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By: Data Visualization « Ed

Data Visualization « Ed — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:35:40 +0000

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By: Oh, the Humanities | Trends In Ed

Oh, the Humanities | Trends In Ed — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:19:31 +0000

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By: The Moral Liberal

The Moral Liberal — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:39:05 +0000

Amnesty One and Two — T.F. Stern…

The Moral Liberal Lookin’ at ya…

By: The Moral Liberal

The Moral Liberal — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:53:01 +0000

William Penn’s Holy Experiment…

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By: A brief history of visualization | Risk Predictions

A brief history of visualization | Risk Predictions — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:37:11 +0000

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By: James Scott-Brown

James Scott-Brown — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:31:59 +0000

The Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography, Statistical Graphics, and Data Visualization site that sb linked to is indeed brilliant. The previous version of the site had some downloadable PDF articles, which are interesting.

By: Nathan Yau

Nathan Yau — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:08:20 +0000

The New York Times uses ‘data’ as singular and plural, ergo singular is fine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data#Usage_in_English

By: sb

sb — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:15:24 +0000

have you seen http://datavis.ca/milestones/ ? quite impressive

By: J-P

J-P — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:12:39 +0000

Cool. I realise I’ve always been working in data visualisation since my geology degree – it’s what geologists do.
Love the Napoleonic map – though I have seen it before, it is brilliant.
That’s why I found strategy consulting so easy!
Just one, picky, point with the article – ‘data’ is a plural word…!