Making Data Make Sense
Sometimes complex ideas make so much more sense when you have a visual representation. Sometimes creative charts just look cool. And it is scientifically proven that people learn and retain more information when it is presented in more than one mode.
Be sure to check out the humorous Daily Show Stats
* check out this related post from Seth Godin's Blog How to make graphs that work *
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.
-John W. Tukey. Exploratory Data Analysis. 1977
Miniature Earth
If the world's popuation were reduced to 100, it would look something like this...
Great Visualizers: Good Magazine
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Sugar Stacks
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Sweet, but not that sugary.
That's more sugar than a whole pint of ice cream!
(medium chocolate shake)
How Many Gallons of Fuel Does it Take to Travel 350 Miles?
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Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America
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Radiohead - House of Cards
Watch the making-of video to learn about how the video was made and the various technologies that were used to capture and render 3D data.
Squidoo Charts
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Here is an overview of the issues I have found, and how Lensmasters can fix them."
Death and Taxes: 2009
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The poster provides a uniquely revealing look at our national priorities, that fluctuate yearly, according to the wishes of the President, the power of Congress, and the will of the people. If you pay taxes, then you have paid for a small part of everything in the poster.
TED talk
Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world
TED talk
Environmental Charts
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Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it)
including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc.
Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it)
gathered into a ball at sea-level density.
Shown on the same scale as the Earth.
Vegetarian Statistics
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Interesting Visual Statistics Posts
- Nov 26, 2009 @ 12:13 pmWhat?s Cooking on Thanksgiving, Mapped and Ranked from FlowingData
- Food-wise, Thanksgiving is different across the country. In some places you're going to get a lot of chitterlings and collard greens, while in others, turkey and mashed potatoes. Personally, I'm a big...
- Nov 26, 2009 @ 2:35 amFox News Makes the Best Pie Chart. Ever. from FlowingData
- What? I don't see anything wrong with it. Alright, alright, so it's local news, but still, come on. I wonder if the newscaster even bats an eye as he's reading the numbers off the teleprompter: [via...
- Nov 25, 2009 @ 5:52 pmThe Visual Miscellaneum: Errata from Information Is Beautiful
- My beautiful book is out. Unfortunately a freak printing error has affected the text on 12 out of the 256 pages. I'm really sorry this has happened. I'm pretty upset about it. I slaved for a year...
- Nov 25, 2009 @ 4:53 pmIs the H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Safe? from Information Is Beautiful
- Some frequent questions about the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine answered as clearly and as visually as I could manage. A few people asked for this so I thought I would oblige. It was hell on earth to resea...
- Nov 25, 2009 @ 2:57 am9 Ways to Visualize Proportions ? A Guide from FlowingData
- With all the visualization options out there, it can be hard to figure out what graph or chart suits your data best. This is a guide to make your decision easier for one particular type of data: propo...
- Nov 24, 2009 @ 2:07 amBattle of the Coverage Maps: Verizon vs. AT&T from FlowingData
- Verizon has been running these ads lately that compare their 3G coverage to that of AT&T's. In the ads a Verizon customer walks along on a speedy phone, and a US map pops up that's covered in red. Lat...
- Nov 23, 2009 @ 2:23 amThe Cost of Getting Sick from FlowingData
- GE and Ben Fry (now the director of SEED visualization), show the cost of getting sick, from the individual's and insurer's perspective. The data: 500k records from the Medical Expenditure Panel Surve...
- Nov 20, 2009 @ 2:45 amBuzzwords in Academic Papers (Comic) from FlowingData
- This comic was really amusing, although it might be because I'm a big nerd entertained by all things from PHD Comics... It's my blog, and I can laugh if I want to. Have a nice weekend, everyone. [Tha...
- Nov 20, 2009 @ 2:20 amThank You, FlowingData Sponsors from FlowingData
- Thank you to the FlowingData sponsors for keeping the servers alive. Without them, this blog would not be possible, and I wouldn't be able to do what I do. Check out what they have to offer. They make...
Beautiful Data
The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions
Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions
Amazon Price: $38.75 (as of 11/26/2009)
In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be. Join 39 contributors as they explain how they developed simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the Mars lander to a Radiohead video.
With Beautiful Data, you will:
* Explore the opportunities and challenges involved in working with the vast number of datasets made available by the Web
* Learn how to visualize trends in urban crime, using maps and data mashups
* Discover the challenges of designing a data processing system that works within the constraints of space travel
* Learn how crowdsourcing and transparency have combined to advance the state of drug research
* Understand how new data can automatically trigger alerts when it matches or overlaps pre-existing data
* Learn about the massive infrastructure required to create, capture, and process DNA data
That's only small sample of what you'll find in Beautiful Data. For anyone who handles data, this is a truly fascinating book.
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Nov 12, 2009 @ 7:36 am
- Wow! This really shows that you can presently data visually that is quite appealing and almost artistic too! I love the Good Magazine -- now that would be the place to work eh? Ah, good idea!
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- saritajain86 saritajain86 Nov 7, 2009 @ 1:46 am
- Great stuff on this lens... THank you...
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- dreaming_lucid dreaming_lucid Oct 19, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
- What a great idea for a lens. Very cool. And thanks for stopping by my mantra insights page.
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- bengriston bengriston Sep 21, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
- Excellent visual stats. The gallons of fuel for traveling 350 miles really says a lot.
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- mitchking mitchking Sep 21, 2009 @ 11:00 am
- Data is much easier to understand when there is a graphic to help you better see what it is saying. Nice lens of some interesting facts.
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