Data is boring, information is interesting! I’ve always used this statement whenever the issue of data is being discussed. No one is really interested in looking at a large number of data rows, or even a small one. As humans, we tend to better understand a particular issue when it is presented to us in [...]
What has been the effect of job losses and gains on different regions of the United States?
TIP Strategies has posted a great visualization of the job gains and losses since 2004. This is a great use of times series data visualization, dramatically showing the changes over time, and in different regions of the country.
As far as entertainment [...]
I was reading a series of great blog posts about visualization of complex networks at the cleverly named Visual Complexity blog, and I was feeling a kindred spirit. References to Darwin, Edward Tufte, ecosystems.
I clicked on their Books list, and saw many of my favorites. What caught my eye was a link, under each book, [...]
