Data: Organized

http://bit.ly/c3yFvt

Microsoft’s Pivot is an awesome way to look at visual data and to sort and comb through it.  Check out their website’s video to get some ideas on how to harness this new tool.

Data: Awesome

http://bit.ly/aWJuBP

So sometimes we wonder how we can make our data look like an article out of Time or Wired, well now you can with this helpful guide.

Data: Visualized

http://bit.ly/bRljSV (Article)

In watching just the first few minutes of the embedded video you’ll see some cool flow charts.  Turns out you can easily make those now thanks to Google.  Granada has used them in the past, and is an interesting way to watch time trends in a captivating way.

Data: Movies

http://bit.ly/asXBNF

This is kind of an interesting picture, showing clusters where movies are similar to each other based on ratings.  Could something similar be done for how a business looks at clients, and vice versa?

Design: Data Driven

http://bit.ly/9×4vI7

Aaron Koblin’s site hosts an interesting six projects that involved data, outsourcing, and creative genius to produce some interesting results.  The most notable project being for Radiohead’s House of Cards music video  http://bit.ly/dtvCOI

Tech: News

http://bit.ly/7GiKxV

“Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator.”

It’s nice to feel you’re up to date on the most recent news.  What I like about Newsmap is that I can see the latest news, and what stories are getting the most attention.  I set this webpage as one of my, “vitals,” so I can quickly get an update and move on my way.

I’m a really big fan of where the world is headed in terms of the technology and body of work behind data visualization. While immensely useful in the context of bringing data to life for professional purposes, some of these renderings are so good that the lines between utility and art have started to blurr. Here is a list of really great examples of data renderings / digital art that I think are just really cool. Many of these are coming from the Victoria and Albert DECODE exhibit in London (http://bit.ly/6FSaiq). Have fun! -B

http://www.kamvar.org/

http://www.number27.org/work.html

http://www.wefeelfine.org/

www.processing.org

http://hci.stanford.edu/jheer/

http://fabrica.it/projects

http://www.stanza.co.uk/

http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work.html

http://www.reas.com/

http://bit.ly/2IZDrr

http://www.liaworks.com/category/theprojects/

http://www.troika.uk.com/graphics

http://www.unlekker.net/

http://toxi.co.uk/

http://postspectacular.com/

http://www.flight404.com/blog/

http://www.joshuadavis.com/

http://prefuse.org/