From the course: Data Visualization: Storytelling

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Sketching ideas

Sketching ideas

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Sketching ideas

- [Instructor] Okay, you're narrowing in on your story now, it's time to really sit down and get to the details. This step is all about sketching out your ideas before you try to really create visualizations or design an actual presentation or report. There are really just a few goals here, you want to vet and test the ideas that you've come up with so far, you want to confirm your story structure and data points, will communicate your data in the best way possible, and you want to do this very quickly. Trying different things and failing early and adjusting and failing again until you hit on something that works. That third point is important, sketching is about trial and error. The only way I've found to do real trial and error with this type of work is to work using my hands not a computer. In other words, break out a pen and paper or a whiteboard or yes, a drawing program on your tablet but don't work in like Photoshop or…

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