Seeing is Believing

We process bushels of information in the research business, and our stock in trade is figuring out new ways to look at this information in order to find those magic revelations that make everyone exclaim, “Aha! Of course!” So I’m always interested in finding the latest tools that help you visualise data.

Last month, Read Write Web put together a great list of tools that do just that. From music to pictures to plain old data, there’s a tool for everyone on this list.

One of my favorite artists that works in the world of data visualisation is Jonathan Harris. I remember how fascinated I was when I first saw his project We Feel Fine as he presented it at TED 2007. Together with Sep Kamvar, he has just released a new perspective of online dating for the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.

I Want You to Want Me is a neat overview on the online dating phenomenon that does what great visualisation tools should - it provides creative, easily personalised perspectives on data, in an engaging way, and communicates information clearly using colors, shapes and other visual cues.

Roger W. Farnsworth

Tags: data analysis, executive thought leadership, I Feel Fine, I Want You to Want Me, Jonathan Harris, online dating, Read Write Web, research, Sep Kamvar, TED2007, visualisation