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6 Excellent Visualization Websites

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Designers, artists, visualization junkies listen up! I know that sometimes it can be difficult to find inspiration, which is why I want to help you out. About a week ago, I was checking out the Visualy blog when I came across a super cool post by Visually’s Visualization Architect, Drew Skau. In his post, Drew outlines six totally cool sites to help satisfy your recommended daily dose of data visualizations.

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Why Visualize?

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Did you know that Wikipedia has at least 1.4 million articles totaling over 340 million words. That’s approximately “25 times larger than the next largest English encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica.” No matter how you slice it, that’s an impressive amount of information. What’s really scary is that is the amount of information we’re now producing and collecting is not slowing down anytime soon. While great data can make for a better customer experience, being able to categorize or make sense of it all is a growing concern.

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The Audacity of the Visually Inclined

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Michael Dillon Scott has a very bold face. His eyes are deeply set, his brows are thick and rumpled, and the pronounced divot between his mouth and nose (I looked it up, it’s called a philtrum) gives off the impression that he is constantly on the verge of smiling.

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Infographic vs. Data Visualization (Who Cares?)

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The more visually inclined we become in our quest to consume information, the blurrier the line between data vis and infographic gets. To the great dismay of art directors, designers, etc. these terms are even being used interchangeably. For clarification, I went digging around the Web and found a pretty great summation of the differences from Nick Iliinsky…

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Turn your Static Visualization into Animated Genius

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According to Parsons Professor, Liz Burow, “short animations are one of the best tools out there for explaining ideas, but they aren’t used often enough for fear they’re too advanced.” Short animations are excellent ways to help explain complex stories. So, maybe you are one of those people who steers away from animations fearing they are too complex, or you’ve got some great static images, but are looking to get more out of them? Well look no further.

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Why We Need Creative People to Help Understand Data

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One of the largest problems facing organizations today is Big Data. I’m sure you’ve read countless articles highlighting the growing concern of the costs associated with sorting and analyzing the ever growing volume.

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Why has Data Visualization Become so Popular?

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Not all that long ago, when someone mentioned data visualization images, graphics printed in the USA Today, New York Times or the Economist would instantly come to mind – not any more. Over the last two to three years there has been an explosion in the popularity of data visualization. There’s no question that data visualization is hot right now, but why?

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