Pinboard: bookmarks for jimray tagged 'visualization'

Aggregates trends, presumably from Twitter, and then visualizes them in a map. I like the combination of macro aggregation and curation from trusted sources.

visualization data trends tumbl
september 2009 by jimray

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The Impoverished Social Scientist's Guide to Free Statistical Software and Resources
stats visualization software
august 2009 by jimray

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robertrv's django-gheat at master - GitHub

Gheat (google heat maps) for Django

django webdev maps visualization
july 2009 by jimray

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Sputnik observatory, the latest Jonathan Harris joint, looks predictably great

Very nice, application-like use of Flash. The save-able, linkable paths look interesting but my favorite flourish is the logo.

data visualization video culture tumbl
june 2009 by jimray

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Holy crap, Google's news timeline was built by Andy Hertzfeld

Yeah, *that* Andy Hertzfeld. Pretty slick news visualization.

google design media tumbl visualization
april 2009 by jimray

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hatful of hollow - Visualising Sorting Algorithms
design beautiful visualization
april 2009 by jimray

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Vu Nguyen gives a behind-the-scenes look at msnbc.com's interactive coverage of the 2008 election

Paige West's interactive team did an amazing job of building one of the best interactive maps of the election.

work msnbc visualization politics 2008election tumbl
november 2008 by jimray

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Slate's got a nice roundup of info visualizations through the years

Nothing terribly new, but a great primer on the genre of "infoviz" art with some nice historical perspective.

infographics visualization art tumbl
august 2008 by jimray

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Daytum collects personal data about anything you can count

I was literally thinking just today how I'd love something like this. Given Nicholas Felton's pedigree, with his annual reports starting in 2005, this should be awesome.

design visualization stats awesome tumbl
august 2008 by jimray

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Adaptive Path interviews Stame Design
design visualization tumbl
june 2008 by jimray

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Mail Trends is a set of python scripts for visualizing your email

Extracted from IMAP. Wicked cool.

visualization email social stats
march 2008 by jimray

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Books that make you dumb

The one useful feature of Facebook - aggregating people to statistically mock them. Also, I love that "The Holy Bible" makes you dumber than not reading at all.

via:kottke stats dumb tumbl awesome data visualization
january 2008 by jimray

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Flare is an AS3 interactive visualization library that looks wicked brilliant

Easily create tree maps, charts, animated graphs, etc. From the Berkely Institute of Design.

via:magnetbox visualization actionscript webdev tumbl flash
october 2007 by jimray

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Hip hop pop-ups

You get an ad every time Kanye name checks his favorite brands. Clever, that.

advertising music brilliant art design via:revgeorge visualization tumbl
september 2007 by jimray

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The White Glove Tracking project is done

Remember the project to track Michael Jackson's glove in every frame of the live Billy Jean performance? Well, it's done and the data is out there for somebody to do something cool with.

art visualization tumbl
july 2007 by jimray

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Who's doing what online

Creators, critics, collectors, joiners and spectators all broken down by generation. Nice infographic to boot.

online culture webdev bloggers visualization tumbl via:magnetbox
june 2007 by jimray

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New York magazine piece on Edward Tufte

"And who are these fans who won’t leave? The majority are male, and wearing expensive rimless eyeglasses."

design writers visualization tumbl via:khoivinh
june 2007 by jimray

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Digg labs releases Arc

Shows activity at the topic and subtopic level, not just stories. Say what you will about Digg, the visualization stuff they're doing is damn cool.