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/