Tableau Public – Brilliant Data Visualization Tool via TinyHacker by CorporateGeek on 3/1/10 Tableau Public is a commercial tool which allows you to create amazing charts out of any data set. They offer also a free version which you can download an use at any time. With it, you have access to all features, except [...]

An Easy Way to Make a Treemap via FlowingData by Nathan on 2/11/10 Back in 1990, Ben Shneiderman, of the University of Maryland, wanted to visualize what was going on in his always-full hard drive. He wanted to know what was taking up so much space. Given the hierarchical structure of directories and files, he [...]

Data Underload #7 – No Worries via FlowingData by Nathan on 2/1/10 Posted via email from chestertam Share

What If Computer Graphics Ran Under Crayola's Law? [Infographics] via Gizmodo by Jesus Diaz on 1/17/10 I love this timeline, showing the evolution of Crayola's crayons from 1903—eight colors, including poop—to 120 colors today. Now, imagine PC graphics running on Crayola's Law, which states that the number of hues doubles every 28 years: Let’s take [...]