Spotted: May 6th – May 18th

Neil H — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:01:31 +0000

Spotted: May 6th – May 18th:

5 Interesting Data Articles | blog.infochimps.org – Inspired by Pete Warden’s Five Short Links, we decided we’d put up a post about the most interesting data articles we’ve come across in the recent months.
30Days to context connection – PDF – A 30 day calendar of useful visualisation, and other learning aides.
The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook – A nice segmented chart showing how privacy has chnaged over time on Facebook.
Social circle and content – Google – Google Social Search / Circle
Nicholas Felton’s Master Class – Nicholas Felton's Master Class – Visual notes, interesting insights on how the Annual reports evolved and onto how to create your own data visualisations.

Spotted: January 25th – February 11th

Neil H — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:09:40 +0000

Spotted: January 25th – February 11th:

Twitter / Working at Twitter – Twitter are after recruiting people to assist with Data Visualisation – just shows a peak into what they may be thinking for the future.
New car park in illegal parking hotspot | birminghamnewsroom.com – Birmingham City Council announce new parking area in most ticketed street – interesting to note thst a carpark will be in place which will still equal tickets (as per Livery St Carpark, the second most ticketed spot in 2008-2009 in Birmingham)
An Annual Report on One Man’s Life – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – The NYTimes talks to Feltron, about his annual life reports.
Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms – A Gartner report, detailing the players within the Business Intelligence Market. I'm a fan of Tableau, from an analysis and ad-hoc point of view, and they get some good coverage. Alongside other more familiar, and unfamiliar vendors. Worth a scan through.
Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com – Nicholas Feltron Report for 2009 – His life, as an infographic. Also take a look at the others that have been produced since 2006.