Some data visualization ideas that you might find interesting or useful. Kaleidoscope means “observation of beautiful forms”, as Wikipedia suggests. Charts and dashboards should be both meaningful and beautiful/ user friendly.
(RIP) Hans Rosling from Gapminder has coined a brilliant new way of displaying data dynamically. Google Spreadsheets incorporates now his idea and Microsoft is developing Power BI with similar features. You can explore Rosling’s original chart at Gapminder: e.g. 200 years that changed the world
Alan Eldridge, Tableau: how to create an animated visualization of trains in Melbourne, including when and where they hit peak load. (You can start from min. 1:50)
An easy-to use interactive chart by Shan Carter, Amanda Cox, Kevin Quealy and Amy Schoenfeld, based on data from the American Time Use Survey – 2008 edition. You can test it at The New York Times.
Infomous famous bubbles - a nice way to explore news, text from open questions in surveys or tags from your blog (lazy loading, however). Click “Enlarge” button to get more space for exploration.