If you are planning to be at the BI2012 event next week and want to meet up I will be on-hand Tuesday and Thursday. On Thursday morning, I will conduct an advanced workshop on dashboard design where I will address all of the hard questions that new and advanced developers have. EVENT INFO Here is a Podcast I recorded with Scott from WISPubs to introduce one of the topics I will discuss: Dashboard Data Overload… Sounds exciting!! LISTEN TO PODCAST Hope to see you there!
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Qlikview Prices
Data Visualization21 Feb 2012 | 8:09 amQliktech made its price list public on its website. In a move that calls for “other enterprise software and business intelligence vendors to follow suit, QlikTech is taking the mystery out of purchasing software“. This post is just a placeholder for now, but I may expand it later with comments and possible comparison of pricing from different vendors. [...] -
16 Data Visualization Vendors are squared
Data Visualization12 Feb 2012 | 10:45 pmSince Gartner keeps doing its “Magic Quadrant” (MQ; see MQ at the very bottom of this post) for Business Intelligence Platforms every year, it forces me to do my “Yellow Square for DV, 2012″ for Data Visualization (DV) Platforms too. I did it last year and I have to do it again because I disagreed [...] -
How to Turn a Static Visualization Into a Successful Animation
Visual.ly Blog21 Feb 2012 | 7:19 pmLiz Burow teaches information design and collaborative design studios at Parsons School of Design in New York, NY. Short animations are one of the best tools out there for explaining ideas, but they aren’t used often enough for fear they’re too advanced. Yet, creating animations can really help designers understand the power of storytelling, beyond what can be accomplished with creating static visualizations. By adding time to the design ‘canvas’, one can start to understand how they are the director of an explanation, not just a designer of information. And while perfecting the… -
SpreadheetWEB 3.3 is released
Data Visualization31 Jan 2012 | 6:17 amNew version 3.3 of SpreadsheetWEB with new features like Data Consolidation, User Groups, Advance Analytics and Interactive Charts, is released this month by Cambridge, MA-based Pagos, Inc. SpreadsheetWEB is known as the best SaaS platform with unique ability to convert Excel spreadsheets to rich web applications with live database connections, integration with SQL Server, support [...]
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How Wolverhampton’s Local Information System is driving consistency of data use and helping deliver evidence-based strategic planning
21 Feb 2012 | 7:55 amBackground The Corporate Strategy and Improvement Unit at Wolverhampton City Council provides statistics, information, research and intelligence for decision making and is responsible for demographic data held by the council. Debbie Turner, Policy Officer (Research & Information) in the Unit, says the decision to develop a Local information System (LIS) came from a recognition that data wasn’t being used effectively and that there was a great deal of duplication of effort when it came to local intelligence. “We were getting a lot of requests for the same information, often from… -
Cumbria Intelligence Observatory – ‘Bringing consistency to statutory assessment through online data visualisation’
17 Feb 2012 | 4:10 amBackground Cumbria County Council has been using InstantAtlas to develop interactive online reports that have been used to support work around statutory assessments. Rebecca Raw is Research, Information and Intelligence Officer within the Performance & Intelligence Unit at the council. Several years ago the team was asked to put together area profiles that could be used by council officers to better understand the profile of local areas. Data was collected and presented in spreadsheets. However, as Rebecca explains: “we found that circulating complex spreadsheets was not ideal”. -
Helping local communities in Trafford represent themselves and highlight their needs using an online interactive data hub
2 Feb 2012 | 10:06 amBackground Trafford Council has been an advocate of open data since May 2010 when the council took the decision to create an open data page on its website to allow access to numerous data it collects. This includes: council tax, business rates, location data, such as for schools and leisure centres and election results. However, it wanted to use the data more effectively to create an intelligence resource. With NESTA funding and support from a steering group which included other Greater Manchester local authorities it embarked on an initiative called DataGM – a platform that would allow… -
How the World Health Organization is using data visualisation to present information on inequalities in health system performance across the European Union
25 Jan 2012 | 9:28 amBackground The World Health Organization (WHO) embarked on a project to improve the availability of and access to evidence on inequalities in health system performance, including quality of care and the structural determinants of these inequalities. The project’s initial focus was on countries in the European Union. The aim was to take into account the geographical nature of the regional data and not just to reflect national averages. The WHO team was led by Dr Claudia Stein and also included Drs Enrique Loyola, Ivo Rakovac and Anatoliy Nosikov who are based in Denmark. Dr Loyola explains… -
East Riding Data Observatory – Supporting the localism agenda in the East Riding of Yorkshire through a data presentation initiative
17 Jan 2012 | 3:52 amBackground The East Riding Observatory is an online resource that provides easy access to population, economic, community safety, health and education data for local authorities, partner agencies and communities across the East Riding of Yorkshire. The East Riding Data Observatory is a member of the Humber Data Observatory Group. Other Observatories in this group are: North Lincolnshire Council, North East Lincolnshire and Kingston upon Hull. Gareth Hughes is senior research officer at the Observatory. He explains that Regional Improvement and Efficiencies Partnership (RIEP) funding was made…
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Patterns of daily life in Netherlands from Above
22 Feb 2012 | 2:36 amIn a similar fashion to their work in Britain from Above, CGI and animation group 422 South map the daily patterns of those in the Netherlands in VPRO's production of Netherlands from Above. It's hard to get a grasp on what exactly I'm seeing, since I know next to nothing about the Netherlands and the video narration is in Dutch, but the visuals are beautiful. Planes fly, cars drive, and patterns emerge. The technique never seems to lose its entertainment value. Check out the short making-of video, too, which also includes folks from Stamen describing their work with the interactive portion… -
Password reuse visualizer from Mozilla
21 Feb 2012 | 2:13 amWhen you use the same password for every online account, there could be trouble down the line if one of those sites was breached. You gotta mix it up these days. As part of their Watchdog initiative, Mozilla released an add-on to help you see how you're reusing passwords, and to hopefully keep your personal information secure. Ever been told not to reuse the same password across different websites? With this add-on, you can visualize your passwords and the sites you use them on. By looking at this visualization, you can get a quick idea of which passwords you've been using the most, and the… -
Live coding and inventing on principle
20 Feb 2012 | 2:58 amThis talk by Bret Victor caught fire a few days ago, but I just got a chance to watch to it in its entirety. It's worth the one hour. Victor demos some great looking software that connects code to the visual, making the creation process more visceral, and he finishes up with worhtwhile thoughts on the invention process. -
Point guard fundamentals of Jeremy Lin
19 Feb 2012 | 2:46 amYou knew this was coming, right? The New York Times describes the point guard fundamentals — dribble penetration, ball screen, and isolation — of Jeremy Lin in this animated Linfographic. For each play, the players of interest are outlined, and the frame shifts so that you can see where the players have been, relative to where they currently are. It's a simple concept executed well. I'm familiar with this stuff already, but I imagine this being pretty useful for people just tuning into the game, due to their sudden case of Linsanity. Today's game against Dallas is gonna be a hot… -
Urine color chart
17 Feb 2012 | 4:33 amA Boy Scout is always prepared. See also: Bristol stool chart.
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Interactive Data Visualization
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Connecting at BI2012 in Vegas Next Week
22 Feb 2012 | 10:33 amIf you are planning to be at the BI2012 event next week and want to meet up I will be on-hand Tuesday and Thursday. On Thursday morning, I will conduct an advanced workshop on dashboard design where I will address all of the hard questions that new and advanced developers have. EVENT INFO Here is a Podcast I recorded with Scott from WISPubs to introduce one of the topics I will discuss: Dashboard Data Overload… Sounds exciting!! LISTEN TO PODCAST Hope to see you there! -
New Facebook Profile
21 Jan 2012 | 1:11 amToday, I created a new Facebook profile that I wanted to share with the community, which will be a permanent channel for collaborating with the community. As you may also notice, you can comment on this blog using your Facebook account, and I will now reply directly from Facebook. The results should make this blog a more social and engaging experience for everyone. http://facebook.com/interactivevisualization -
How will you work smarter in 2012?
20 Jan 2012 | 11:37 amThis year I wanted to maximize my time and work smarter, so I can invest my time on more important tasks.. like blogging! As a technologist, I am a firm believer that anything that can be digitalized, should be. Anyone who works with me knows that I am constantly trying to figure out ways to automate and simplify redundant tasks. A few weeks ago, I added a couple of new products to increase our productivity: 1. Shoeboxed- Hours of organizing receipts are gone for ever. When I get a email receipt, I simply forward it to my address or when Kinkos gives me a printed receipt, I take a… -
Xcelsius Blog You Must Bookmark
19 Jan 2012 | 11:18 amOver the last few months, I have been a regular visitor to Josh Tapley’s blog, http://data-ink.com/. His natural design aesthetic coupled with technique is something I admire, and his willingness to share with the community is something that should be appreciated by anyone who is using his tools/techniques. I reached out to Josh to learn more about him and his experience and wanted to share with you: Q: When did you learn how to approach dashboard design best practices? A: I learned about Edward Tufte and Stephen Few right before I began using Xcelsius, which significantly impacted my… -
Auto-Fill Feature with Free Component
18 Jan 2012 | 12:18 pmToday, my team released a free component into our labs page called Input Text. This super-simple component is something that we have used for a long time, and I asked my team to package it up for the community to use and distribute. The driver for this effort was a recent requirement for auto-fill supplied by a customer. Instead of building an auto-fill component, I suggested a technique of combining our input text box with Filtered Summery. The combination worked like a charm and saved the customer thousands of dollars in custom development. From that experience, I wanted everyone to have…
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Tableau to IPO in 2013? rumor or …?
22 Feb 2012 | 5:26 pmDan Primack, Senior Editor at Fortune, posted today at http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/22/tableau-to-ipo-next-year/ a suggestion that Tableau can go public next year and I quote: “Scott Sandell, a partner with New Enterprise Associates (the venture capital firm that is Tableau’s largest outside shareholder) told Dan “that the “board-level discussions” are about taking the company public next year, even [...] -
Qlikview Prices
21 Feb 2012 | 8:09 amQliktech made its price list public on its website. In a move that calls for “other enterprise software and business intelligence vendors to follow suit, QlikTech is taking the mystery out of purchasing software“. This post is just a placeholder for now, but I may expand it later with comments and possible comparison of pricing from different vendors. [...] -
16 Data Visualization Vendors are squared
12 Feb 2012 | 10:45 pmSince Gartner keeps doing its “Magic Quadrant” (MQ; see MQ at the very bottom of this post) for Business Intelligence Platforms every year, it forces me to do my “Yellow Square for DV, 2012″ for Data Visualization (DV) Platforms too. I did it last year and I have to do it again because I disagreed [...] -
Data Visualization page on Google+
5 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amI started recently the new Data Visualization Google+ page as the extension of this blog here: https://plus.google.com/111053008130113715119/posts . Internet has a lot of articles, pages, blogs, data, demos, vendors, sites, dashboards, charts, tools and other materials related to Data Visualization and this Google+ page will try to point to most relevant items and sometimes to comment [...] -
SpreadheetWEB 3.3 is released
31 Jan 2012 | 6:17 amNew version 3.3 of SpreadsheetWEB with new features like Data Consolidation, User Groups, Advance Analytics and Interactive Charts, is released this month by Cambridge, MA-based Pagos, Inc. SpreadsheetWEB is known as the best SaaS platform with unique ability to convert Excel spreadsheets to rich web applications with live database connections, integration with SQL Server, support [...]
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Movie Character Height Chart
22 Feb 2012 | 2:12 pmSource: The World Reduced to Infographics, by Patrick Casey and Dr. Worm Miller; Ulysses Press (December 13, 2011). -
How to Turn a Static Visualization Into a Successful Animation
21 Feb 2012 | 7:19 pmLiz Burow teaches information design and collaborative design studios at Parsons School of Design in New York, NY. Short animations are one of the best tools out there for explaining ideas, but they aren’t used often enough for fear they’re too advanced. Yet, creating animations can really help designers understand the power of storytelling, beyond what can be accomplished with creating static visualizations. By adding time to the design ‘canvas’, one can start to understand how they are the director of an explanation, not just a designer of information. And while perfecting the… -
Visual.ly Meetup Recap: Introductory D3 Workshop
20 Feb 2012 | 10:44 amConfession: even when all 160 spots in Visual.ly’s latest meetup, the Introductory D3 Workshop for Beginners, filled up within days and the wait list piled up another 60-strong, we still thought this workshop would be more of a niche, cosy gathering (you know, geeky stuff). But you proved us wrong! More than 100 attendees showed up at swissnex San Francisco and made this event one of our most successful to date. Thank you, and we hope to see you at our next one — we’ll let you know when and where that will be soon! If you were there, head over to Visual.ly’s Facebook… -
From Data to Story: Dissecting a Well-Made Visualization
16 Feb 2012 | 5:39 pmLast week, Visual.ly published a blog post by Drew Skau, containing a Code of Ethics for data visualization, and ending with this succinct “Hippocratic oath” for data visualization professionals, which deserves to be explored further: I shall not use visualization to intentionally hide or confuse the truth which it is intended to portray. I will respect the great power visualization has in garnering wisdom and misleading the uninformed. I accept this responsibility willfully and without reservation, and promise to defend this oath against all enemies, both domestic and foreign. It is… -
Using Selections in D3 to Make Data-Driven Visualizations
15 Feb 2012 | 12:44 pmD3 is a new tool for designers and programmers working on creating interactive visualizations out of large data sets. We recently told you how to create choropleth maps in D3 with an easy, step-by-step tutorial. In this short video, we’ll go over the basics of using selections with d3.js to make data-driven visualizations. Interested in learning more about d3? Visual.ly’s next meet-up in San Francisco, The Introductory D3 Workshop for Beginners, is taking place on Thursday, February 16. The event is booked up and the wait list is filling up quickly, but you can check back in for…
