Visual Thinking

http://mashable.com/2011/12/13/bottlenose-launch/

Bottlenose Is a Game Changer for Social Media Consumption

Is reading your social feeds starting to feel like a full-time job without benefits?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17682294

BBC News - Pretty pictures: Can images stop data overload?

Brain scan: Research suggests that one way to avoid being overloaded by data is by presenting it visually rather than text or numbers Sitting at your desk in the middle of the day, yet another email notification pops up in the corner of the screen, covering the figures you're trying to digest in the complicated spreadsheet in front of you. Your laptop is open on the desk next to you with another set of figures you need - meanwhile you're frantically tabbing through different documents on the main screen.

We all know that data visualization allows data to tell a story, but just what does that mean?

http://blog.mindjet.com/2011/12/data-visualization-help-make-decisions

DataVis can aid decision making

Statistical Graphics vs. InfoVis

Information visualization is a field that has had trouble defining its boundaries, and that consequently is often misunderstood.

http://www.theusrus.de/blog/infovis-and-statgraphics/

The State of InfoVis 2012

Problem with Data Driven Decisions

The mathematician searches around the lamppost on his hands and knees. “What are you looking for?” a bystander asks.

We live in a quantitative, data-driven world.

To Innovate, You Have To Stop Being A Slave To Data | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669090/to-innovate-you-have-to-stop-being-a-slave-to-data

The Value of Visualization

Value of Data Vis

Yesterday I tried going through my cell phone bill to check some usage stats and isolate costs, a completely maddening experience made unnecesarily slow through poor design.

Noah Iliinsky is the co-author of Designing Data Visualizations and technical editor of, and a contributor to, Beautiful Visualization , published By O’Reilly Media.

Why Is DataVis So Hot?

http://blog.visual.ly/why-is-data-visualization-so-hot/

The main goal of data visualization is its ability to visualize data, communicating information clearly and effectivelty.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/14/monday-inspiration-data-visualization-and-infographics/

DataVis and Infographics

http://www.visualizing.org/visualizations

Explore data visualizations and infographics that make sense of complex issues, all uploaded by the Visualizing community and published under a Creative Commons license .

Explore Visualizations | visualizing.org

Now that everyone knows what they are, forward thinkers are wondering what’s next for the infographic.

What’s Next for the Infographic?

Unlocking the Power of the Infographic | Conspire: A Mindjet Publication

Today, I’d like to share some great tips on how to make a powerful, easy to read infographic.

Data visualization chart

Benefits of Visual Comms

Visual messages surround us every day. We consider photographs that we want to display, we design visual aides to accompany our presentations at work just to name a few. Even though verbal communication (communicating through language) is often viewed as a more important or more central mode of communication, visual communication has many benefits and advantages in both personal and professional situations.

Projects fail all the time, usually resulting in one department blaming another, who then ends up blaming a vendor, who then usually blames the software.