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Many Eyes is a bet on the power of human visual intelligence to find patterns. Our goal is to "democratize" visualization and to enable a new social kind of data analysis. The magic is when an unwieldy, unyielding data set is transformed into an image on the screen, and suddenly the user can perceive an unexpected pattern. Information visualization is a catalyst for discussion and collective insight about data. We all deal with data that we'd like to understand better. It may be as straightforward as a sales spreadsheet or fantasy football stats chart, or as vague as a cluttered email inbox. But a remarkable amount of it has social meaning beyond ourselves. When we share it and discuss it, we understand it in new ways.

central forum for all aspects of information visualization and its applications.

a collection of aesthetic data visualization from the (new?) yahoo! design innovation team...barcode patterns, traffic maps, visual graffiti, timelapse collage, particle renderings, facial data morphs, infographics of pleasing variety!

We provide software, training, consulting, and research for the application of network analysis in a wide variety of domains. Our deep experience in diagnosing and improving of organizations & communities, discovery and development of new leaders, analysis of influence networks, mapping and measuring of industry ecosystems, uncloaking of conspiracies and data mining & visualization of diverse information has assisted a variety of clients around the world. We have participated in, or lead, over 500 projects for commercial, not-for-profit, educational, consulting, and government clients. In addition to mastering standard practices, we have pioneered the application of network analysis in new domains -- especially in the use of public data from the WWW. How can we help you see what is hidden?

Graphic representation of approx. 700 factors + sectors in the U.S. economy, measured on a monthly basis, going back to 1919. Data is from U.S. Federal Reserve, now open thanks to Pres. Obama's "Open Data Initiative." FedViewer remixes data w/ contextual landmark events, giving a comprehensive display of economic data, without interpretation, in the most accessible visual formats possible.