Data Visualization: Blogs and Other Tools

This blog features Adam McCann's interactive visualizations, many of which are created using Tableau software.

Nicholas Feltron is one of the lead designers for Facebook’s Timeline. He is also known for his personal annual reports featuring maps, statistics and infographics.

Nathan Yau is a statistician. His website/blog includes several examples of Yau’s own work, and discusses exemplary visualization projects found on the internet. Yao also offers information and tutorials on the programming language R, used for data visualization.

Aside from his TED talk, David McCandless has published three books on information visualization. This website offers inspirational thoughts on data visualization design.

Stephen Few is the author of "Information Dashboard Design" and "Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten." His blog offers advice on information design and data visualization for businesses. In one of his blog entries, Few questions David McCandless’ work on data visualization. Few sees visualization as a science, while McCandless puts more emphasis on the artistic aspect. The comments on Few’s blog entry, What Is the Best Response to Bad Practices?, shed some light on the conversation.

Features tools such as Leaflet, for making interactive maps, and Sisense, which is capable of combining and sharing datasets from different sources