Network Visualization

Fun with links, nodes, and edges.

The Vizosphere

There are lots of people on Twitter who talk visualization. Moritz Stefaner had…

Computer assisted design and the 9/11 Memorial

Digital artist Jer Thorp discusses the algorithm and tool used to arrange 9/11…

All roads lead to philosophy, on Wikipedia

Jeffrey Winter tests a hunch about links leading to philosophy on Wikipedia: There…

Exploring NYT news and its authors

The IBM Visual Communication Lab published their first of what I hope many…

Movies with multiple Harry Potter wizards

I feel like whenever I watch a British film, I see a Harry…

March Madness bracketology – winners and losers

Working off last year’s bracketology graphic, Leonardo Aranda took a simpler approach in…

Explore your LinkedIn network visually with InMaps

LinkedIn has been having some fun with their data lately. They opened up…

Similarities between PhD dissertations

Certain fields of study tend to cover many of the same topics. Many…

Build your LinkedIn career tree

How did you get to where you are now in your work life?…

Why network visualization is useful

AT&T Labs’ Infoviz research group describes network graphs and their many uses: There…

Mexican drug cartel network map

I’m not entirely sure what we’re looking at here, other than relationships between…

Billionaires’ favorite politicians

Jon Bruner for Forbes reports on billionaire contributions to politicians over the past…

Where refugees come from

Thousands of people flee their country every year, and the travel patterns are…

Software evolution storylines

In a follow up to code_swarm, a visualization to show the development of…

Mobile patent lawsuits

It seems like all the mobile groups are suing each other these days.…

Various ways to rate a college

There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide…

Pseudo-variety and ownership of the soft drink industry

When you buy soft drinks and other beverages at the grocery store, most…

What online marketers know about you

Andrew Garcia Philips and Sarah Slobin (plus five data gatherers) of The Wall…