If the title made your eyes glaze over, no need to click this link to read Ben Shneiderman’s paper on treemaps.

I’ve been buried in working with them all day today at work. Just conceptual and design at this point, haven’t started to write algorithms just yet. It’s pretty cool stuff, at least for geeks like me.

Even if you’re not, the graphical representation of treemaps can look pretty cool. I really like these circular treemaps.

Who knew examining the composition and state of your computer’s filesystem could be so trippy. 😉