Some time ago I took the "Developing iPad Applications for Visualization and Insight" course from CMU [1]. Honestly, I do not remember much from the "visualization theory" part. I have learned more about the tools needed to build those visualizations (programming the iPad).
I think it is one of the instances, where you learn by doing and reflecting your work with theory and users. It is not a linear process, you must be willing to build stuff, then go back to the theory again and improve. Without that, the message of these courses will be reduced to mantras like "good design should be simple".
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Some time ago I took the "Developing iPad Applications for Visualization and Insight" course from CMU [1]. Honestly, I do not remember much from the "visualization theory" part. I have learned more about the tools needed to build those visualizations (programming the iPad).
I think it is one of the instances, where you learn by doing and reflecting your work with theory and users. It is not a linear process, you must be willing to build stuff, then go back to the theory again and improve. Without that, the message of these courses will be reduced to mantras like "good design should be simple".
[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/developing-ipad-applicati...