Why data visualization matters – O’Reilly Radar – “How are you going to make sense of all that information efficiently so you can make a good decision? Data visualization is an important answer to that question.” @Biff_Bruise
On New York Subway Map, a Wayward Broadway and Phantom Blocks – NYTimes.com – “The story unfurls along the West Side of the city’s hallowed underground cartography, more than 30 years after a zealous band of mapmakers first converged to reimagine New York’s sprawling jigsaw of subway lines. Their task was formidable: devise a modern guide to replace the old map, designed by Massimo Vignelli in 1972 with an artist’s touch but a less-than-faithful adherence to the city’s true geography. Success was claimed. Credit was fought over. Feelings were hurt. And now it can be told: Mistakes were made.” @EdwardTufte
Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools – “Datavisualization.ch Selected Tools is a collection of tools that we, the people behind Datavisualization.ch, work with on a daily basis and recommend warmly. This is not a list of everything out there, but instead a thoughtfully curated selection of our favourite tools that will make your life easier creating meaningful and beautiful data visualizations.” @eyeseast