Lush Metrics jqPlot - Pure Javascript Plotting streamgraph.js Streamgraphs are cool. They’re great at displaying trends in data over time, similar to a stacked graph, but much prettier. The first one I saw was Lee Byron’s Last.fm listening history graphic, a beautiful poster showing trends in the music he had listened to over the course of two years. The New York Times used an interactive streamgraph (created by Matthew Bloch and Shawn Carter) to great effect to show box office receipts over 22 years in The Ebb and Flow of Movies. When Lee Byron & Martin Wattenberg open-sourced their streamgraph implementation in Java and Processing, I was pretty excited. I’ve been playing around with processing.js a lot lately, so I decided to port their code. I’ve posted the code on github. The major things I added are: Dynamic sizing (sized to fit the Canvas element it’s on)Settings. Streamgraph.js doesn’t quite have feature parity with the interactive flash streamgraph shown in The Ebb and Flow of Movies, but I would like it to get there.
IBM Makes a Big Bet on OpenStack in the Cloud - Arik Hesseldahl data visualization SelfiExploratory The Selfiexploratory dataviz project analyzes selfies around the world. (via Jonathan Harris) Brooklyn, Block by Block Thomas Rhiel created this stunning, colorful map of all of Brooklyn’s 320,000+ buildings. Immersion Immersion is an online tool that visualizes your personal email connections. Read more over at FastCo or try Immersion here. Wealth Inequality in America Shocking infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. (via Mashable) We can do better than this. This Paid Annual Leave and Paid Holidays Chart is quite heartbreaking. (via everlane) Selected Data Visualization Tools The fine folks of data visualization.ch put together a selection of data visualization tools that they use the most and that they enjoy working with. Pancakes Venn Diagram This Pancake Recipe Venn Diagram made me chuckle. Could anyone tell me who to give credit to? Buy it here.
Visualisation Insights: #1 The visualisation designer This post is the first in a series I am commencing called Visualisation Insights. The purpose of this series is to provide readers with unique insights into the field of visualisation from the different perspectives of those in the roles of designer, practitioner, academic, blogger, journalist and all sorts of other visual thinkers. My aim is to bring together these interviews to create a greater understanding and appreciation of the challenges, approaches and solutions that exist in the worlds of this collection of people – the visualisation field’s ‘cast and crew’. I will be following each interview with a post reflecting on some of the key insights to emerge. One of the most shared and discussed visualisation designs was conceived, designed and produced by New York designer Michael Deal on behalf of Umbro, the UK sportswear brand. [click image for large view] You can see more of Michael’s personal work at www.mikemake.com. How would you describe your interest in football?
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colorful data | information design The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Big Data For harnessing data from its planes and trains to power a new Industrial Internet, potentially saving billions. General Electric is best known for its machine making, but it’s gotten smart and branded itself as a big-data company, too, by pushing its vision for an “Industrial Internet”—the notion that machines should be connected like the web in order to increase efficiency and reduce downtime. In 2012, it launched software to help airlines and railroads move their data to the cloud and partnered with Accenture to form Taleris, a startup that will help airlines predict mechanical malfunctions and reduce flight cancellations. 2. For feeding its DIY data scientists cash-prize challenges (then molding them into a consulting biz). 3. For using a visual approach to take the guesswork out of big data. A) Violence increases in Baghdad, marking the beginning of Al Qaeda’s “Break the Walls” campaign. 5. For embracing data scientists and supercomputers to build the hospital of the future. 6. 7.