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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>In 2012, at the Humanity+ @ San Francisco conference, my talk was on H+: Beyond Data. I identified something missing in approaching to human enhancement (including HCI/BCI/MCI, DIYbioers, hackers, including grinders). After that, I started the QS Group in Phoenix/Scottsdale, which didn’t take me any closer because organizing and visualizing data is tough. Now I just want to visualize ideas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone suggest fairly easy to learn and cheap software for stunning data visualization that is more design wise than Excel looking?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I looked at tableau, which is $500 per year for online use; but then I Googled “free” and found its free public download, so I’m not sure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Natasha<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Natasha Vita-More, PhD</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Professor, University of Advancing Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chair, Humanity+<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fellow, Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New Book at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/188-1002006-3563941?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the%20transhumanist%20reader&sprefix=the+transhumanist+re%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Athe%20transhumanist%20reader"><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Amazon</span></a><span style='color:#E36C0A'>!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=67 height=96 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CF6B71.27984200" alt="cover email"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>