Articles
Creating greater awareness of design
A couple of months ago I discussed the issue of how the excitement and hype around the visualisation/information design field, whilst justified, was a bit
Andy Kirk
July 7, 2010
BLOG POSTS
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.
Articles
Health information overload
The waiting room A few weeks ago I was sat in a doctor’s waiting room area trying to kill time before an appointment. Normally, my
Andy Kirk
July 6, 2010
Field News
Microsoft’s PivotViewer data visualisation tool
As reported by ResellerNews, Microsoft has today released PivotViewer – an interactive visualisation tool designed to help browse, organise and analyse massive image collections and
Andy Kirk
July 1, 2010
Collections
Visualising the World Cup 2010 (part 3)
Following the popularity of my recent posts about visualisations and information designs relating to the World Cup, here is a third instalment. I wasn’t intending to produce a third collection, because you can only get so much mileage from the same subject matter, however, I’ve been lucky to have received many additional suggestions.
Andy Kirk
June 28, 2010
Announcements
Woke up this morning…
No, I’m not launching a career in the blues, but as I have done on a couple of occasions in the past, and more for my
Andy Kirk
June 25, 2010
Articles
Napoleon’s Moscow march never seems to end
Well I’ve managed to hold off for 53 posts but finally I’m compelled to discuss Minard’s 1869 graph depicting Napoleon’s 1812 march on Moscow, a graph
Andy Kirk
June 22, 2010
Best Ofs
Best of the visualisation web… May 2010
Here are some of the most relevant, interesting and useful articles I’ve come across during May 2010.
Andy Kirk
June 17, 2010
Collections
Visualising the World Cup 2010 (Part 2)
Following the popularity of the Visualising the World Cup 2010 post I published last week, here is something of a sequel presenting a whole host of further examples. Many thanks to all who submitted comments, tweets and sent me emails with suggested links to some of the items displayed below.
Andy Kirk
June 14, 2010
Collections
Visualising the World Cup 2010 (Part 1)
Over the past couple of years we have experienced a number of key world events and stories that have triggered vast amounts of data and information outputs – the US elections, the financial crisis, Haiti earthquake, UK elections and the Iceland volcano are just a few that spring to mind.
Andy Kirk
June 10, 2010
Design
Apple ‘Hyperwall’ at WWDC
Picked up via an article on a BBC tech blog, below is a video from the Mashable’s YouTube channel showing the Apple App Store visualisation ‘hyperwall’
Andy Kirk
June 9, 2010
Design
Eurozone in crisis: BBC graphics
The BBC has published a set of graphics to support their analysis of the (re-) increasing financial crisis across the Eurozone. The first graphic (debt) presents
Andy Kirk
June 8, 2010
Announcements
Life’s a beach
Lazy pun, I know, but it’s hard not to be lethargic after the fantastic weather we’ve had here in England. According to records it is
Andy Kirk
May 24, 2010
Articles
Radar’d to death
Having picked up a recent blog post by Stephen Few about a graph that had been promoted as an example of good practice by Oracle’s
Andy Kirk
May 21, 2010
Design
3M visual attention service
I’ve been sent a link to an interesting new service offered by 3M (who despite apparently having a portfolio of 55,000 products I still think
Andy Kirk
May 21, 2010
Field News
Information Age article
Not sure how and why I’ve missed this publication for so long but today I’ve come across Information Age magazine having unearthed links to a couple
Andy Kirk
May 20, 2010
Design
NYT European debt levels
Via The Big Picture website I’ve come across a New York Times graphic sequence explaining the national debt levels across European states. The sequence presents
Andy Kirk
May 12, 2010
Field News
Open access to World Bank data
The trickle of government bodies and large-scale organisations freeing up their data for transparency, scrutiny and creative exploration is quickly turning into something of a flow.
Andy Kirk
May 11, 2010
Best Ofs
Best of the visualisation web… April 2010
Here are some of the most relevant, interesting and useful articles I’ve come across during April 2010. I don’t necessarily agree with all the principles, opinions or advice presented in these links but sometimes consuming such information can only help enhance your knowledge on a subject:
Andy Kirk
May 10, 2010
Articles
The state of the internet
I’ve come across an infographic today (via cool infographics) that was originally published in February on Focus.com, a business expertise exchange and research service. I’ve shown the full length of the graphic below, a larger version can be accessed here.
Andy Kirk
May 6, 2010
Design
Election day coverage
The Guardian has put together a photo gallery showing shots of some of the election night TV coverage through the years right up to some of
Andy Kirk
May 6, 2010
Announcements
Visualising Data in all shapes and sizes!
Visitors to the site will notice a new collection of icons and links on the right sidebar that connect to the Visualising Data social web
Andy Kirk
May 5, 2010
Design
Counting down the hours to election day
With only a few hours to go before the UK general election polls open, the level of interest and media exposure is reaching fever pitch.
Andy Kirk
May 5, 2010
Best Ofs
Best of the visualisation web… March 2010
Here are some of the most relevant, interesting and useful articles I’ve come across during March 2010
Andy Kirk
April 30, 2010
Design
Obesity prevalence graph makeover
Another interesting challenge presented by Nathan at FlowingData to improve the design and clarity of message of the graph presented below which displays the results of a study investigating obesity rates at different ages across people who were born in different cohorts of years.
Andy Kirk
April 29, 2010
Articles
PowerPoint hysteria
There has already been a great deal of coverage across visualisation-related blogs and news sites about the reaction of General McChrystal, the leader of American
Andy Kirk
April 29, 2010
Field News
Adobe cancel Flash development for iPhone/iPad
It is disappointing to hear about the escalation of the stand-off between Adobe and Apple with regards to Flash, the multimedia platform that enables designers
Andy Kirk
April 28, 2010
Best Ofs
Best of the visualisation web… February 2010
As I have mentioned several times before, my post strategy for this blog aims to minimise lazy repackaging and regurgitating of posts from other sites. It gets very boring when you end up reading about the same article several times across different sites and so I don’t want to add to this.
Andy Kirk
April 27, 2010
Design
IKEA special ‘election kitchen’
Bit of a tangent from normal posts but I was interested in this promotional campaign by IKEA for their kitchen design service. They have rendered
Andy Kirk
April 27, 2010
Design
Election sentiment visualisations
With the UK election process very much reaching its peak in terms of anticipation, discussion, debate and spin I thought I’d follow up my earlier
Andy Kirk
April 26, 2010
Articles
The ‘Tesco’
Throughout the financial crisis broadcasters, politicians, journalists, authors, academics and other communicators have tried various techniques to try help make their message come of this complex
Andy Kirk
April 23, 2010