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I really enjoyed the “200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes” video by Hans Rosling.  It showed an interesting form of data analysis (though it showed its age).  I’m not even sure what to call it, maybe AR visuals?  I see this type of thing all the time in NFL broadcasts now. I would love to see a similar video made today with the advancements in graphics.  Most importantly, I think this video was a good reminder that data can be interesting and fun.  I was actually shocked at how many views/how well received the video was.  To be honest, I didn’t think him standing behind the graph added a lot of value to the video for me, but it seems people liked it.  This is a helpful reminder that accessibility is crucial for any field of research to make progress educating in the public – that human skills are also needed, and that is what the digital humanities hopes to offer.

Elvis Perez commented on youtube, “I’m only watching this video because my teacher assigned me homework on this.”  As am I bud, but I think Conservative Developer made a great point in saying “lool same, but it is interesting.”  This video definitely got me thinking of how to try out and implement different forms of data visualization myself!