Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:56 a.m. by Chris Amico in Self-Indulgence about data and data visualization
... and we are just learning how to till it on the web.
David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
My favorite is the "mountains out of molehills" chart of unreasonable fears.
(via Flowing Data)
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