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Well, a lot of people are these days. There are some pointers in here though how not to do it crappy.

Podcast on the growing number of uses

There’s a book! A print version of Niemann’s blog

A change in focus to clarity and simplicity from one of technologies last year

Shows a lot of potential

Long story short, as a high-roller, he negotiated small changes at the Black Jack table and was able to shave the house advantage.

Plus a simple graphic on how things have changed

Not out yet, but it looks promising

Apps that actually do something with data other than spit it out

A back and forth between just the facts vs. storytelling, and form vs. function

Quick talk highlighting not so good visualization examples

25 fine tips on designing graphics that matter

Thorough step-by-step

A Q&A with Jake Porway, Data Without Borders founder and all-around good guy

Obtain, scrub, explore, model, and interpret [via]

Jer Thorp releases the source code for his Kepler visualization

“If TV stations won’t post their data on political ads, we will.”

Former Director of Information Graphics at Newsweek remembers one stressful night of infographic-making.

Steps behind Stamen’s beautiful computer-generated maps that easily pass for handmade

Giant archive from different years and locations. Yeah, the Internet has everything.