Data & Stuff // Neil Houston
Yeap, data and stuff
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May 2nd, 2010VisualisationSpotted: April 14th – May 2nd:
- NY Times: Driving Shifts Into Reverse – An interesting visual about driving usuage/mileage, the kicker being the X axis is not displaying time. <br />
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Works surprisingly well - 960 Grid System – The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem.
- TweetCatcha v 1.0 – TweetCatcha seeks to uncover the organic nature of news as it travels through Twitter over time, by examining the movement of NY Times articles through Twitter.
- Create cool applications! | dev.twitter.com – New application/dev area for twitter
- Follow Finder by Google – Follow Finder analyzes public social graph information (following and follower lists) on Twitter to find people you might want to follow.
- NY Times: Driving Shifts Into Reverse – An interesting visual about driving usuage/mileage, the kicker being the X axis is not displaying time. <br />
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March 25th, 2010Visualisation
Spotted: March 8th – March 25th:
- Main : Stefanie Posavec – Take a quick look over the site of Stefanie Posavec, some interesting pieces of work are present. Including her cover for the new OK GO album.
- LukeW | Web App Masters: Design Lessons from 350 Million – An interesting set of points that Facebook have learnt from over time, with applicable transfer to other peoples sites, including Kitecrowd.
- London – South of the River Tube Stations – What if most the tube stations were in south london? This is a nice simple visualisation.
- Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – Foursquare, the location app are rolling out new features to businesses, who will be able to see a range of real-time data about Foursquare usage.
- Google – Public Data – The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings.