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What data visualizations can tell us about the world

Posted in Data visualisation, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As any researcher will tell you, the difficultly of visualising complex datasets is quite simply, the challenge of finding a way to represent the numbers so that they actually mean something to the person who uses it. In the interesting US/China trade example, the line weight gives an immediate indication to the size of the [...]

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Visualizing the global domination of Starbucks and McDonald’s

Posted in Data visualisation, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Recently I came across some very cool data visualizations, which I am really a big fan of. So I have decided to post some of the best one’s I have found to date. First off is this nice one on Starbucks and McDonald’s. Some interesting highlights to note. The total sales of McDonald’s in 2003 [...]

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The ELE event that hit the business world

Posted in Introduction, tagged , , , , , , , on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the last decade, the world as we know it underwent a fundamental change. A change so profound that it represented an extinction-level event for businesses of all types. The resulting impact of this event is suffocating any businesses incapable of making evolutionary changes, while literally wiping out some businesses altogether. Consumers are switching off and logging on to get what they want. Free entertainment. A sense of connection to others. Real stories. And knowledge.

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