Tag: Visualisation
When a news story is centred around a list, it’s hard to make your coverage stand out. That’s the problem we faced when Triple J ran their Hottest 100 of All Time earlier this year. Given everyone had the same list of one hundred songs, how do you add your own angle?
We all know that data can tell different stories depending on how you spin it and the way data is visually represented can lead to assumptions by the viewer.
data.gov encourages transparency
As part of their Open Government Initiative, the US government have launched data.gov, a website to provide access to datasets they produce. Combined with services like ManyEyes, this should be interesting to watch.