David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization
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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2010
http://www.ted.com David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
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márton pápai 2 years ago
finally, no more sitting 12000 feet deep underwater and not knowing what time it is!
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jennyreineck 2 years ago
1926......Oyster
1931.........Oyster Perpetual
1956......Day-Date
1980s......cell phones come out and Rolex is deemed obsolete......
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samala51 2 weeks ago
Fuaaaark TED ROCKS
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TrollinLikeABosh 1 month ago
I am here for the Rolex commercial.
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Garry Law 1 month ago
pleasantly surprised that the word 'douche' is now an appropriate sound effect
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zornwil 3 months ago
This presentation is more about lies, damn lies, and statistics and how to visualize things to your liking. There is NOTHING wrong with that, I just think the true message here has less to do with comprehensive visualization of complex data than dumbing down data to dismiss what you don't like. Otherwise, each example he has given actually requires MANY visualization and just isn't so simple anymore.
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zornwil 3 months ago
I can visualize things quite neatly as well if I Ignore major things and create my own universe of information without a clear set of criteria other than as I like. The "fears" thing is a primary example, it's a bit of nonsense ot talk about "here's fears the media reports" and ignore 9/11 and terrorism and say "ah, that created a gap!" Even though that's not the point, it's the visualizations, problem is that how do you visualize the more complex reality he ignores?
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KutAnimus 4 months ago
OMG I was just thinking this like a couple of years ago. HE IS STEALING MY IDEA!!!
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MikaTheAss 4 months ago
He clearly says he is left leaning in the video. Don't worry, you wouldn't be the first to avoid inconvenient facts.
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P. De Rop 5 months ago
Please read Dambisa Moyo's book : Dead Aid
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Lily Roberts 7 months ago
the rolex ad stole Edward Scissorhand's soundtrack!!!!
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