We’ve been hearing Olympic records rattled off for the past week, but it’s…
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Track and field Olympic performances in perspective →
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Get heart rate using R and Ruby →
Grab data from webcam or phone camera, and then analyze
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three.js →
A JavaScript 3-D library with impressive demos
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What Data Scientists Can Learn From Data Artists →
Martin Wattenberg knows what he’s talking about
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Fox News continues charting excellence
Fox News tried to show the change in the top tax rate if…
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Twitter Flu Trends →
Like the Google version, predicts when the flu will hit
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Olympic rings as data symbols
Artist Gustavo Sousa used the Olympic rings as data indicators for statistics like…
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What planets would look like if they replaced our moon
Artist Brad Goodspeed imagined what the planets would look like if they were…
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How the Public Uses Local Government Maps →
“less GIS and a lot more user-friendly auto-complete and SEO”
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How to Make an Interactive Network Visualization
Interactive network visualizations make it easy to rearrange, filter, and explore your connected data. Learn how to make one using D3 and JavaScript.
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G-Analytics →
Helping governments share ideas on how to make use of open data
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Efficient JavaScript vector math →
Get it running smoothly
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Edge Prediction in a Social Graph →
I like how a Twitter data scientist is working on a Facebook challenege
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Twitter Political Index measures feelings towards candidates
In partnership with social analytics service Topsy, Twitter launched a Political Index that…
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Nigel Holmes on explanation graphics and how he got started
Some consider Nigel Holmes, whose work tends to be more illustrative, the opposite…
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Text Processing Excursion →
Working from the command line [via]
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Why science really needs big data →
“big data is becoming more pervasive to society”
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Data Visualization: It’s Pretty, but Is It Useful? →
Author is misguided and clearly doesn’t work with data
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Is algebra necessary? →
Maybe we should get rid of reading and writing, too
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Network of political contributions →
The Wall Street Journal visualized major political contributions, according to the Federal Election…