This map was created fairly recently, so its not like I've abandoned ArcGIS.
I just realized that I could create that animation in an afternoon with a tool I was familiar with.
Over the last few years, I began to hear more chatter about
Processing.
Then I saw this
amazing video.
From the University of Washington Urban Form Lab where they animated "493 study participants wearing GPS devices"...
For the UW Center for Public Health Nutrition and UW Center for Obesity Research
"It visualizes proximity to supermarkets in the Seattle area over the course of one week.