16 data visualization tools

From navigating the Web in entirely new ways to seeing where in the world twitters are coming from, data visualization tools are changing the way we view content. Mashable found the following 16 apps both visually stunning and delightfully useful.

Bloomberg Re-design

What if the sacred Bloomberg Terminals underwent a re-design? This portfolio.com article explores the possibility, along with three re-design exercises by some top design companies.

Tufte on Jaegerman

Here's what Tufte has to say:

Megan Jaegerman produced some of the best news graphics ever while working at The New York Times from 1990 to 1998. Her work is smart, finely detailed, elegant, witty, inventive, informative. A fierce researcher and reporter, she writes gracefully and precisely. Megan has the soul of a news reporter, who happens to use graphs, tables, and illustrations--as well as words--to explain the news. Her best work is the best work in news graphics.

Stanford magazine on Tufte

This Stanford Magazine article on Edward Tufte makes interesting read...

A periodic table of visualization methods

A rather interesting visualization of the various visualization techniques. Makes a good reference page...