How to tell stories with data
Good post on how to tell stories with data: http://bit.ly/e6acEE
via @infosthetics and @FILWD
Paper from Stanford Viz Group (by Edward Segel and Jeffrey Heer) here: http://vis.stanford.edu/papers/narrative
New network visualisation tool from Linkedin Labs
Linkedin network visualisation with InMaps: http://bit.ly/hTuTgr
(Source: inmaps.linkedinlabs.com)
Beautiful astronomical models
Copernican vs. Tychonian astronomical models: http://bit.ly/i8oWc1, via @tableau and @flowingdata
(Source: dd.dynamicdiagrams.com)
avin narasimhan: TedTalks: The Beauty + Power Of Data Visualization
via ted.comSeems like everyday there is someone offering up the latest infographic of the day or a new take on data visualization to wow your senses. But, not surprisingly, this Ted Talk courtesy of David McCandless is quite an amazing and inspiring display…
reblogged from avin
3 Sensor Data Platforms to Watch (from RRW)
One of the emerging trends of 2010 has been the Internet of Things, a term for when real-world objects get connected to the Internet. One of the key aspects of this trend is the data explosion that will occur when millions of objects send data to the cloud - mostly via very small sensors. Just as the ‘web 2.0’ era led to platforms for user-generated and ‘social’ content (think Facebook, Twitter, Google’s OpenSocial), the Internet of Things era will lead to platforms for sensor data.
Google Internet Stats
This Google resource brings together the latest industry facts and insights. These have been collected from a number of third party sources covering a range of topics from macroscopic economic and media trends to how consumer behaviour and technology are changing over time.
The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets
A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers. First in a series.
eXelate Raises $15 Million For Behavioral Targeting Data Marketplace
eXelate
, a New York-based provider of data management tools for online publishers and operator of an open marketplace for audience targeting data, has raised $15 million in Series B funding in a round led by Silicon Valley’s Menlo Ventures with participation of Israeli VC firm Carmel Ventures.
The latter led the company’s initial $4 million financing round back in October 2007.
Menlo Ventures partner Mark Siegel will join Carmel’s Shlomo Dovrat on eXelate’s board, which was recently expanded to include New York Times Company SVP Digital Operations Martin Nisenholtz and IPG’s Mediabrands Ventures CEO Matt Freeman.
Since eXelate’s U.S. launch of the eXelate eXchange in May 2008, the company has expanded both its footprint of accessible audience data (to 150 million U.S. unique visitors presently) as well as its suite of solutions to enable efficient interactions between buyers and sellers of data.
The startup says it will use the funding to enhance its data marketplace footprint, as well as expand the functionality of its data management toolset.
