Would you like to see some patterns and statistics about your iPhone calls? Here you’ll find a tool that does just that (unfortunately, a recent iOS update has broken this tool). A report will be generated based on your latest iPhone backup – sync the device with iTunes if you want the report to be up-to-date. Also, make sure you have the latest iOS version installed and that the backup files are not encrypted.
Whether you’re an experienced designer or you’re just starting with Data Visualization here’s a handy list of insightful and inspirational books on that subject.
Last but not least is the work of Edward R. Tufte, Information Design and Visual Literacy guru – be sure to take a look at it.
Please note that it’s just an overview rather than a detailed map of startup locations.
The project is based on CrunchBase API and CloudMade Maps. CrunchBase provides general information about technology companies, including geographic location of their offices. For some companies, office location is provided explicitly as latitude and longitude. For others, address needed to be geocoded. This may have lead to some companies being misplaced on the map. Also note that a few companies didn’t have an office address at all, so they’re not included. Aside from that, the map should give you a pretty good overwiew of where startups are located.
“The ability to take data – to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it – that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades …”
You may have heard this already. The quote comes from McKinsey Quarterly’s 2008 interview with Hal Varian, Google’s chief economist. Since then, interest in data-related topics, otherwise known as Data Science, has been increasing steadily with a recent peak being Mike Loukides’ post on O’Reilly Radar. Mike’s piece is a great analysis of the growing field of Data Science – a must read. It’s also worth noting that the whole of O’Reilly Media seems to be betting high on the area. With advocates such as Mike on board, a book in print and a conference planned, we can expect interest in the field to gain even more traction.
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A map of connections between board of directors and supervisory board members in companies forming WSE WIG20 index. A connection is assumed if two people are members of the same board. Dot size reflects the number of boards. Link color reflects the number of connections.
