Data is data is data right? Bar graphs, pie charts and spreadsheets, we see them all the time and frankly, they bore me to death. Sure, you can add some color and maybe even a third dimension but most data presentations still suck.
Enter Hans Rosling. Professor Rosling makes data come alive. He has developed software that animates data sets in a most amazing way. His website, gapminder.org is a non-profit venture that aims to develop and distribute software to better visualize human development. His presentations are stunning and give the viewer a completely new way to view the changing human condition. Rosling manages to debunk a number of misconceptions by extracting from the data elements previously hidden under the tons of information.
Have a look at this 20 min. presentation that I think will impress you.
Joseph Froncioni
It was such a good talk, and such good graphics that I'm gonna steal the presentation ideas from Rosling.
Great stuff!
Posted by: Andy Froncioni | February 03, 2007 at 11:41 AM