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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Pablo from Spanish developers Undefined has sent me details of a new project he and his colleagues created for the Radio Televisión Espanola website. This interactive creation visualises Twitter activity surrounding the Eurovision song contest, which took place last Saturday 14th, as well as the historic patterns of competition voting and final rankings. Developed in
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This week Tableau are holding their inaugral European customer conference in Amsterdam. I’m delighted that Stephen and Eileen McDaniel of Freakalytics have provided key updates from the event and have kindly allowed me to share their observations. On Tuesday I published the headlines from Day 1, published below are updates from Day 2’s main event.
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This week Tableau are holding their inaugral European customer conference in Amsterdam. With a wide range of hands-on training, top quality keynote speakers, one-on-one expertise opportunities and in-depth break-outs its sure to be an excellent event. The much anticipated release of Tableau 6.1 will also be showcased. I’m delighted to say that Stephen and Eileen
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Since 1996 cars have been built with on-board computers to capture and store a wide range of diagnostic and performance information. Until now this information has largely been the preserve of mechanics and manufacturer garages, until now… Thanks to a new device from Griffin called ‘CarTrip’, you can tap into this data and draw insight
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Having seen a great deal of buzz caused by the Stephen Few/David McCandless/Flowing Datadiscussions a few weeks ago, a new fascinating debate is emerging from within the infographics/visual journalism field.
A growing call for higher standards in infographics Read More »
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
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