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If We Assume: Colors in Visualizations, a Rainbow of References “...I wondered if it was blasphemous to tell God that rainbows are kitsch.” --Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole Color is one of the most fundamental, and sometimes most challenging, aspects of data visualization. Many times you may not know why a given color scheme looks bad (or good), but your eye can quickly pick it out. Below is a list of links/articles/references I've found useful when thinking about colors in visualization, with some rough organization. Interactive Color Design Tools These are probably the best tools to play with and get interested in color. Academic Articles Here are some more "academic" oriented articles, giving intros to color and to general problems people encounter in using color in research figures. Color Contrast Contrast is one of THE biggest problems I see in academic figures. Considering Color Blindness As many people know, Color Blindness is more common in men than women. Concluding Thought [ Related Posts ]
Data Wrangler UPDATE: The Stanford/Berkeley Wrangler research project is complete, and the software is no longer actively supported. Instead, we have started a commercial venture, Trifacta. For the most recent version of the tool, see the free Trifacta Wrangler. Why wrangle? Too much time is spent manipulating data just to get analysis and visualization tools to read it. 25 Free Lifelong Learning Resources | Free Online Learning The Internet has made the lifelong pursuit of knowledge easier for nearly everyone in the world. There are tons of websites dedicated to providing free courses, reference books, education apps, and other learning materials. Here are 25 stand-out sites that would be useful to almost any lifelong learner. Clusty – This unique search engine sorts results into clusters of related information so that it is easier to sort out the relevant from the irrelevant. Schoolr – Schoolr is a fully-customizable search engine that can be used to search Google, Wikipedia, and other popular sites. MyStickies – This site offers an alternative to bookmarking. Diigo is a handy research tool that can be used to highlight and annotate pages on the web. Hooey – Hooey is a unique tool for people who like to surf the web. Internet Public Library – The IPL is a free public library for the Internet community. RefDesk – This award-winning, family-friendly website is a great place to find reference materials online.
Data Visualisation Blogs Hi Tom, great list. Your readers might want to check out as well. There is the Digg Explorer, Digg Trends, Word Association Clouds and many other interactive applications to explore information in new ways. Posted by Jeff Clark on 18 April 2008 @ 3am [...] Posted by links for 2008-04-19 « test on 18 April 2008 @ 7pm [...] Posted by Wizualizacja danych i infografika - ciekawe linki « Grafika on 19 April 2008 @ 10am [...] Posted by Infovore » links for 2008-04-20 on 20 April 2008 @ 3pm Tom, Thanks for the list! Posted by Eric Blue on 22 April 2008 @ 2pm The site is at-times subject specific, but The Arbitrarian ( often has interesting original visualization work. Posted by D Sparks on 22 April 2008 @ 5pm [...] Posted by links for 2008-04-23 « The Exile on 22 April 2008 @ 8pm [...] Posted by Mainfram Reality » links for 2008-04-23 on 22 April 2008 @ 10pm [...] Posted by links for 2008-04-23 at freaky.be on 23 April 2008 @ 6am Howdy!
Comparison « Data Visualization I got this question often: which is the best Data Visualization product? Lets compare some DV platforms such as Spotfire, Qlikview, Tableau Software and the Microsoft BI platform (PowerPivot, Excel 2010, SQL Server with its VertiPaq, SSAS, SSRS and SSIS). 2 key factors for tool selection are which makes it easy to comprehend the data,price-performance Because modern datasets are huge (or growing very fast!) We also suggest for you to take a look on other comparisons: Altheon comparing Qlikview, Tableau and Omniscope and others (please ping me if you will find good comparison of DV tools). Notes. TIBCO is a vendor of the balanced Spotfire Platform: Spotfire Professional, Server, Enterprise and Web Players, S-Plus, DecisionSite, Metrics, Data Automation and Miner technologies, combining in-memory database with interactive Data Visualization, advanced analytics (S+), data mining and multi-filtering functionality. Permalink: Like this:
Rolesia - Virtual Economy Simulation 2011 FlowingData 22 free tools for data visualization and analysis Review April 20, 2011 06:00 AM ET Computerworld - You may not think you've got much in common with an investigative journalist or an academic medical researcher. But if you're trying to extract useful information from an ever-increasing inflow of data, you'll likely find visualization useful -- whether it's to show patterns or trends with graphics instead of mountains of text, or to try to explain complex issues to a nontechnical audience. Want to see all the tools at once? For quick reference, check out our chart listing all the tools profiled here. There are many tools around to help turn data into graphics, but they can carry hefty price tags. Related Blog Here's a rundown of some of the better-known options, many of which were demonstrated at the Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR) conference last month. Data cleaning Before you can analyze and visualize data, it often needs to be "cleaned." DataWrangler Click on a row or column, and DataWrangler will suggest changes.
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