David Pogue presents an eye-opener on the problems with keeping your data current.
Posts Tagged ‘data’
David Pogue on Data Rot
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Gapminder
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008I just added an entry on Hans Rosling. Here is a link to the absolutely amazing tool he developed to visualize data. It’s all self-explanatory, but, just in case, go to the bottom of the page and choose the data you want to look at. Click play and sit back and enjoy. If you hover over any of the circles, the country will display.
I understand google bought the software in 2007, and you can add to the database if you have relevant data.
Hans Rosling: Global health expert; data visionary @ TED
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Hans Rosling has a fascinating presentation at the TED site. Not only does he use actual data to talk about the economic and social changes rapidly occurring in the world, but he does it with beautiful graphics. 
Enjoy!
