By Ben

A handy byproduct of sharing more personal data online is the opportunity to create cool data visualizations.  Time and location are obvious starting points.  3 that caught my eye recently:

• Dipity - aggregates data from a variety of media channels and produces a nice timeline. My photos and twitter posts are plotted after the link.
• Dopplr - a service for sharing travel plans that recently let users create a very cool 'year in review'. Obama's hectic 08 travel schedule is shown.  Sadly, my limited travels didn't make for a cool summary.
• Dustin Curtis - a talented graphic designer that created a biographical timeline complete with projected cause of death!  As an aside, Dustin's blog is excellent.