visualization archives
Naming Names
One of four NY Times interactive supplements praised by Jared Spool as Playgrounds for Data. Indeed very fun to play with, and possible to get insights that are tough to come by just looking at the numbers.
For those of you who often confuse your hyperbolic tree with your swim lane, the Galactic Network spawns the following: A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods.
“On Graphical Excellence— Graphical displays should induce the viewer to think about the substance rather than the methodology, graphic design, the technology of graphic production, or something else.”Edward Tufte