This is a talk I gave at Social Dev Camp in Chicago on how data is probably the most powerful tool on the planet not to mention an amazing tool for story telling.
2. What is the difference between an infographic and a data visualization?
A visualization is created by a program that can be applied to many datasets.
It is general, context-free and (largely) automatic,
An infographic is hand-crafted for a particular dataset. It is specific and has a
particular purpose. infographics are context-sensitive.
Robert Kosara
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
