Data Viz

Soon before the blog took a 6 month sabbatical I added a few sites to the blogroll on the right. And you, the reader, might ask, "what are these blogs and why are they there?" Well, I maintain a bit of a fascination with data visualization - using thoughtful representations of information to tell an interesting story. More than just a colorful pie chart or nifty scatterplot, data visualization, or data viz, done right can distill large sets of data and provide an elegant view of patterns and trends. Some even argue that journalists will need to become more adept at narrating with data. As it happens, I get to do a bit of data viz in my job. It's quite a rewarding process. Here's part of a data viz project from work. And don't forget to check out the sites to the right.