Archive for the ‘Business Intelligence’ Category
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Excuse me for going a little off topic but Data Integrity is essential to even the most rudimentary Information Visualizations.
No visualization is worth a thing if it leads you to the wrong conclusion.
Often, as new and interesting terms arise in the IT industry (buzz words), they are carelessly tossed around ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Integrity, Data Warehouse, Decision Making, General Business | No Comments »
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Smashing Magazine is well designed... and so is their post on popular Infographics and Data Visualization.
This article presents some spectacular data visualizations and infographics which manage to combine a strong visual appeal with the effective presentation of information.
I've taken the liberty of sharing some examples... check out the full article ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Interesting Sites, Visualization, infographic | No Comments »
Friday, April 4th, 2008
.
Kudos to Lucas McDonell for assembling an excellent list of 50 Knowledge Management Sites. Great resource. Check out the details at his site
Posted in Business Intelligence, Interesting Sites, Random, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
I decided to see how difficult it was to find some suitable open source alternatives to usually expensive and proprietary applications.
My search led me to some great sites that make it easy to find the right open source application for any need.
For a simple list of the best free and ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, General Business, Interesting Sites, Visualization | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
I've read a lot on this topic already as Google released a Visualization API for users and developers 2 days ago.
From the official Google Blog,
"Instead of delivering just one or two new types of reports, or a new visual map mashup, we decided to deliver a platform on which ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Decision Making, Gadget, General Business, Natural Language, Visualization | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I found some really great infographics in an archived directory at work. I tracked down the creator, Marshall Clemens of www.idiagram.com, and found his offering very interesting... Visual Modeling for Complex Business Problems
We don't hold a narrow definition of exactly what a 'visual model' should look like: they should ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Decision Making, General Business, Visualization, infographic | No Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Although I'm a fan of movies, I'm definitely not a fan of paying $20 or whatever the going price for theater tickets are these days.
With big flat screen TV's being affordable (thanks Costco!) and DVD's being released more quickly after a movie's release, what's the sense in shelling out ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Gadget, Visualization | No Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
I've seen this Period Table of Visualization Methods before... but I'm posting it anyways, along with some other maps developed by the same people over at Visual-Literacy.org.
Periodic Table of Visual Methods
This organization table shows (including examples) over one hundred visualization-based methods. By hovering your pointer over each method, examples ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Decision Making, infographic | No Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
So, I came across this website which, at first, looks like a perfect resource for endless information visualization blog posts!
While I appreciate the efforts of InfoVis - 1100+ examples of information visualization, I feel like it's lacking some consistency as well as search capabilities.
the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, Interesting Sites, Visualization | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
This is an interesting map designed to give a perspective of how a software giant, and the small players, are essentially fighting over turf.
As you might expect, Microsoft is the giant trying to control its empire.
I guess you could call this a Mind Map style, but it's more ...
Posted in Business Intelligence, General Business, Visualization, infographic | 1 Comment »