I’m late to catch up on this one, but here is an amazing piece of software called Trendalyzer which has been acquired by the Google monster.

Gapminder has a live example of the software in action http://www.gapminder.org/ and it’s well worth a look.  I’m fascinated to see what Google do with a powerful tool like this in their arsenal.

 Make sure that you take the time to follow the links on Gap Minder and watch Hans Roslings presentation, it both demonstrates the power of Trendalyzer (which I believe he wrote) and opens your mind and eyes to global economies.

Visualisation is coming…

It’s been a long time between posts.  As always, my real work has got the better of me and taken my attention away from the blog.  Since my last post I’ve moved continents with my family on secondment to the UK from Australia and the personal blog with photos of happenings has taken priority, so if I’ve been distracted from this blog, I feel I have just cause!

Now the long winter nights are setting in, the T.V. in the UK is no better than it is in Australia (in fact it’s worse) and there are some interesting things happening to write about.

Let’s call this a test post to dust off the cobwebs and I’ll be back with some more musings soon.  For those of you that have stuck with me during this hiatus, thanks!