Summary: Episode 18 In this episode, Bob & Jay have a heated discussion about visualization and security with Brandon Dixon of PassiveTotal Graphical Perception and Graphical Methods for Analyzing Scientific Data (Cleveland/McGill) https://web.cs.dal.ca/~sbrooks/csci4166-6406/seminars/readings/Cleveland_GraphicalPerception_Science85.pdf Automating the Design of Graphical Presentations of Relational Information https://research.tableau.com/sites/default/files/p110-mackinlay.pdf BrailleR http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/BrailleR/index.html Brandon Dixon - @9bplus https://twitter.com/9bplus Brandon's primary research involves data analysis, tool development and devising strategies to counter threats earlier in their decision cycle. Brandon maintains a blog at blog.9bplus.com where he reports on targeted attacks, open source threat data and analysis tools. His research on various security topics has gained accolades from many major security vendors and fellow researchers. Throughout the years, Brandon has developed several public tools, most notably PassiveTotal, PDF X-Ray and HyperTotal. PassiveTotal http://passivetotal.org/ PassiveTotal Blog http://blog.passivetotal.org The post that started it all! http://blog.passivetotal.org/rethinking-passive-dns-results/ Resources mentioned in the interview Neil Harbisson - I listen to color http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color?language=en Don Norman - The design of everyday things http://amzn.to/1GS8bjQ D3.js http://d3js.org/ SIMILE Timeline http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/ Cal-Heatmap http://kamisama.github.io/cal-heatmap/
