The Interactive Map Meets the Data Visualization Needs of the 21st CenturyWritten by Joe Miller
Data VisualizationData visualization seems to be trend of 21st century business. Since internet has taken a leading role in everything from information to advertising to commerce, companies use interactive data visualization to reach out to consumers. Data visualization reaches into every aspect of business. Sales reports, inventory management, financial reports, and more are created with data visualization tools which make information interactive. By interactive, I mean that a user can click on a piece of information displayed in order to learn more details about it. This is called drilling down into an interactive map. Data visualization is created with mapping software and provides real-time, interactive information to users. This brings businesses and consumers together over internet. Interactive Map So how does this all come together? The answer is interactive mapping. An interactive map is just that, a visual display that is interactive. Businesses use interactive maps, interactive charts, and other forms of interactive mapping to interact with consumers and with departments within business. Tracking, reporting, and a myriad of other possibilities are now available to businesses to help them share information and open up more business transaction.
| | Developing Big Ideas for BusinessWritten by Ryan M. Hoback
Bigger, bigger, let’s make it even bigger……………..I am talking about ideas, let’s take them, mold them, shape them, and grow them into big successes!I want to talk to you about big ideas today, big ideas are what make world stand on its feet and say “wow!” What do you remember seeing in your neighborhood, or on television, or on internet that made you say, “that was great, what a great idea!” Everyone is looking for next big thing, next “flu-gen-nocker” that helps you change way world uses a certain product or service. This article is for dreamers, it is for those who strive to accomplish that which others say cannot be accomplished, those who truly have “Big Ideas!” I have found that in order to capitalize on creative vitality that flows through my body I must open myself up to subject that I am trying to conceptualize or ponder about. I try to embrace it, and think about it from every angle imaginable. I knew I wanted to be in business from a very early age in my life, I think it was when my father had a conversation with me about supply and demand in drive-thru line at McDonald’s. However, I did not realize that I was born to be an entrepreneur until I was in college. I asked myself, how can I make most money in life, and I came to conclusion that I had to invent something, but what should I invent? Everyday I would ask myself same question “what does world need, what could everyone use?” I would think about shoes, food, air, cars, etc… This was when I began to embrace concept of thinking big. The point of this story is to talk about phrase I repeated “what does world need?” I surrounded myself with a mentality that I had to answer that question in order to accomplish my big idea. You must constantly ponder on you ideas, you must tweak them, make corrections to them, and solve problems when they arise. Achieving success that resonates in mind of people in an impacting way, is never easy, however those who understand their visions and understand that hard work must be implemented can truly accomplish anything. Vision is very important when trying to achieve or conquer a large task or goal. All ideas are created in mind and therefore they can become skewed in their translation in to physical world. You need to keep a mental log of your visions on ideas; you must take a step back and make sure that what you see in your mind is being properly portrayed throughout construction of it physically.
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