Visualisingdata.com was originally launched in 2010 originally to serve as a blog to help continue the momentum of my learning from studying the subject via a Masters degree. I continue to publish articles and share announcements that track developments in my professional experiences as well as developments in the data visualisation field at large.
This is a collection of all my published posts, starting with the newest and dating back to 2010, tracking. These posts include articles, design commentaries, podcast updates, professional updates, and general news from across the data visualisation field.
After what appears to be have been a rapid and widespread take-up of its Google+ social media service, Google has now launched details of its ‘Ripples’ feature. Significantly, news of the release was made by Fernanda Viegas, one of the most prominent names in the field and co-leader, with Martin Wattenberg, of Google’s “Big Picture” data visualization group.
David B. Sparks, a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Duke University, has today published a fascinating set of experiments using ‘Isarithmic’ maps to visualise US party identification.
As I mentioned a couple of months ago, I am delighted to have been approached by Editor Mac Slocum to contribute a series of ‘Visualization deconstructed’ articles for the superb O’Reilly Radar website. The first of these articles was published today, focusing on why animated geospatial data works so well.
The contents of this post are now published on the References page
The contents of this post are now published on the References page
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 a very busy September 2011.
Friend of the site Nadia Amoroso has asked me to share details with readers of a great opportunity to have your visualisation projects exhibited in a potential new book about cities as information-scapes.
Sense of Patterns is an impressive portfolio of work from Mahir M. Yavuz, a Creative Director and PhD candidate who appears to share his time between New York, Linz in Austria and Istanbul.
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 August 2011
During my recent stint as guest-editor on Infosthetics, I profiled a new tool called DataAppeal which allows you to upload and map geospatial data in three-dimension on top of a Google Earth map.
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 July 2011.
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 June 2011.
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
To mark the milestone of each mid-year and end of year I try to take a reflective glance over the previous 6 months period in the data visualisation field and compile a collection of some of the most significant developments.
I was invited a couple of weeks ago to do some brief filming for the BBC. They were compiling a piece for the BBC Technology website about data visualisation and wanted my contribution to share some opinions about the key principles and better practices of this field.
This is the ninth article in my Visualisation Insights series. The purpose of this series is to provide readers with unique insights into the field of visualisation from the different perspectives of those in the roles of designer, practitioner, academic, blogger, journalist and all sorts of other visual thinkers.
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
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
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.
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
Tableau Software is hosting its first ever, at the Hotel Movenpick, Amsterdam on 9th to 11th May with what promises to be an exceptionally packed and rewarding schedule of sessions and speakers.
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
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 March 2011
Enrico Bertini has triggered another important data visualisation discussion with his latest excellent piece on the Fell in Love with Data site. I wanted to extend the dialogue by presenting my thoughts from here rather than sat in a comments box.
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
At the end of each month I pull together a collection of links to some of the most relevant, interesting and useful articles I’ve come across during the previous month. Here’s the latest collection from February 2011
The contents of this post are now published on the interactive Resources page
Tomorrow will see the launch of a new series entitled “the essential collection of visualisation resources”. This will be a multi-post series designed to share with readers an inspiring collection of the most important, effective, useful, practical and affordable data visualisation resources.
Kristian Saliba, a digital art director for Three Drunk Monkeys creative agency (Sydney, Australia), has sent me details of an interesting project that has just been launched for YouTube titled ‘Map My Summer’.