[okfn-discuss] Alpha release of Where Does My Money Go? prototype

Thu Nov 12 18:08:43 UTC 2009

> We're pleased to announce the alpha release of the 'Where Does My
> Money Go?' prototype:
>
>  http://www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org/wdmmg-alpha/

This looks great, especially for a prototype.

A couple of quick comments:
* One immediately misses more data to be able to dig deeper and explore more
* I'm not thrilled with the "pie charts on regions" map, and actually
think that you'll find such visualizations used as examples of bad
infographic design in a lot of literature, even works of some of the
new advisors :)
* As a user, once I've found something of interest I'd like to be able
to export the raw data somehow to use in Excel, SPSS, for importing
into a database, etc.
* There are a lot of opportunities to add tooltips with additional
information (such as amounts, etc.) on mouse over.

Hope this is of help, and that you don't get me wrong - this is a great start!

Best,
Hjalmar Gislason
www.datamarket.net