via flickr.com
This made my blood run cold.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Build Online Visualization for Free with Tableau Public | FlowingData
Tableau Software, popular for making data more accessible, mainly in the business sector, just opened up with Tableau Public. The application is similar in spirit to other online data applications like Many Eyes and Swivel. It lets you share data and visualizations online. However, Tableau Public doesn't have a central portal or a place to browse data. Rather it's focused on letting you explore data and stitch modules together on your desktop and then embed your findings on a website or blog.
For example, below is an interactive hosted on Tableau Public and made available online. Those who use Tableau Desktop should be familiar with the layout. You've got a map up top linked to the the time series on the bottom. Filters on the right let you focus on specific parts of the data.
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Hot it Works
Like I said, Tableau Public works a little differently than you're used to. You do everything on your own computer first and when you're ready to share, the data and visualization is hosted on Tableau's servers. Copy and paste some javascript to your site and there you go. Easy stuff.
Thoughts
The main trouble with this, and you might have noticed this already, is that the interaction is kind of slow, because everything renders on the server and then is sent back to your browser. So it takes a second or two for every click to process (for me, at least).
For comparison, if we embedded something from Many Eyes, the applet and data are loaded locally, so the visualization interaction is much faster.
Speed can be fixed though. Loading times aside, this is a big shift for Tableau, and it'll be fun to see where it goes from here. It's especially good news for the non-programmer crowd that's interested in data. With the price tag of free, there's nothing to lose and a lot to play with.
Your Thoughts
What do you think? Try for yourself and post your thoughts in the comments below. I'd be especially interested in hearing what regular Tableau users think about the product. How does it compare?
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via flowingdata.com
I love infographics. Gets my geekery all excited. Can' wait to play wit this tool from Tableau Public.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Dave Grohl SNL Sketch 2/6 (TheAudioPerv.com)
via youtube.com
When punks grow up and have kids and those kids get married.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Applying Mathematics To Web Design - Smashing Magazine
I love math. Even thought I'm terrible at it. But this post is a great example of WHY I love math.
Monday, February 8, 2010
360 degree video of Haiti locations. Amazing story telling device.
Wow. 360 degree views of locations in Haiti. These views happen as a vehicle drives, so not you normal panoramic media. Pretty powerful story telling device.
Sketchpad - Online Paint/Drawing application - All HTML 5 - No flash - Awesome
Check out this website I found at mugtug.com
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Awesome Day of Riding Quads in the Snow
via flickr.com
Thanks to Dusty of a great day of riding quads in the snow. Lots of fun hill climbs, bumps, trails and snow. A much needed break from the last few weeks.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Dynamic Dummy Image Generator
Check out this website I found at dummyimage.com
A cool way to make dummy images for HTML mockups.
I have a new hero. Albert Exergian
via exergian.com
My heart jumped out of my chest this morning when I looked at this work. This is some of the most beautiful stuff I have ever seen. I want to start all over.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Daring Fireball: Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes? - Great description of Flash's decline.
By John Gruber
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Gruber nails it. It used to be that Flash was the easy and obvious choice. But now, it actually takes a serious and specific need before I'll even look at Flash. And in the end, CSS, JS and HTML are going to do what I want.
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