{"id":281,"date":"2012-06-14T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T13:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lindosblog.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2025-07-16T21:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:54:53","slug":"ted-talk-data-visualisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindosblog.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"TED talk: data visualisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As FaceBook is absorbing now most of my thoughts and activities, there is still room to share more in depth. So I will restart using my blog for this, in addition to FaceBook.<\/p>\n<p>Just came across this inspiring TED talk about data visualisation by David McCandless, back in 2010.<br \/>\n<object width=\"526\" height=\"374\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2010G\/Blank\/DavidMcCandless_2010G-320k.mp4&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/DavidMcCandless-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=512&amp;vh=288&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=937&amp;lang=nl&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization;year=2010;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=presentation_innovation;event=TEDGlobal+2010;tag=complexity;tag=computers;tag=data;tag=design;tag=visualizations;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\"><param name=\"pluginspace\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed width=\"526\" height=\"374\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2010G\/Blank\/DavidMcCandless_2010G-320k.mp4&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/DavidMcCandless-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=512&amp;vh=288&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=937&amp;lang=nl&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization;year=2010;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=presentation_innovation;event=TEDGlobal+2010;tag=complexity;tag=computers;tag=data;tag=design;tag=visualizations;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" pluginspace=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>One nice example is from David&#8217;s website, on <a title=\"Snake oil - example data visualisation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/play\/snake-oil-supplements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snake oil?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As FaceBook is absorbing now most of my thoughts and activities, there is still room to share more in depth. So I will restart using my blog for this, in addition to FaceBook. 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