Visualization
Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.
Alternative to Cartograms Using Transparency
The thing about cartograms is that it’s hard to make out what you’re…
Google Uses Search Terms to Predict Flu Activity
In Google Flu Trends, Google uses related searches to predict flu activity in…
672 Obama Headlines – Both Browsable and Readable
Vertigo put together a great collection of 672 Obama headlines using Silverlight’s deep…
Exploration of Our Presidents’ First 100 Days in Office
GOOD Magazine and Atley Kasky collaborate to explore U.S. Presidents’ first 100 days…
Maps and Cartograms of 2008 Presidential Election
Cartograms got a lot of coverage in 2004 when Michael Gastner, Cosma Shalizi,…
Diagrams Galore in Diagram Diaries Flickr Group
For those watching the clock and waiting for the weekend to hurry up…
Sprint Dashboard to the Universe – Plug Into Now
Sprint, in a promotion to their mobile Internet service, created this amusing futuristic…
Obama and McCain Voters’ Current State of Mind
The New York Times adds another item to the list of things to…
Google Visualization API Opens Up
When Google first launched their visualization API, you could only use data that…
Showing This Many Per Second – Data Humanized
I’ve always thought one of the best ways to make data relate-able is…
European Economic Weather Map – Sudden Change in Outlook
In this map from the Financial Times, the state of Europe’s economy is…
Map Shows Newspaper Endorsements in US Presidential Election
Philip, from infochimps, maps newspaper endorsements using data from the Editor & Publisher’s…
More Google Reader Stats When ‘show details’
I just noticed that when you click on “show details” in Google Reader,…
A Bunch of Japanese Women’s Bra Responses
Uniqlo gathered hundreds of responses from a couple hundred Japanese women about bra…
Who’s Leading Whom? Predictive Markets Versus Polls
This is a guest post from Michael Drumheller, Dirk Karis, Raif Majeed and…
Comparative View of Length of Rivers and Height of Mountains
I had no idea these comparative views of length of rivers and heights…
United States Poverty Rates From 1980 to 2007
Thousands of bloggers are taking the time to discuss a single topic today…
Visualizing YouTube, Blogs, Twitter, Flickr, People…
From the guys who brought you 6pli and other like-minded network visualization tools,…
