A chart is a graphical representation of structured data using symbols such as bars (in a bar chart), lines (in a line chart) and slices (in a pie chart). Charts, as visualization tools, are used to ease comprehension of large structured data and effectively communicate the intrinsic connections and relationships between parts of the data.
Visualizations through still or animated imagery are a compelling way to communicate both abstract and concrete data in ways beyond the provisions of mere charts. Several examples abound in the wild that we can sight; however, a worthy mention is tweets for the Twitter notification service.
Twitter is a bustling place of tweets, retweets, and replies, allowing news to spread organically (people-to-people). Kunel Anard of the BBC played on this idea of Twitter as an organic ecosystem and created tweets, a visualization wherein Twitter users float around like organisms, having shapes, color and size depending on the user's score on reputation...