• Press Release | AEDI website shortlisted in the year’s Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards

    Updated: 2010-09-30 16:11:20
    London, England, 30th September 2010 The website for the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) has been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards. The website uses InstantAtlasTM data presentation software to map information about how communities have supported the development of their children before school. The results [...]

  • Tableau Powers Fantasy Football Analytics

    Updated: 2010-09-30 01:45:00
    Support Analytics Consulting Subscribe to main feed Enter your email to get the main feed in your inbox Support Analytics Blog Home Blog Subscribe Bookstore About Advertise e-Store Links Privacy Analytics : What a 4 Year Old Can Teach Us Tableau Powers Fantasy Football Analytics What better way to start the day then to check up on the Fantasy Football league . 160 As I checked my team and league standings , noting that I took down an undefeated team this week with the help of Tom Brady and Anquan Boldin , I noticed an article by Dave Richard Senior Fantasy Writer that utilized Tableau Public The interactive data visualization below allows one to see how each player filter by position stacks up against the opposing team’s defense each week . Here is the tracker . 160 I would love to hear

  • Visualizing the 2010 Afghan Elections

    Updated: 2010-09-29 05:00:03
    We are happy to announce that Interactive Things is currently working together with Democracy International on their Election Observation Mission to Afghanistan 2010. Getting insights is key to this project, therefore we strive to contribute clear, readable and understandable visualizations.

  • Analytics: What a 4 Year Old Can Teach Us

    Updated: 2010-09-28 14:00:00
    : Support Analytics Consulting Subscribe to main feed Enter your email to get the main feed in your inbox Support Analytics Blog Home Blog Subscribe Bookstore About Advertise e-Store Links Privacy Spotfire Data Visualization Blog Tableau Powers Fantasy Football Analytics Analytics : What a 4 Year Old Can Teach Us Pretty pictures will catch you eye , but won’t hold your attention Almost anything is possible with the right programmer or tool Less isn’t always more ever try that with sweets on a child learn how to effectively use appendices for data My four year old daughter likes to play work” by typing things into Excel spreadsheets . 160 When I point at a pie chart that has fairly even slices , and ask which one is bigger , it takes a lot longer and accuracy diminishes compared to a column

  • Illustrating Information with Photography

    Updated: 2010-09-27 08:34:01
    Caleb Charland uses an extremely simple way to communicate information: He just shows it.

  • Having Fun With Taxonomies

    Updated: 2010-09-24 07:15:24
    New York based graphic design studio POP CHART LAB has two awesome posters for sale: The Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names and The Very Many Variety of Beers.

  • Spotfire Data Visualization Blog

    Updated: 2010-09-23 14:00:00
    Support Analytics Consulting Subscribe to main feed Enter your email to get the main feed in your inbox Support Analytics Blog Home Blog Subscribe Bookstore About Advertise e-Store Links Privacy Eat Healthy Chart Analytics : What a 4 Year Old Can Teach Us Spotfire Data Visualization Blog I wanted to give the readers here a peek at the article Support Analytics wrote for the Spotfire blog . 160 Spotfire is a leader in the data visualization space . 160 If you are interested , the blog post discusses two critical parts to data visualization and analytics and can be found here Most Commented Posts Analyzing a Stacked Bar Chart Data Analysis Do You Really Mean Average Subscribe to main feed This entry was posted on Thursday , September 23rd , 2010 at 9:00 am and is filed under Analytics BI

  • Hans Rosling at TEDxChange

    Updated: 2010-09-23 07:34:13
    Hans Rosling, director of the Gapminder Foundation gives another of his enthusiastic talks about how statistics can help us to better understand the world's development.

  • Challenge: How Do I Become President?

    Updated: 2010-09-22 05:00:47
    Kids.gov is frequently asked, “How can I become the President when I grow up?” and now they’re inviting the public to help answer this question visually.

  • Skimming 2,000 Ideas

    Updated: 2010-09-20 05:00:38
    GE has published the submissions to their recent Ecomagination Challenge. Instead of an ordered list, they created an interactive visualization that allows a more playful way of browsing through the submitted 2000+ ideas.

  • Eat Healthy Chart

    Updated: 2010-09-20 01:45:00
    Support Analytics Consulting Subscribe to main feed Enter your email to get the main feed in your inbox Support Analytics Blog Home Blog Subscribe Bookstore About Advertise e-Store Links Privacy Data Visualizations Tanking Fast Spotfire Data Visualization Blog Eat Healthy Chart I came across this chart and found it very interesting because of the stated benefits that some foods can have on your health probably not verified by the FDA For instance , did you know that eating bananas can help quiet a cough or that apples improve lung capacity I came across this because for the last 8 months or so I’ve been on a diet kick to lose a few pounds and body fat while trying to maintain a healthier lifestyle . 160 This grid shows how unorganized data can really cause a problem for the reader or

  • Tracking the MTV 2010 Video Music Awards

    Updated: 2010-09-15 05:00:56
    For this years MTV Video Music Awards, the music channel collaborated with Twitter and the good folks at Stamen to track the activity throughout the event.

  • Visualizing Stephen Fry’s Autobiography

    Updated: 2010-09-14 05:00:41
    The recently published autobiography by Stephen Fry titled The Fry Chronicles is also available as the iPhone app myFry. The app functions as a visual index of key theme tags within the book, all of which have been divided into 4 major groups: People, Subjects, Emotions, and Fryisms.

  • Time-lapse of Reviving Ground Zero

    Updated: 2010-09-13 07:54:36
    The New York Times has published an interactive feature about how the new World Trade Center complex is taking shape.

  • The Institute for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Texas

    Updated: 2010-09-10 12:02:10
    The Institute for Health Policy (IHP), based in the School of Public Health at The University of Texas, contributes to improving public health by developing creative ways to bridge the gap between scientific research, practical programmes and policy solutions. The IHP brings its technical expertise and non-partisan analysis to health policy issues, with special focus [...]

  • Graffiti Meets Visualization

    Updated: 2010-09-10 07:00:58
    The fire department from Ulvenhout, Netherlands displays its achievements of the past years on a information rich mural painting created by graphic design duo Staynice.

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