S'more Data Tools
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Many Eyes
Swivel
Google Forms/Spreadsheets and Charts
Lovely Charts
Advanced Tools
Tableau Public
Google Visualization API
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Suggested viewing and online reading
Infosthetics blog - highlights interesting and fun visualization. Also a great way to find out about new tools.
Hans Rosling's TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) videos - sophisticated use of data to tell a global story
Gapminder.org - Rosling's site for visualizing world trends
Data.gov Showcase - National focus. Also recovery.gov - and NPR's interview with Tufte about his involvement with visualizing data (among other things).
Bibliography
Edward Tufte's books - classics in the field, especially Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Envisioning Information
Beautiful Data and Beautiful Visualization - both by O'Reilly publishing