Hans Cauwenbergh
- software engineer
- data hoarder
- story enthusiast
- gamer
- perfectionist
- visual thinker
Spotify automation
- coding
- automation
Before music streaming services took over, people were quite literally left to their own devices. Have we handed in our control for mere convenience?
Let's start creating
- personal
- blog
As every self-respecting (web) developer is implicitly required to do at least once in their lifetime, I'm starting up a personal blog!
Finishing up
- thesis
- data
- visualisation
- esports
A last improvement is adding some interactivity to the sidebar. Spectators can hover over virtually anything for further clarification or more detailed information ...
Jungle pathing
- thesis
- data
- visualisation
- esports
Determining the pathing of junglers when you only have an update on their positions every second, isn't that straightforward ...
What makes you vulnerable?
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
With the basics of the implementation done, it's time to implement some of the more advanced functionality. The former state of the application contained ...
Implementation details
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
In the previous post I already mentioned how the implementation was coming along. The former state of the application can still be checked out in this video ...
Going public!
- thesis
- data
- visualisation
- esports
You may remember the field trip I made some months ago in which I questioned the League of Legends community on the usefulness of live data visualisations ...
Prototype polishing
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
The last few evaluations went pretty well, most participants were able to grasp the meaning of all visualisations by themselves and offered valuable insights and further suggestions ...
Third time’s the charm
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
Amidst all festivities and exams I didn't get the chance to do a lot more evaluations. However, I didn't stop working on the prototype ...
What about a second prototype?
- thesis
- data
- visualisation
- esports
After evaluating the first prototype with two persons, I had to put the evaluations on hold already. Turns out the first testers revealed the same fundamental issues with the prototype ...
Array.prototype.first
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
With the results of the previously mentioned studies, I went to the drawing board. Well, for as long as my perfectionistic brain could live with the sloppily drawn visualisations on paper, that is ...
A field trip
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
After learning which data I could get my hands on, it would also be useful to know which parts of the data are actually useful to the spectators. Of course, I could answer this question for myself ...
Fixing my focus
- thesis
- data
- visualisation
- esports
It won't come as much of a surprise to most of you that I wanted to design live data visualisations for League of Legends specifically. About six years ago, a friend introduced me to the game ...
Broaden the horizon
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
After the breakdown in the last blog post, it’s time to delve into some literature about these differentiated themes. But wait, is there even literature about streaming and video games? ...
Breaking things down
- thesis
- data
- visualisation
- esports
In order to get a better understanding of the subject, it's useful to analyze the title of my master's thesis. Designing live data visualisations for the new spectator sport: ...
Humble Beginnings
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- data
- visualisation
- esports
As a child, I’ve been hooked to a computer ever since I had the chance. The sheer possibilities and experiences have always drawn me towards computer games and in later stages ...