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Data Visualization: Hans Rosling
As any fan of data visualization and statistics has no doubt seen already, Professor Hans Rosling’s presentations on TED are as spectacular as they are inspiring.
Professor Rosling uses data to tell a compelling story about the state of the world today, how we got here and where we’re going. He’s spoken at TED 5 times [...]
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Confusion vs Information
Nice and simple.
via FlowData, via Indexed Blog.
Data Visualization
With proliferation of websites like FlowingData, and an increasing emphasis on making of otherwise obscure and inaccessible data in my own professional life, I’m thinking about learning more about how to create beautiful custom visualizations.
Excel works well for most quick tasks – but how cool would it be to be able to create interactive, colorful charts that [...]
Denver Union Station
One of my favorite buildings in Denver is the old Union Station in Lodo. Today I found a new website by the Union Station Neighborhood Co. promoting the proposed build up all around the historic site. We are getting a new train station, more multi-use buildings, all in addition to more rail transit.
Here are some [...]
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
Still going with the ‘I hate unsolicited email’ theme, yesterday I joined an organization called CAUCE after doing a few searches on the topic.
On it’s website, CAUCE says that it’s mission
as an all-volunteer consumer advocacy organization, has moved beyond its original mission of encouraging the creation and adoption of anti-spam laws to a broader stance [...]
SID THE SCIENCE KID, “I Love Charts”
PBS Kids does it again:
via Flowing Data
A Documentary on Parkour by Michael Alosi
Last weekend Michael Alosi sent out the announcement that he is officially finished with his documentary on Parkour. To make the movie he got to travel through the U.S., France, England & China to learn about & film traceurs doing their thing.
The movie is called “Point B”, here how Michael describes it in his own words:
Point B [...]
Blogging drought, good excuse.
I started a new job recently, and now I commute between Denver and Boulder for work. So now aside from being busier than usual (due to employment… I am not complaining!), almost 1.5 hours of my day are spent in my car driving.
I need to slowly start establishing a routine that will leave me time [...]
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