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danbri: As recommended by Bijan. I strongly second that. It's worth installing Flash to see this talk.
danbri: Mentions the gapminder site in the talk. Basically shows some great visualizations over potentially-dull statistics, as part of an appeal for publically funded data to be opened up, and made more accessible.
danbri: As Bijan says, "Semwebbers, let us step up! Forget our favorite tool or language! This is what we should want to see and help make happen however we can!"...