What Does Big Data Look Like?

In Wired:  The more complex, large and volatile a database is, the more important it is to understand it first with visualization.  As I often preach: The first thing you should do with your data is to look at it, and then interactively manipulate it. Today we have the means to do this with a number of good packages.   After you do that, use advanced pattern matching techniques to investigate it further.  Often these methods will lead you back to the visualization techniques to verify their application.