With the ever increasing availability of, and access to open data about the world around us, there is a constant stream of fascinating developments to try bring new insight into the dynamics of how our cities function.
‘OpenData Globe’ reveals dynamics of European cities Read More »
A nice new project brought to my attention by Alexey Papulovskiy titled ‘Contrailz’ provides an elegant visualisation of the world’s flight paths. Now, we’ve seen projects with a similar focus in the past (Bio.Diaspora and Arup, to name but a few) but here we have a fully interactive exploratory environment to zoom and pan around the global patterns.
‘Contrailz’ visualises flight paths around the world Read More »
After completing a logistics task comparable with the early Apollo missions, I have resolved my schedule for visiting Australia in November and can confirm the dates of my three training courses in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.
Data visualisation training dates for Australia: Registration open! Read More »
I have written in the past about the way those of us active in the field operate within something of an artificial environment. It is unavoidable and not unique to data visualisation but when your day is spent networking and communicating ideas largely just with other captive members of the discipline you do so within a bit of a bubble.
Appreciating the critical role of subject matter Read More »
Last month I invited those who might be interested to let me know of where in the world they would like me to arrange my ‘Introduction to Data Visualisation’ training courses. At the time I was specifically interested in exploring options for India and Australia but any location is of course feasible depending on the volume of interest expressed.
Announcing my planned training locations for Autumn 2013 Read More »
As we approach June there is just a month to go until Google Reader is shut down so this is another reminder that if you follow me via RSS you will need to make some changes. If you’ve not already done so, your first decision will be to choose a tool to replace the job of Google Reader.
A reminder about following this site via RSS Read More »
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking web content I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from April 2013.
Best of the visualisation web… April 2013 Read More »
Earlier this week I mused about an accidental fusion between music and visualisation. This comes on the back of other pieces about smells and visualisation and the possibility of taste and visualisation. Now we find a new collaborative concept in the shape of gardening and visualisation, or HortiViz if you like.
HortiViz? Twitter-fed digital garden wins gold Read More »
A few weeks ago I wrote a short article for the OECD’s Better Life Index blog and it was just published yesterday. It’s not a groundbreaking piece of work but frames a discussion about the success of the Better Life Index project that many of you will already be familiar with.
Article for the OECD Better Life Index blog Read More »
I was hard at work this morning preparing for a variety of things and it just so happened that I had Jonathan Corum’s ‘Kepler’s Tally of Planets’ work on my screen and BBC Radio 6Music playing in the background.
Kepler Funk: An accidental meeting of music and visualisation Read More »