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Critiquing Infovis, Exploring Behavior Change in UX, and Celebrating BIF10

August 28, 2014          

Episode Summary

In this episode of The Digital Life, we critique CNN’s sad information visualization, dig into design for behavior change as a new frontier for UX, and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Business Innovation Factory Conference. Oh, and Dirk explains his thinking regarding the eventuality of humans turning into cyborgs.

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Data Crunching the World Cup

August 21, 2014          

Episode Summary

In this episode of The Digital Life, we launch our new weekly format, with founder Dirk Knemeyer’s return to the co-host chair. We also take a little journey into the back story behind the data rich information visualization and long form feature article, “The 10 Best Nations in World Cup History: 77 Teams Over 84 Years”, which is currently running on the Involution Studios Web site. The product of 200 hours of research into the World Cup soccer data, this is a comprehensive view of one of the most important sporting tournaments in the world.