Visualizations
Representing sets of data in non-tabular form is the work of visualizations. Complex representations which convey meaning and value to the recipient in a pictorial form is much harder than it seems. The ability to not mis-represent or mis-lead the reader is paramount.
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Have Gun, Will Travel
The ever popular CV, it’s that thing you update every once and awhile when you have too. More recently, the buzz words “living document” have been bantered around when discussing business plans and resumes and it is important to keep your CV up to date, but maybe not for the reasons you’d expect.
Þjóðfundur 02009: data mining a government
On November 14th, 02009, 1200+ Icelanders came together to discuss their vision for the future of their nation. As they spent the day discussion and jotting down their ideas, all of their data was catalogued and index. This information has been made freely available to anyone to further augment, visualize and mine it for more information. So we did.
Venn Diagrams as UI Tools
As we collect more and more data, we need ways to create complex queries to analyses it. The tools we have today started with a search box and haven’t improved much since. When combining boolean logic with search, a simple solution that falls out of the mix is the Venn diagram. This article is a look at the possibilities of developing a new GUI control to quickly and easily create advanced search queries.
Maps with the road coloring problem
The road coloring problem builds an algorithm so that at any given point in the graph you can use the exact same set of instructions to get to the destination point. It is possible to model destinations within a city as nodes in a graph. So what would a road coloring look like for tourists and would it be useful?
Pie charts and other circular visualizations
Pie charts were first created by Scottish polyglot William Playfair in his 01801 publication of “Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary”. We’ve come along way in understanding visual complexity, but still the inefficient pie chart continues to be used.
Read more about Pie charts and other circular visualizations