Data Visualization in a Wordle

Been reading about very slick new data visualization technologies-some highly useful, others very gimmicky like Wordle.

On the useful side, I find this local company @RecordedFuture very cool. Recorded Future recently decided to use data visualization to analyze and identify the strength of geopolitical relationships among countries. They used a unique set of data extracted using their News Analytics API — 7,000 trips to foreign countries by 1,000 prominent politicians, generals and business people. To visualize and analyze the data, they turned to Tibco Spotfire.

The strongest connection of all is between Washington, D.C. and Beijing.

Our Weekend

We took the boys to Bradford on Saturday and had a family ski day for the first time ever. I'm so proud of Ben for skiing down hills on his own that even make my heart skip a beat. I'm happy Colin has the confidence and enthusiasm to ski lightening fast without knowing how to really stop (not a safety hazard for the most part). He falls and gets right back up. I told Tom both boys will be skiing better than me two years from now. It's nice to have normal family outings like this. There was a time when I thought they'd never happen. Will try to include photos or videos of the boys skiing in a future post.

Happy that I went back for more yoga/cardio torture-oops, meant to say exercise. Hoping it gives me great "balance" for the weeks to come.