Despite Their Size, Phones Open Up New Opportunities for Interactives

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Data, data, everywhere, and not enough space to display it. At least, that’s the superficial concern that comes to mind when I think of the beautiful, expansive, and interactive experiences we’ve come to know on desktop (the Snow Falls of the world) and how they translate onto my phone.

There are a whole host of challenges to creating informative (and on a more basic level, legible) graphics with smaller screens in mind, but thinking about mobile as a simplified version of desktop can be limiting: “These devices are there, they have these capabilities built into them, so how do we use it in our storytelling?” Len DeGroot, director of data visualization for the Los Angeles Times, said.

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