Visualization

Visualizing Data: The Ability to See Patterns and Connections

by Swipp September 12, 2012

I have found myself digging into the Ted video archive a lot lately, and came across this one from David McCandless, a data journalist and author, who spoke at TED [back in 2010] about the power of infographics, context and relevance about the magic of visualization. Data is the new soil, because for me, it feels [...]

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Infographics Are Broken. We Can Do Better.

by Brett Murray June 29, 2012

We’re borrowing the title of a personal blog entry by technology journalist Erick Schonfeld because, frankly, he nailed it.  Infographics are indeed broken, and closer and dearer to our hearts, he points out that DATA is also broken. Trapped in silos, spread across a myriad of destinations, in a million formats, with only a few [...]

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Visualizing New Forms of Transportation in Los Angeles

by Swipp April 12, 2012

Los Angeles, CA is known for serious traffic jams and many of my friends have hour+ long commutes to go a mere five miles. The city lacks an efficient public transportation system, so every day you have 10s of 1000s of people traveling above  ground in cars and buses, all trying to get from point [...]

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