Hans Rosling

Poor beats rich in MDG race from Gapminder Foundation on Vimeo.

http://www.gapminder.org/blog/

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

Information is Beautiful - http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Allosphere

http://www.allosphere.ucsb.edu/

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats

http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/ushirikiano/#elephcarcasspano 

 Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?

http://www.getpivot.com/

Nate Silver: Picking apart the puzzle of racism in elections

Alisha Miller

References:

• World Wide Web Consortium - http://www.w3.org/
• Gapminder Blog - http://www.gapminder.org/blog/

Activities:

• Explore Hans Rosling's Gapminder - http://www.gapminder.org/
• Explore the different ways to visualize data:
• Worldmapper - http://www.worldmapper.co.uk/index.html
• visualcomplexity - http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
• Flowing Data - http://flowingdata.com/
• Data Visualization Modern Approaches - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/
• Data Visualization and Infographics - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/14/monday-inspiration-data-visualization-and-infographics/

• Gallery of Data Visualization-The Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics - http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/

• Visual Thinking - http://blogs.vanderbilt.edu/cft/?page_id=259