While there are amazing things happening throughout the visual thinking community, some of the most interesting are happening at our sponsors, not the least of which is happening at Tableau. Late last week, we sat down with their Director of Visual Analisys, Jock Mackinlay, to discuss his work and research. With degrees from Berkeley and Stanford, and years of work at one of the world’s most famous research centers, Xerox PARC, Jock comes with a world of experience in information visualization, including his book Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think. His current research and product development is focused on collaborative information visualization. During this 19′30″ podcast, we talk about:

How databases and the graphical user interface (GUI) lead to information visualization
Analyzing data visually
Interacting with data visually
Analyzing data visually
Using dashboards to visually display data
Sharing and collaborating on data through a visual dashboard
The power (and equal danger) of visualization

Jock will bring his years of expereince to what promises to be a very exciting session at VizThink ‘09. In addition, Tableau will have a booth where you can try out the product first hand to see how you can visualize, analyze, and collaborate with your data more effectively.

For more information on this and all of the other great sessions and sponsors at VizThink ‘09, be sure to check out our conference wiki. The draft schedule is up, so you can begin to plan your conference experience. We have just 19 days left until the event in San Jose. Be sure to register now so you’ll be sure to reserve your space and not miss this exciting conference.

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