Category Archives: Graph Visualization

Rethinking Flowcharts

Posted on July 30, 2022 by richardbrath

Flowcharts are ubiquitous. There are incredibly amusing flowcharts on almost any topic, copied across blogs and other websites, such as this fun one about how to leave a dinner party: There are so many fun flowcharts. But you’ll notice many … Continue reading →

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Visualizing with Text: author’s copy and new content

Posted on October 27, 2020 by richardbrath

I just received my author’s copy of Visualizing with Text this morning! It’s awesome to finally hold the book after 2 years of writing (and the start of this blog 7 years ago!): Flipping through triggers some memories, like finding … Continue reading →

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Metabolic Pathways and Visualization Pathways

Posted on August 31, 2019 by richardbrath

Metabolic pathway diagrams show series of linked chemical reactions occurring within cells (Wikipedia). These diagrams started more than a half-century ago, such as this example from 1967 in the Smithsonian: These diagrams have been continuously expanded over decades as new … Continue reading →

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Album de Statistique Graphique

Posted on December 31, 2018 by richardbrath

The Album de Statistique Graphique is a set of annual publications of data visualizations in France in the late 1800’s. I first heard about them from Michael Friendly a decade ago and have always been on the lookout to find … Continue reading →

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Patent Visualization and Litigation Ratios

Posted on September 30, 2017 by richardbrath

Earlier this week, Scott Langevin and I were fortunate to speak at the Strata Big Data Conference in NYC. The topic was Text Analytics and New Visualization Techniques. It discussed some of the examples on this blog and my research; and additionally … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Emotions

Posted on September 5, 2016 by richardbrath

Emotion analysis of text documents is an emerging area of interest. Closely related is the visualization of emotions. Emotion analysis is the next step after sentiment analysis. In many respects, sentiment analysis is easier – there’s a single dimension of sentiment … Continue reading →

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