An online graphic dictionary and thesaurus, MapMyWord dynamically draws color-coded network representation of words, relationships (16 types), and meanings in radial clickable graphs. You can look up definitions, stumble upon the next random word, see sample usage, listen to the pronunciation, pick your preferred word list, get spelling suggestions, and traverse clickable nodes and words, for free! MapMyWord attracts over 2 million clicks from around the globe every month, and the numbers keep growing.

All of us in CUE's Visual Communication Lab are passionate about the potential of data visualization to spark insight. It is that magical moment we live for: an unwieldy, unyielding data set is transformed into an image on the screen, and suddenly the user can perceive an unexpected pattern. As visualization designers we have witnessed and experienced many of those wondrous sparks. But in recent years, we have become acutely aware that the visualizations and the sparks they generate, take on new value in a social setting. Visualization is a catalyst for discussion and collective insight about data.

We all deal with data that we'd like to understand better. It may be as straightforward as a sales spreadsheet or fantasy football stats chart, or as vague as a cluttered email inbox. But a remarkable amount of it has social meaning beyond ourselves. When we share it and discuss it, we understand it in new ways.
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