Blog Posts in July 2010

Comments US iPad Users are Overpaying for their Data Plans from Priya Ganapati, Wired - Jul. 30th 2010 iPad users in the US are being ripped off. This visualization shows that US users pay some of the highest prices in the world (by $/GB) for their monthly data plans. Click around and explore to see who has the best (and worst!) data rates worldwide. iPad Data Plan ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...	Comments Supercharged Road Trip Photo Album from Dave Ward - Jul. 28th 2010 After taking a road trip, most people are less than eager to develop their photos (or download them). A select few may download them and post them to their blog or flickr. But only Dave Ward has used Tableau Public to create an interactive "see what I saw when I was here" ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...
Comments Dr. Who Villain Motives by Ross Perez - Jul. 28th 2010 The long-running BBC series Dr. Who is one of the most popular science fiction shows of all time. Myraid are its fans, and as you can see from this visualization, its villains. Whether they are looking to invade the earth, drink blood or just kill the Doctor, rest assured you will be entertained. Thanks to the Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...	Comments Visualizing the Wikileaks Afghanistan Casualty Data by Ross Perez - Jul. 27th 2010 There is nothing more powerful than good data and strong storytellers. This week, after the Guardian Datablog released a complete list of casualties in Afghanistan, ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...
Comments The top 100 Tableau Public Visualizations by Ross Perez - Jul. 26th 2010 In the first six months of this year Tableau Public visualizations were viewed 4.5 million times. Of course, this statistic reflects upon the amazing authors that continually post content to Public. In honor of those authors and to celebrate the success of Tableau Public, ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...	Comments Facebook Adoption Worldwide from Marshall Kirkpatrick, Read Write Web - Jul. 23rd 2010 Remember the innocent, students-only Facebook of 2005? Without pictures, without video... without Mom? Well, judging from this visualization, those youthful days are long gone. The Facebook that we have today is an international force, with half a billion members, thousands of apps and an increasing volume of functionality. Take a ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...
Comments Painless address level geocoding with BatchGeo by Ross Perez - Jul. 19th 2010 Trying to map address level data can be a tedious job. Luckily, we have discovered a snazzy little app called BatchGeo which takes any .csv file with address data and adds two columns for Latitude and Longitude. Don't believe it? ... Category Government and Public Data Read more...	Comments PaidContent.org dissects the world of online advertising by amorrison@table... - Jul. 16th 2010 Robert Andrews was a first time Tableau Public user who wanted to make the most of his online advertising data. He is also the UK editor of PaidContent.org, a leading site covering ... Category Business and Real Estate Read more...
Comments Aliens Exist! by amorrison@table... - Jul. 15th 2010 Aliens are walking among us -- so say a surprising number of people around the world. At least that's according to a Reuters poll. Well, we've always said that just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean that someone's not after you. Thanks to the Russian ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...	Comments Congestion and Public Transit Use by Ross Perez - Jul. 7th 2010 Traffic is the enemy of nearly every city dwelling American. Efforts to promote "green" commutes and reduce congestion have attracted significant attention for years, but one only has to commute home to see how effective they have been. This visualization shows that every ... Category Travel and Lifestyle Read more...