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Back from Vacation

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Well, back from my long anticipated vacation and I can't tell you how much Washington DC does not, in any way whatsoever, resemble Costa Rica. Just as a quick example, take a look at the sunset while we camped on a black sand beach. Amazing! If you haven't been, i ...

Mapping the Rhythm and Flow of Literary Works

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I found this at Cool Infographics. Found on notcot.com, On The Map is a cool project by Stefanie Posavec that maps the rhythm and flow of literary works into some stunning visual posters. Breaking a story down into chapters, paragraphs, sentences and finally individual words. Then color coded to capture ...

50 Essential Knowledge Management Sites and Blogs

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

Cool Info Visualization Links from Last Week

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Ok, so I'm still swamped with this proposal, but I wanted to make sure I shared some of the most interesting information visualization posts I've came across within the past week. Heatmapping Your Productivity The picture is a heat map of my daily productive capacity... the amount of productivity I am capable ...

Data Mining Catches Poker Cheat, Top Infographic Videos, Info Visualization Search Engine, and Halo 3 Game Maps

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Sorry to have to do this but I've got a proposal I'm writing and I just don't have time to find some new stuff this week. I've been very pleased with the increased traffic to the blog over the past few months. Here's a random 5 of the 20 most popular posts ...

Dumpster - Break-Up Visualization for Valentine’s Day

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Yes, Valentine's Day is here.. and here's a visualization with a perspective from the not-so-wonderful part of relationships... the break-up. I remember when I was a teenager and how dramatic relationships could get and maybe this visualization can act as a sort of rear-view mirror for you as well. Developed in time ...

SuperBowl advertising - an interactive look at 2 decades of ads

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The Superbowl was quite surprising this year.... the game was better than the ads! I thought the advertising was a bit sluggish this year compared to previous years. I wondered if the lack of hype surrounding the game hurt the over-the-top ads I'm familiar seeing during the game breaks? I found an ...

The Shape of Song

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Since I've been writing this blog, I've come across some interesting gadget visualizations relating to music in some way. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a tool that I'm really satisfied with, one that offers the potential for limitless insight into musical linkages through some highly intuitive interface... What ...

Lunar Mapping Data - Beautiful Abstract Art?

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

I have to be honest... when I first laid eyes on these images I thought of kids throwing paint against a canvas and it somehow turning out looking like art. Originally found at Generator.x, their true origin is even less believable. Lunar Map - west side The maps are based ...

Top 15 Infographic Videos on the Web - Part 2

Friday, December 21st, 2007

As promised, here are videos 8 – 15. Check out my previous post to see videos 1 - 7. I’m noticing that video infographics seem to be an especially popular medium for opinionated social arguments. As there are quite a few included here, I feel like reiterating that my ...