Notes Functional Aesthetics for Data VisualizationWebinar about the book Vidya | Tableau Research | TwitterBridget | Tableaufit | Twitter | The Logic of Dashboards presentation (YouTube) Paper: Striking a Balance: Reader Takeaways and Preferences when Integrating Text and Charts by Chase Stokes, Vidya Setlur, Bridget Cogley, Arvind Satyanarayan, and Marti Hearst VersalytixStroop EffectTableau User GroupsVisCommInformation is Beautiful Awards Other recent books  Jen Christiansen, Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagrams and Visualizations Nigel Holmes, Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data  Related Episodes Episode #211: Jock D. Mackinlay

Vidya Setlur is the director of Tableau Research. She leads an interdisciplinary team of research scientists in areas including data visualization, multimodal interaction, statistics, applied ML, and NLP. She earned her doctorate in Computer Graphics in 2005 at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Tableau, she worked as a principal research scientist at the Nokia Research Center for seven years. Her personal research interests lie at the intersection of natural language processing and computer graphics to better understand data semantics and user intent to inform the meaningful visual depiction of data. Interpreter turned analyst, Bridget Cogley brings an interdisciplinary approach to data analytics. As Chief Visualization Officer at Versalytix, her role uplifts data visualization within the org and helps shape the vision. Her dynamic, engaging presentation style is paired with thought-provoking content, including ethics and data visualization linguistics. She has a deep interest in the nuances of communication, having been an American Sign Language Interpreter for nine years. She is currently a Tableau Hall of Fame Visionary. Her work incorporates human-centric dashboard design, an anthropological take on design, ethics, and language. She extensively covers speech analytics and open text. Prior to consulting, Bridget managed an analytics department, which included vetting and selecting Tableau, creating views in the database, and building comprehensive reporting. She also has experience in training, HR, managing, and sales support. <h2>Episode Notes</h2> <a href="https://amzn.to/3GJmu40" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a> <a href="https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/334103-Versalytix" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Webinar about the book</a> Vidya | <a href="https://research.tableau.com/user/vidya-setlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau Research</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/vsetlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Bridget | <a href="https://www.tableaufit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableaufit</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/WindsCogley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/2KVIZh3KMSs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Logic of Dashboards presentation (YouTube)</a> Paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.01780" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Striking a Balance: Reader Takeaways and Preferences when Integrating Text and Charts</a> by Chase Stokes, Vidya Setlur, Bridget Cogley, Arvind Satyanarayan, and Marti Hearst <a href="https://www.versalytix.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Versalytix</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stroop Effect</a> <a href="https://usergroups.tableau.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau User Groups</a> <a href="https://viscomm.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VisComm</a> <a href="https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Information is Beautiful Awards</a> Other recent books <ul> <li>Jen Christiansen, <a href="https://amzn.to/3GNTZCo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Science Graphics: An Illustrated Guide to Communicating Science through Diagrams and Visualizations</a></li> <li>Nigel Holmes, <a href="https://amzn.to/3jLxiW7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data</a></li> </ul> <h2>Related Episodes</h2> <a href="https://policyviz.com/podcast/episode-211-jock-d-mackinlay/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode #211: Jock D. Mackinlay</a>

Episode #230: Vidya Setlur and Bridget Cogley

How can we use beauty to convey meaning, and form to guide function, in our communications? In this episode of the SWD podcast, Dr. Vidya Setlur and Bridget Cogley explore these questions with data storyteller Mike Cisneros. In their upcoming book Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization, Vidya (the “academic”) and Bridget (the “practitioner”) explore the relationships among what we see, how we encode information, and what we mean. You’ll hear about the “bento box” model of organizing our information; how text, tone, register, and language affects our visualizations; how our relationship to food can inform what makes a communication effective; and how to go beyond “it depends” when considering the answers to challenging questions.  related links:  Follow Vidya: Twitter (@vsetlur) | LinkedIn  | Tableau Research Follow Bridget: Twitter (@WindsCogley) | LinkedIn | TableauFit blog Book: Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization Article:  Honoring Kelly Martin, including the “Birdstrike Redoux” visualization Article: The Ishango bone, an early mathematical tool Paper: “The medium is the message” by Marshall McLuhan Article: “Light vision” by Margaret Livingstone (regarding isoluminance in Monet)  Book:  Mind in Motion by Barbara Tversky

How can we use beauty to convey meaning, and form to guide function, in our communications? In this episode of the SWD podcast, Dr. Vidya Setlur and Bridget Cogley explore these questions with data storyteller Mike Cisneros. In their upcoming book Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization, Vidya (the “academic”) and Bridget (the “practitioner”) explore the relationships among what we see, how we encode information, and what we mean. You’ll hear about the “bento box” model of organizing our information; how text, tone, register, and language affects our visualizations; how our relationship to food can inform what makes a communication effective; and how to go beyond “it depends” when considering the answers to challenging questions.  related links: <ul> <li>Follow Vidya: <a href="https://twitter.com/vsetlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter (@vsetlur)</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidya-setlur-2740575" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>  | <a href="https://research.tableau.com/user/vidya-setlur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tableau Research</a></li> <li>Follow Bridget: <a href="https://twitter.com/WindsCogley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter (@WindsCogley)</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bridgetcogley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="http://www.tableaufit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TableauFit</a> blog</li> <li>Book: <a href="https://www.functionalaestheticsbook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Functional Aesthetics for Data Visualization</a></li> <li>Article: <a href="https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2019/10/honoring-kelly-martin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Honoring Kelly Martin</a>, including the “Birdstrike Redoux” visualization</li> <li>Article: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango_bone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ishango bone</a>, an early mathematical tool</li> <li>Paper: “<a href="https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/mcluhan.mediummessage.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The medium is the message</a>” by Marshall McLuhan</li> <li>Article: “<a href="https://switkes.chemistry.ucsc.edu/teaching/CROWN85/literature/lightvision.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light vision</a>” by Margaret Livingstone (regarding isoluminance in Monet)</li> </ul> Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Motion-Action-Shapes-Thought/dp/046509306X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mind in Motion</a> by Barbara Tversky

storytelling with data podcast: #55 functional aesthetics with Dr. Vidya Setlur & Bridget Cogley

This episode highlights Bridget Cogley who started her professional life as a sign language interpreter. Find out how she moved into technology with a 2 year degree in sign language.

Episode 1:  Bridget Cogley, Painting Fences