This week we have seen a great deal of buzz about Data Without Borders, a new project conceived by Jake Porway, a talented data scientist and member of the celebrated New York Times Research & Development team. Data Without Borders aims to establish a ‘data scientist exchange’, connecting up the expert community of visualisation and […]
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The ongoing flow of data visualisation contests continues with the latest challenge from Visualizing.org focused on vulnerable populations around the World. I imagine some of you may be thinking ‘oh no, not another competition!‘, but the savvy ones amongst should you see this as another excellent opportunity to practice your skills, contribute positively to an
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At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking articles I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from May 2011
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At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting or thought-provoking articles I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from April 2011
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So long as the ash cloud patterns stay consistent with the forecasts, I’m really excited to be making my first visit to California and spending the next couple of weeks on a bit of a road trip from San Francisco down to Los Angeles, via the coast route. So things will be quiet round here
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I’m delighted to share details with you of a challenging visualisation project I’ve been working on in collaboration with the team at the engine room. The title of the work is “Protests and the Media” and explores the recent uprising in the Middle East and North Africa, termed the Arab Spring. This data visualisation project
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As somebody anxiously following the latest situation of the Iceland volcanic ash cloud, I find it fascinating just how much emphasis and influence the visualisation output from the UK Met Office is having on the response. Whilst other information is of course being gathered and consulted, the overlayed ash cloud data on this map design
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Nice piece of work from the Washington Post graphics team, presenting an effective small multiples/heatmap fusion to demonstrate how the financial crisis has impacted on a range of industries across the US in terms of job numbers. Each horizontal sections presents the ups and downs of the different industries. Each strip is a month’s increase
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One of the key indicators that demonstrates the growth in popularity of data visualisation is the increasing frequency of visualisation contests. I’m delighted to share with you details of the latest competition, a team effort between Postgrad.com and David McCandless where one lucky winner will take home a brand spanking new iPad2! They have
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SoundAffects is an experiential project collaboration between mono, Parsons The New School for Design and Tellart. The purpose of this ten day project is to capture real-time city data and translate this in to a musical and visualisation representation, helping us explore and think about cities in new ways. The hub of this New York
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