Category Archives: Information visualization

Changing Musical Tastes

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Kevin Murnane

Paraphrasing the philosopher Immanuel Kant, good data without a good infographic is blind, a good infographic without good data is empty. The Music Timeline is a multi-layered, interactive infographic developed by Research at Google that is beautifully designed to illustrate the popularity of … Continue reading →

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Watch Cyber Attacks in Real Time

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Kevin Murnane

Norse is a company that monitors world-wide internet traffic, identifies and tracks high-risk IP addresses, and sells this information in the cyber-security market.  They also maintain a web page that lets you to watch cyber attacks all over the world in real time. … Continue reading →

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Linking College Degrees and Occupations

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Kevin Murnane

Suppose you wanted to create an infographic that showed the occupations of people with a particular college degree.  One simple and clear way to do this is with a pie chart like the one to the right which shows the occupations … Continue reading →

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Amazing Greenhouse Gas Simulation from NASA

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Kevin Murnane

Take a look at this amazing simulation of how carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide gases change in volume and move through the atmosphere over time. The swirling red/orange/yellow colors in the northern hemisphere represent carbon dioxide while the white/gray/black colors … Continue reading →

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