Blog Posts in June 2010

Comments The Greatest Basketball Players of All Time by Ross Perez - Jun. 30th 2010 Kyle Biehle is an unabashed sports fanatic and data nerd. Needless to say, we are fans of his blog, The Ivory Sofa. The following is a visualization that Kyle made attempting ... Category Sports Read more...	Comments Highest Grossing Movies Since 2001 by Ross Perez - Jun. 30th 2010 What studio made your favorite movie? How about your top five? Don't feel bad if you cannot remember, the truth is that hardly anyone can. However, there is a complicated and cutthroat business behind every film and it often dictates the type of movies the industry ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...
Comments Let's just say the game was close by amorrison@table... - Jun. 24th 2010 By the time Isner hit his final backhand for a winner, it had become the longest tennis match in history. By a long shot. As you might expect in such a close game, the players were nearly identical statistically with neither having a significant advantage by any measure. ... Category Sports Read more...	Comments Napoleon's March to Moscow (and back) by amorrison@table... - Jun. 23rd 2010 Some call this viz – created by Charles Minard in 1869 – the best ever because it displays so many different kinds of information so clearly. Kim Rees of Information ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...
Comments The Top 500 Supercomputers Worldwide by Ross Perez - Jun. 22nd 2010 Robert Morton is creating cool vizzes faster than we can post them! Here is his latest view, which visualizes The Top 500 supercomputing sites, as identified and ranked in a biannual list by Top500.org. Select a topic from the table of ... Category Business and Real Estate Read more...	Comments US Foreign Aid Post World War II by Ross Perez - Jun. 21st 2010 The US distributes more foreign aid than any other country in the world. Of course, the purpose of this aid can be quite controversial. Use this viz to see the trend in US aid for any country or category for which you have an interest. Loans and Grants The powerful part of this app is that you can ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...
Comments Mobile Network Data Performance by Ross Perez - Jun. 18th 2010 PC Magazine recently evaluated the data network performance of a number of wireless carriers in cities across the US. The full story shows how widely performance varies, as illustrated below. While AT&T wins the best combination of coverage and performance, it ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...	Comments The Seattle Times Data Team Vizes Like Mad by Ellie Fields - Jun. 17th 2010 We've been excited to see The Seattle Times, our hometown paper, viz on all kinds of data lately. One of our favorites is their interactive bike map, published for Bike to Work ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...
Comments Tweets from the Wild by Ellie Fields - Jun. 15th 2010 If you're not the twittering type, you may not have noticed that Tableau's got a mad Twitter following. We find it's a great way to hear what customers are thinking and get in touch. And sometimes it's just fun. Here are a selection of our favorite recent tweets: .bbpBox15961010502 ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...	Comments History of the World Cup by Ross Perez - Jun. 10th 2010 The world’s best soccer teams meet in South Africa this Friday as the 2010 FIFA World Cup begins. Spain, Brazil, and Argentina are the favorites, but, before playing your bets, it only makes sense to look back on past tournaments. Explore your country’s opponents by using ... Category Sports Read more...