Hadley Wickham started posting uses of the popular R graphics package
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ggplot2 blog →
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Manipulating data like a boss with d3 →
Gotta get it in the right format before you visualize anything
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Bitly Data Artist →
Probably after seeing what Jer Thorp did as one at NYT, the shortlink service is out the lookout
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HTMLAPL →
jQuery plugin that associates HTML vocabulary “making it frighteningly easy to make web-native geographic maps”
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gmaps.js →
Makes using Google Maps API trivial
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Interview with Amanda Cox →
Her workflow at NYT
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Don’t use scatterplots →
An argument for defaulting to density plots. Doesn’t pan out for smaller datasets
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VivaGraphJS →
Impressive graph drawing library. Check out the demos linked part way down.
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How maps were made for America Revealed →
Mostly in-house software by 422 South [via]
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What data can and cannot do →
Reality check for what power you actually gain from data
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Dashboards talk too much →
Focus on what questions users are asking, and design around the answers
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Politwoops →
Deleted tweets from politicians
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Why no one reads stat literature →
Because most people don’t give a crap
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Piktochart →
Another infographic-building site. Not optimistic, but maybe worth a look.
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Data Therapy: Creative Ways to tell your Story with Data →
Hacks/Hackers event in Cambridge, MA: 5/30 at 6pm
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Claiming open visualization →
Open source, open data, open visualization?
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Don’t use scatterplots →
Suggests plotting density, not points
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The Life and Death of Words →
Hysterical TEDx talk about words using Google n-grams for research
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arbor.js →
A graph visualization library using web workers and jQuery
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GeoStats →
Upload and analyze location data from OpenPaths
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