Mark Andrew Goetz

Where the Money Goes

Description

For the group project in my Information Visualization class, I worked on a visualization showing contributions from Political Action Committees (PACs) to members of Congress. This application, called Where the Money Goes, uses a network graph to visualize money flowing between different PACs and Congresspeople. Where the Money goes has been entered into Sunlight Labs' Apps for America contest.

Tasks

  • Personas
  • Low-fidelity Prototype
  • Data Acquisition and Analysis using Perl and MySQL
  • High-fidelity Prototype
  • Implementation in Adobe Flex

Deliverables

Contributions to one Congressmember
Contributions from one PAC