Visualizing Where Supporters of NBA Teams Reside

Nick Devlin maps the fan base of NBA teams in the United States.

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Data Visualization

Andy Cotgreave discusses data visualization. Cotgreave suggests that innovative visualization is important because: "Getting people to engage is sometimes as important as building the cognitively most valid method." He uses as examples charts from the Wall Street Journal showing the impact of vaccination on disease which he says are more attention grabbing than line charts.

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Data Based Visual Web Sites

Brad Chacos shares ten visually stunning sites derived from data. Often this data is collected in real time.

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Visualizing Migration

Jessica Leber provides an infographic showing migration trends .

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46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom

The "Teach Thought Staff" provide 46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom .

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Flame Graphs

Joab Jackson explains how Brendan Gregg developed flame graphs to chart CPU usage that was causing system slowdowns. Gregg's talk on the subject is designed for technology professionals, but the basic concepts can be understood by an amateur.

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Four Pillars of Data Visualization

In a video Noah Illinsky shares about four pillars data visualization. Illinsky says visualization is important because pattern matching is built into the human brain, so images speed retrieval. His four pillars for all communication are:

1. Purpose
2. Content
3. Structure, and
4. Formatting.

 

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