Pure genius in data display

I love the challenges we are faced with when customers ask us to develop an IDEA (Integrated Data Engineering Application) to solve difficult business process problems. It’s fascinating stuff. The IDEAs come in all shapes and sizes and often end up inside a sexy data drill down presentation layer using our valued partner QlikView.

But there is one particular technology we haven’t tapped into yet and I am chomping at the bit to see it deployed. It was developed by Gapminder.org and the technology has subsequently been bought by Google (no surprise there).

It’s so amazing; I call it “spawning intelligence”.

The technology displays data over time as it dynamically unfolds along two axis. The video I recommend from Hans Rosling shows how this technology can reveal fresh insights into the relationship between child mortality rates and world population growth over decades of historical data.

The intellectual stimulation from witnessing these variables as they morph through time is a new paradigm of learning and provocation that must be classed as a game changer.

Data is only beginning to have its day in the sun. Pundits and pulpits beware. Facts alone, presented at this level of mesmerizing acuity, are going to rule this new millennium.

You can see Rosling strut his stuff here: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html