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Support the SXSW 2012 Visualization Panel

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:59:18 -0500

Panel Description: The raising amount of data exhaust of the past years has created the need for more and better tools to analyze what lies within this massive amount of raw material. Visualization leveraging the human cognition proves to be an invaluable tool to explore, digest, analyze and communicate the information. We reveal patterns, trends, relations or dependencies that were buried before. But, what happens after we have created such an elaborate and powerful visualization and released it to the world? How does the it affect the beholder? How does it help shaping his opinions or even changing his behavior? Because, at the end of the day, visualization is simply a means to an end — a tool to achieve a bigger goal. We have agreed that visualization as an instrument for analysis and communication works. Now, let’s answer the question how visualization can make an actual impact on education, economics, politics, society and the digital revolution.

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designtank: Grad students at the School of Visual Arts created...

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:21:05 -0500

designtank:

Grad students at the School of Visual Arts created a series of infographics for the New York Times’ Education Life. Among the topics covered: what led to the decision to attend grad school, and the daily mood swings of an M.F.A. student.

rachelmercer: Augmenting the Receipt with Infographics

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:50:43 -0500

rachelmercer:

Augmenting the Receipt with Infographics

roomthily: Elements of Happiness - 10 case studies and...

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:48:22 -0500

roomthily:

Elements of Happiness - 10 case studies and visualizations from the Harvard Study of Adult Development

via Laura Javier (via)

I remember there used to be a submit link on your site. Do you still take infographic submissions from readers?

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:33:57 -0500

Yes. The link is in the header, just before the search box.

brianlucid: Barcode Plantage transforms a simple product bar...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:15:06 -0500

brianlucid:

Barcode Plantage transforms a simple product bar code into a unique tree in the garden of globalization.

Once a bar code is keyed or scanned in, the program sends a request to a product database, which returns master file data. This master file data is then analyzed to define positions, curves and colors of Bezier curves of the tree structure.

The number of these curves will vary correspondence to the number of figures in the code. Simultaneously, the user will hear a melody, which is based on the figures of the bar code.

To complete the visualized information details of the country of origin, manufacturer, product number and sum - each on a single black bar connected by fine lines – are displayed. Since all data is being interpreted by an algorithm that works completely without any random aspect each product is represented by a characteristic and singular tree.

almostperfectalex: Impure is a visual programming language...

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:05:15 -0500

almostperfectalex:

Impure is a visual programming language aimed to gather, process and visualize information. With impure is possible to obtain information from very different sources; from user owned data to diverse feeds in internet, including social media data, real time or historical financial information, images, news, search queries and many more. Impure is a tool to be in touch with data around internet, to deeply understand it. Within a modular logic interface you can quickly link information to operators, controls and visualization methods, bringing all the power of the comprehension of information and knowledge to the not programmers that want to work with information in a professional way.

hilker: check out this sweet animated infographic to show how...

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:21:47 -0500

hilker:

check out this sweet animated infographic to show how foursquare has reached 10M Users

rachelmercer: 3D Paper Infographics

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:10:26 -0500

rachelmercer:

3D Paper Infographics

Talk-o-Meter shows, how much everybody is talking.

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:15:55 -0500

Talk-o-Meter shows, how much everybody is talking.

vizualize: NZ Seafood Posters by Carly Hitchcock

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:02:10 -0500

vizualize:

NZ Seafood Posters by Carly Hitchcock

Photo

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:44:49 -0500

datavis: The Opportunity Gap

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:56:52 -0500

datavis:

The Opportunity Gap

This Guy Has My MacBook

Tue, 31 May 2011 14:20:38 -0500

This Guy Has My MacBook:

joshuakaufman:

You might be interested in this other tumblelog I just started.

I just discovered thoughtcatalog.com and I don’t think I’ll ever get anything done ever...

Mon, 30 May 2011 19:16:41 -0500

I just discovered thoughtcatalog.com and I don’t think I’ll ever get anything done ever again. Ever.

trendd: This is amazing. It reminds me of that scene in The...

Sun, 29 May 2011 21:23:05 -0500

trendd:

This is amazing.

It reminds me of that scene in The Island. I can’t wait for better (and easier) data feedback for our health.

poptech: betterworlds:

The last Pop Sci invention award that we’ll share comes from MingZher Poh at MIT’s MediaLab. Using a webcam, he’s produced a mirror that can give you information about your vital signs.

The webcam reads reflection of light from your skin, which changes based on the amount of blood being pumped through it. That information can be used to monitor things like heart rate.

Lots of “future tech” concept videos contain this idea of a mirror that tells you your vitals. Well, here it is. It’s real.

Video!

Photo

Sun, 29 May 2011 21:13:36 -0500

youmightfindyourself: What’s the mountain turning into?

Mon, 23 May 2011 14:31:32 -0500

youmightfindyourself:

What’s the mountain turning into?

thingsorganizedneatly: ed: I try not to use images that...

Sun, 22 May 2011 21:39:13 -0500

thingsorganizedneatly:

ed: I try not to use images that ‘feature’ Apple products (even though they’re beautiful). But this is pretty awesome, AND, no iPhone.

It’s final. I’m moving to North...

Wed, 04 May 2011 12:22:02 -0500

It’s final. I’m moving to North Dakota.

ddddarby:

Is your dad a weather nerd, too? Show this to him: Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster.