Google does everything from building smartphones to creating driverless car companies. So it’s easy to forget that its official mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally ...

As consumers, we want and expect the information we’re looking for to be presented in a way that’s easy to read and understand. In an industry as data-heavy as healthcare, that type of clarity is even ...

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Public trust in the media and in data has been undercut by information overload, relentless social media cycles, and targeted influence campaigns. Whether driven by politics, social movements, or ...

As more health systems work to harness their data for quality improvements and efficiency, many are realizing that it's about a lot more than just numbers. Intuitive and communicative charts and ...

One of the most common clichés in the viz space is that “data visualizations are only as effective as the insights they reveal.” In this context, effectiveness is a function of careful planning. Any ...

Technology makes it easy to turn the minutiae of our daily lives into useful data sets, but sometimes it feels bleak seeing every experience or memory broken down into pie charts and bar graphs. mem:o ...

Effective data visualization is about more than designing an eye-catching graphic. It's about telling a clear and accurate story that draws readers in via powerful choices of shapes and colors. These ...

Network security has operated in the realm of configuration files, pull-down menus, and traffic traces, making it arcane and tricky to tackle. In many instances, graphical presentation of information ...