With proliferation of websites like FlowingData, and an increasing emphasis on making of otherwise obscure and inaccessible data in my own professional life, I’m thinking about learning more about how to create beautiful custom visualizations.
Excel works well for most quick tasks – but how cool would it be to be able to create interactive, colorful charts that breathe life into rows and rows of data?
And speaking of FlowingData, they have nice beginner’s guides to get started:
What Visualization Tool/Software Should You Use? – Getting Started