%0 Conference Paper %B VAST Challenge 2014 %D 2014 %T Making Sense of Daily Life Data: From Commonalities To Anomalies %A Wang, Ji %A Peng Mi %A North, Chris %K Geo-visualization %K human information interaction %K Intelligence Analysis %K sense-makingloop %K visualanalysis %X We report the approach and results to solve the VAST 2014 Mini-Challenge 2 (MC2). Based on the commercial interactive visualization software Tableau, we follow the notional model of sensemaking loop for analysis of the massive multi-dimensional, multi-source and time-varying data sets in MC2. Our findings show that we can effectively identify the commonalities and anomalies to understand the GAStech employees' daily life. %B VAST Challenge 2014