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• Mapping the Human Diseasome With a Network Graph

  May 9, 2008 to Infographics

  Matthew Block and Jonathan Corum from The New York Times use a network graph to map diseases and the genes they have in common. Color indicates the type of disease,…

• Headed to California for a Few Days

  May 8, 2008 to Announcements

  A quick announcement: I’m headed back to California for a few days and may or may not be online. While I’m gone, I have a couple of interesting guest posts…

• Why Did Andy Dufresne Escape from Shawshank?

  May 8, 2008 to Featured, Statistics

  To tell a complete and meaningful story, you need to have and provide all the context.

• What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? [POLL RESULTS]

  May 7, 2008 to Miscellaneous Data

  Thank you to everyone who responded to last week’s poll: What Field of Expertise Do You Study or Work In? At the time I’m writing this, there were 326 responses.…

• NewsWare Launches to Explore and Interact with News on msnbc.com

  May 6, 2008 to Infographics

  NewsWare was launched yesterday on msnbc.com. It’s a set of apps, games, and widgets to interact with the news. The three main points of interest are the Spectra (pictured above)…

• American Consumers Spend More Money On Cheese than On Computers

  May 5, 2008 to Infographics

  In a deviation from the usual pie chart and standard tree map, this graphic from The New York Times resembles something of a stained glass window - a really pretty…

• Weekend Minis for Your Lazy, Relaxing Weekend

  May 3, 2008 to Miscellaneous Data

  Visualization Criticism - A criticism on the criticism on visualization. Robert Kosara, Fritz Drury, Lars Erik Holmquist, and David Laidlaw argue that we need to critique to further develop viz…

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