Archive for the ‘Decision Making’ Category

Avoid local Traffic and Speedtraps Using Free, Real-Time Information

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I'm not kidding... in the 3-4 months I've been checking TrafficLand.com somewhat regularly, it swear it has probably saves me at least 10 hours of what could have been traffic hell! TrafficLand.com aggregates and delivers live traffic video over the Internet and on TV. The Company has developed patent-pending technology to ...

Data Integrity - What Does It Really Mean? Why Is It Important?

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 ...

oSkope - Highly Intuitive Visual Search

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Sure, other search engines provide the ability to search for images and more, but it's really how you interact with that information that's important. oSkope is a search assistant with a highly intuitive visual interface. oSkope lets you browse quickly through a large number of images and preview information with minimal ...

Google Visualization API

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 ...

Visual Modeling for a Clearer, Deeper Understanding

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 ...

Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

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 ...

Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Although this post strays a little from the type of previous posts, it's some great info on how to actually find the information you're looking for. I'm continually impressed by Google's methods of sifting through such large amount of data/information and empowering individual users to find what they want, however they ...

Personal Annual Report Infographics

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

I found this wonderful personal annual report in infographic form at Infosthetics. Feltron 8 has shared his 2007 activities and presented them in some interesting ways. an accounting of the year passed in beautiful infographical form. this year sees the addition of several street-map-style visuals. Feltron 8 2007 Annual Report

“Flight thru Instruments” Infographics

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Found on Telstar Logistics, these fantastic informative illustrations, a.k.a. Infographics, were published as a pilot-training manual by the US Navy in 1945. "Flight thru Instruments" teaches proper aeronautical navigation techniques through the use of elaborate illustrations -- the kind of stuff that today might be called "info-graphics." Produced entirely by hand, the ...

Executive Visualization of Security

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Has anyone seen any effective visualizations/dashboards of an organization's overall information security - something appropriate for an executive level individual - someone like an oversight board or corporate level individual. I have seen a lot of beautiful graphics, but I am looking for something from which an individual could ...