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Prize for interactive, static, and people’s choice; deadline July 27 opening ceremonies

Partnered with Nokia for more detailed georeferencing

In short: No.

Praise for the things made of the stuff that comes from trees

Python coding companion, inspired by Bret Victor talk [via]

JavaScript version of the the store’s growth [via]

Disregard Tufte love and pie chart hate

The usual: get data, analysis, visualize; rinse and repeat

Skills for visualization; see also

Great news for both

Deciding what analysis results can be expanded to the real world

R package for creating and plotting 2D and 3D hive plots

Value in not knowing everything immediately

From $4 per 1,000 loads, down to 50 cents

jQuery plugin that converts an element’s content into a mini pie, line, or bar chart [via]

Open source data visualization, geared towards journalists

New software as they continue on with their Smarter Planet push [via]

Keeping it simple and highlighting what’s important

Another online dashboard maker; has a demo you can use with your Gmail

Critique and remake of a widely spread but poorly made chart