Viz of the Day (Vizoftheday) Customizing Block Histogram Many Eyes Log in Explore Visualizations Data sets Comments Topic centers Participate Create a visualization Upload a data set Create a topic center Register Learn more Quick start Visualization types Data format and style About Many Eyes Blog Contact us Contact Report a bug Legal Terms of use Privacy Provide Feedback Popular tags: 2008 2009 2010 2011 A Obama budget census country crime education energy facebook food government health income internet lyrics media music network obama obesity people politics population president race school smoking social speech spending state states twitter unemployment us world See more » Customizing Block Histogram Data set: internet (Version 1) Your visualization will look like this: Required Visualization title Optional Tags Add your tags (separated by a space): Description (type the code from the image) Accessible Captcha An experiment brought to you by and
Data visualisation DIY: our top tools | News What data visualisation tools are out there on the web that are easy to use - and free? Here on the Datablog and Datastore we try to do as much as possible using the internet's powerful free options. That may sound a little disingenuous, in that we obviously have access to the Guardian's amazing Graphics and interactive teams for those pieces where we have a little more time - such as this map of public spending (created using Adobe Illustrator) or this Twitter riots interactive. But for our day-to-day work, we often use tools that anyone can - and create graphics that anyone else can too. So, what do we use? Google fusion tables This online database and mapping tool has become our default for producing quick and detailed maps, especially those where you need to zoom in. The main advantage is the flexibility - you can can upload a kml file of regional borders, say - and then merge that with a data table. This excellent tutorial by Google's Kathryn Hurley is a great place to start. Datamarket
Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. - Gapminder.org PivotViewer Control Getting Started Walking Through a Silverlight Application Take a tour of the XAML and Javascript generated by an application template that's installed with the Silverlight SDK. Organizing XAML Assets Learn how to organize XAML assets in Expression Design and Expression Blend to maximize developer efficiency. Hosting HTML Content This video demonstrates various ways you can use existing HTML content within your Silverlight application including full pages, fragments, or syndicated content. Understanding Mouse Input Learn about Mouse input and how to use some of the mouse functionality available in Silverlight. Using Custom Fonts Learn how to download and use a custom font with a Text Block in Silverlight. Adding Silverlight to a Web Page Learn what "silverlight.js" helper file is used for and what the parameters on the Silverlight plug-in can do. Silverlight 5 Silverlight 5 Release Overview In this video, Pete provides an overview of the new and updated features in the release of Silverlight 5.
Uncommon Wisdom on Teaching (Une sagesse peu commune sur l’Enseignement). Je traduis ici un extrait d’une tribune signée par Arne Duncan , Fred van Leeuwen et Angel Gurría respectivement secrétaire américain à l’ Education , Secrétaire général de l’ OCDE (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Secrétaire général de Education Internationale qui représente 30 millions d’enseignants dans 171 pays et territoires dans le journal en ligne Huffington Post dans le cadre du Sommet International sur la Profession Enseignante . Certains pensent que les syndicats d’enseignants sont les pierres d’achoppement des réformes, mais d’un point de vu international, il se raconte une histoire toute différente. Beaucoup de nations parmi les plus performantes du monde ont des syndicats d’enseignants forts qui fonctionnent en tandem avec les autorités locales et nationales pour stimuler le développement et la réussite des élèves. Uncommon Wisdom on Teaching :
Crisis narrows China-UK gap About this Video 200 years ago, United Kingdom was a leading nation of the world – both in regard to health and economy. In this video, Hans Rosling details UK’s 200-year journey, to present time, and also shows that China, in the coming five years, will narrow the gap to UK faster than ever. Related content See UK and China in Gapminder World. Thanks for choosing Tableau Public Your download should begin automatically, but if it doesn’t, click here. Need the 64-bit version? Click here. Just follow these easy steps to install your software: Click the “Run” button to start the process. Depending on your browser, you might not get the security warning screen.Go to step 2. Accept the license agreement and click the “Install” button. The software will automatically begin the installation process. Watch the “Getting Started” video on the start page. Press the play button and get a step-by-step walk through of how to create your first Tableau Public visualization. Need Help? Our community page gives you the support and training you need. Visit our community Get Training Our training videos will teach you the basics to get started as well as give you the tools to master the application. Visit our training About Tableau Public Learn the story behind Tableau Public and how it is helping people see and understand their data in a whole new way. Visit the Tableau Public Story
Information is beautiful: war games | News Amid confusion over the rise in defence cuts, I was surprised to learn that the UK has one of the biggest military budgets in the world - nearly £40bn ($60 bn) in 2008. But I was less surprised to see who had the biggest. Yep, the United States spent a staggering $607bn (£402 bn) on defence in 2008. Currently engaged in what will likely be the longest ground war in US history in Afghanistan. Here's that bloated military budget in context. The defence budgets of the other top nine countries can be neatly accommodated inside the US budget. So the US is an aggressive, war-mongeringing military machine, right? But is that true? Military units First of all, the enormity of the US military budget is not just down to a powerful military-industrial complex. In fact, it's vastly rich. (This is a reworking of an image from the blog ASecondHandConjecture.com) It doesn't seem fair to not factor in the wealth of a country when assessing its military budget. Soldiers The US barely scrapes the top 50.
Lancement de Microsoft Pivot | Zesty Lors du 3ème jours de la PDC 2009 Microsoft a annoncé la sortie de son tout nouveau jouet: Microsoft Pivot. L’application apporte une interaction simplifiée pour manipuler des sources de données de très forte taille. En clair cet outil, basé sur le concept de deep zoom, vous permettra de naviguer à travers une source de données de façon plus intuitive qu’un fichier plat ou qu’une navigation plus « linéaire » telle qu’on l’a connait avec un navigateur. Pour mieux comprendre comment marche cet outil je vous laisse visiter le site dédié qui contient une vidéo (en Silverlight) expliquant rapidement et clairement tout cela marche. Ce matin j’ai eu la chance de le tester et j’ai trouvé ça sympa mais je ne vois pas trop ce qu’un outil du genre peut m’apporter. A noter qu’un navigateur web classique est intégré à l’application, j’espère qu’ils n’ont pas l’intention de remplacer les futurs Internet Explorer par ça !
Rhetological Fallacies A brain-blending categorisation and visualisation of errors and manipulations of rhetoric and logical thinking. How many do you use? The word ‘rhetological’ is made up. Just so I can munge two types of entity: rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies. Both are used heavily by institutional powers – governments, religions, political parties, across the entire spectrum to sway opinion, confuse and obfuscate. How many you recognise? UPDATE 11th April: We now have a French version – and printable French PDF to download. This is an attempt to elucidate and name a few of the most common fallacies. Quite a few suffer from being over-abstract and heavily philosophical. So I’ve condensed all the definitions and tried to write them in the plainest of plain English. In philosophy, there are some formal ways of categorising fallacies. I think it works though. If you want to play Rhetological Bingo during political speeches or at work feel free to instantly download a quick-ref, hi-res PDF.
Thinkmap visualization software facilitates communication, learning, and discovery. David McCandless 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service. MusicMap is similar to TuneGlue in its interface, but seems slightly more intuitive. Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations