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Tag Archives: visualization
Visualization of social networks among "Web 2.0" startups
The folks at Groupscope give us some fascinating looks into, among other things, the relationships behind some successful so-called “Web 2.0″ startup ventures: From the Linksviewer blog. I wonder how severe the survivorship bias is. It would be more interesting … Continue reading
Web 2.0 nomenclature – a flash in the pan or real gold nuggets?
Austin at Billions with Zero Knowledge is blogging at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 conference. This got me thinking again about all this of web nomenclature hoopla which seems to have spread like the Code Red worm (see below) with monikers … Continue reading
Another cool visualization
Concerned about your air quality? Crime rates? Thinking of moving perhaps? Neighboroo provides a cool heatmap style mashup of geographic data and Google maps, designed to let you research the key characteristics of neighbourhoods which matter to you. I would … Continue reading
Middle East history – infographic video timeline
While we are all caught up with the present warring in the Middle East this short video timeline infographic reminds us that the history of conflict in the Middle East is ancient and storied: I had to look up the … Continue reading
Rock on! Study shows rock music makes you smarter
All those years I spent listening to rock music on my headphones while studying were not in vain. Reported in the Times Online: “Researchers at a Scottish university believe that the sound of guitar-based rock such as Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC … Continue reading
Visualizing scale
A great collection of scale visualizations. Worth a quick browse if you want to regain some perspective on the universe (photo from www.rense.com). Signal Versus Noise is the blog of 37 Signals, a company which has shattered the usefulness to … Continue reading
Infographic: Middle East Conflict
Interesting visualizations of relationships in the Middle Eastern conflicts are presented by Information Aesthetics. No doubt these are simplifications but they could be a good start for those of us who have limited knowledge of the history and political geography … Continue reading
"Comprehension follows perception"
I follow a number of interesting blogs, but few are as consistently interesting as information aesthetics. They have really clued me in to the importance of presentation in making information come alive. It also emphasized the absurdity that throughout my … Continue reading
MRI magic
Looking inside yourself is quite surreal, and I’m not talking about introspection: I had an MRI scan due to a nagging back injury from indoor ultimate. The whole process was quite fast, about 20 minutes. You get loaded into a … Continue reading
Visualization of cultural values
Very interesting infographic, published in The Atlantic, mapping cultural values. Apparently the study is by Ronald Inglehart of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Data seems to be collected via census, the last data available is from 2001. … Continue reading