As you’ve probably heard, Apple and Samsung have been in a bit of…
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Patent war →
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Intro to infographics course →
From a journalism point of view and for beginners
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Trifacta →
Jeffrey Heer and company announce startup that helps people make sense of large datasets
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The birthday problem explained
How many people does it take for there to be a 50% chance…
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The Dirty Truth About Data Literacy →
Kim Rees from Periscopic talks learning data and visualization for the public
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RiTa →
Natural language library for generative literature in Processing [via]
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More on Making Heat Maps in R
You saw how to make basic heat maps a while back, but you might want more flexibility for a specific data set. Once you understand the components of a heat map, the rest is straightforward.
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Parse PDF files with R →
Potential time-saver
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Smooth zooming →
Useful for a stepper map
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The real A/C repair schedule
My central air conditioner started to suck about a month ago, so I…
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Contest: Visualize return on education →
Topic could make this interesting; plus cash prize and trip to Paris
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TypeScript →
Superset of JavaScript for application-scale development; compiles to JavaScript
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The Aesthetician and the Cartographer →
Sounds like the same cycle as visualization
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Every Lost episode visualized and recreated
Santiago Ortiz visualized every episode of the show in the interactive Lostalgic. It’s…
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Torque for mapping temporal data
Mapping data over time can be challenging, especially when you have a lot…
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is.R() →
The R how-to blog is only a month old, but it’s off to a good start
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Game: Match states on a blank map →
In case you’re interested in learning how much you suck at US state…
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Firsthand →
HuffingtonPost introduces a mobile app for readers to map and report the election
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Visualization for scientific discovery
Jeffrey Heer on visualization for interactive exploration:
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Distributive flow maps with ArcGIS →
Pretty results