One of my favorite technologies is a javascript library called d3, which stands for Data Drive Documents. It was developed by Mike Bostock, who brought those amazing interactive data visualizations for the New York Times. Here are two of my favorite examples:
(At least, I assume they are by Mike. The NYT gives attributions for writing, for photographs, and for illustrations, but not for interactive graphics. Go figure.)
The only problem with d3 is that it can be a little tricky to master, and complicated uses can easily go awry. Turns out, though, that there's a hashtag for those misadventures: #d3brokeandmadeart.
It's fun to scroll through and see not only the strangely beautiful mistakes, but to get a sense of some of the cool things people are doing with d3.
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