Upcoming VizWorld Interview With Edward Tufte

As Randall mentioned a couple of days ago, Edward Tufte will be touring the United States over the second half of this year to talk on Presenting Data and Information.  I have registered for the Cincinnati talk on August 25th and will be interviewing Mr. Tufte following the lecture.  (Incidentally, Edward Tufte refers to himself as ET, and I must admit I was half tempted to email “Phone home” back to him.)

What do you, dear readers, want to know from Tufte?  This is a chance to get your questions answered by the king of data visualization himself.  As an added incentive, the interview will be recorded for a podcast and, if your question is selected, your name will be mentioned before it is posed.  Nothing like free publicity to get the creative juices flowing.

Off to find a reliable voice recorder.  Let the questions roll in.

Update 9/10/2009: The result of the lecture and interview is now available.

This story written by Maitri Erwin

Maitri Erwin is a geophysicist at an independent energy company, where she wades through terabytes of 3D seismic data daily. She has previously worked as 3D-geospatial technology executive and energy geoscientist. Maitri is also Indian Languages advisor to Project Gutenberg, the oldest producer of free electronic books.