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.
David, please elaborate on what you think Tufte lacks w.r.t. digital interfaces and temporal media. That way I can frame a half-intelligent question. 🙂
You wont get much out of the presentation if you have read any of his stuff, the presentation is for business folk that are infovis noobs. That said.. I am interested to read your interview. He really needs to be hammered on regarding digital interface and temporal media- the part of the presentation where he delves into the Smithsonian is half 1999 and half wrong.