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Parallel Sets
A visualisation technique for multidimensional categorical data.
javascript  statistics  data  visualisation  analysis  webdevelopment 
25 days ago by garrettc
Common statistical fallacies
statistics  data  science  logic  psychology  society 
25 days ago by garrettc
Data Journalism Handbook
A free, open source reference book on the emerging field of data journalism.
data  journalism  opendata  book  publishing  visualisation 
29 days ago by garrettc
The Miso Project
An open source toolkit for the creation of high-quality interactive storytelling and data visualisation content.
data  javascript  library  opensource 
5 weeks ago by garrettc
Designing great data products
"Prediction technology can be interesting and mathematically elegant, but we need to take the next step. The technology exists to build data products that can revolutionize entire industries. So, why aren't we building them?"
data  datamining  analytics  design  datamodelling  from instapaper
8 weeks ago by garrettc
Numbers API
An API for interesting facts about numbers
api  maths  programming  data 
9 weeks ago by garrettc
Network Security in the Medium Term, 2061-2561 AD
Charlie Stross' funny and insightful USENIX 2011 Keynote on security in the future.
future  security  network  society  data  personal 
11 weeks ago by garrettc
Why Mobile Matters
"Apple and Android are eating into personal computing in a massive way. That's because today's mobile devices aren't just phones they're the most personal form of computer we have: always with us, always connected, and highly capable."
mobile  statistics  responsivedesign  data 
february 2012 by garrettc
Weave (Web-based Analysis and Visualization Environment)
"A new web-based visualisation platform designed to enable visualization of any available data by anyone for any purpose. Weave is an application development platform supporting multiple levels of user proficiency – novice to advanced – as well as the ability to integrate, disseminate and visualize data at “nested” levels of geography."
data  datamining  analysis  analytics  opensource  java  flash  wdcs 
february 2012 by garrettc
What is Apache Hadoop?
O'Reilly examines the components of the Hadoop ecosystem.
apache  hadoop  data  datamining 
february 2012 by garrettc
QR Codes: bad idea or terrible idea?
Interesting comment thread with usage examples. I'm still not convinced though.
design  information  qrcode  data  robotreadable 
february 2012 by garrettc
csvkit
A suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV, the king of tabular file formats.
cli  csv  python  data 
january 2012 by garrettc
Week 46: QR or not QR
Some hard data on QR usability.
qrcode  data  research  from twitter
january 2012 by garrettc
Rickshaw
A JavaScript toolkit for creating interactive time series graphs.
data  graphs  webdevelopment  statistics  analysis 
january 2012 by garrettc
2011 Holiday Shopping & Mobile
"Online shopping jumped 16.4% on Christmas Day 2011 over last year, and the dollar amount of those purchases that were made using mobile devices leaped 172.9%" - Luke Wroblewski
data  ecommerce  mobile  wdcsintranet 
january 2012 by garrettc
Getting the Most Out of Google Analytics
Matt Curry from Lovehoney offers a useful primer on setting up and using Google Analytics for e-commerce.
analysis  analytics  business  data  google  ecommerce  wdcsintranet  howto 
december 2011 by garrettc
Mr. Data Converter
Converts CSV data into multiple formats including HTML, JSON and XML
data  json  xml  conversion  tool 
november 2011 by garrettc
Mobile Sales Hit It Out of the Park on Black Friday
Mobile sales killed it on black friday - and it's only going to go up from here.
ecommerce  mobile  data  research  from twitter_favs
november 2011 by garrettc
straup/parallel-flickr @ GitHub
"parallel-flickr is a tool for backing up your Flickr photos and generating a database backed website that honours the viewing permissions you've chosen on Flickr."
backup  flickr  photography  data 
november 2011 by garrettc
Secret iOS business; what you don’t know about your apps
The problem with the abstraction layer of apps is that they can get away with horrendous abuses of the network.
ios  network  data 
october 2011 by garrettc
CyberTracker GPS Field Data Collection System
Open source, Windows based
data  gis  gps  mapping  tracking  science 
october 2011 by garrettc
Planetary Data System
Scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements.
science  space  data  opendata 
september 2011 by garrettc
eReaders & eBook data
"As the number of eReaders grows, their increased presence may result in more "convenience use" of the Web. When an eReader is the closest device with a browser, chances are people will use it to get online." Luke Wroblewski does some number crunching on eReader and eBook use.
data  ebook  ereader  statistics 
september 2011 by garrettc
Ten evidence-based web design techniques
Using data to inform your understanding of users and their goals and motivations.
usertesting  research  webdevelopment  data  usercentereddesign 
august 2011 by garrettc
Kasabi
Linked data repository.
data  linkeddata  opendata  rdf  database 
august 2011 by garrettc
the Data Hub
CKAN, the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, a registry of open knowledge packages and projects.
data  database  opensource  opendata  mashup  reference 
july 2011 by garrettc
Responsive Data Tables
Using responsive design techniques to reformat data tables for small screens.
css3  mediaqueries  responsivedesign  webdesign  data 
june 2011 by garrettc
Data Science Toolkit
A collection of open data sets and open-source tools for data science, wrapped in a REST/JSON API with command line, Python and Javascript interfaces. Available as a self-contained VM or EC2 AMI.
api  data  json  opensource  openapi  opendata  rest 
june 2011 by garrettc
GeoCommons
A public data sharing, visualization and analysis platform with thousands of open data sets
data  gis  mapping  maps  opendata  openapi 
june 2011 by garrettc
Zanran Numerical Data Search
A search engine for data, statistics, graphs and charts.
data  search  searchengine  statistics  tool 
june 2011 by garrettc
Research methods mapped
Compares data source, approach and context of use for different research methods.
userexperience  research  data  visualisation  process  technique 
april 2011 by garrettc
Tweet Topic Explorer
A visualisation tool to help see which topics a person tweets about most often.
twitter  visualisation  data  tool 
april 2011 by garrettc
DisplayCabinet
Internet of things prototype that use RFID tags and physical objects to display useful information related to that object (ie: your wallet displays you current balance)
internetofthings  rfid  prototype  data 
april 2011 by garrettc
TimelineSetter
Ruby package that takes a specially structured CSV and outputs a standards compliant timeline using HTML, CSS and Javascript.
code  data  javascript  timeline  webdevelopment  visualisation 
april 2011 by garrettc
Highcharts - Interactive JavaScript charts for your webpage
javascript  library  data  interactive  userinterface  webdevelopment  visualisation 
march 2011 by garrettc
Data Science Toolkit
A collection of open-source tools to parse, geocode, and process data, all wrapped up in a virtual machine or EC2 image. REST/JSON API, CLI, Python and Javasript interfaces.
data  virtualisation  science  server  geocoding  text  mapping  vm  ec2 
march 2011 by garrettc
Open Data Manual
"This report discusses legal, social and technical aspects of open data. The manual can be used by anyone but is especially designed for those seeking to open up data."
data  opendata  guidelines 
march 2011 by garrettc
TK TYPE > Chartwell
Opentype font family for visualising data. Clever.
data  typography  design  information  font  presentation  infographics  from delicious
march 2011 by garrettc
The 2010 Feltron Annual Report
This year it's about his father's life.
data  design  visualisation  infographics  inspiration  art  from delicious
february 2011 by garrettc
Data Wrangler
A data cleaning and transformation tool from Stanford, similar to Google Refine.
data  cleaning  transformation  tool  analysis  analytics  from delicious
february 2011 by garrettc
7 Classic Foundational Vis Papers You Might not Want to Publicly Confess you Don’t Know
And by posting a link here I think I've just confessed to that very thing.
data  research  statistics  graphics  programming  visualisation  from delicious
february 2011 by garrettc
Swiftriver
"SwiftRiver is a platform that helps people make sense of a lot of information in a short amount of time. In practice, SwiftRiver enables the filtering and verification of real-time data from channels like Twitter, SMS, Email and RSS feeds."
news  data  opensource  mapping  api  aggregator  platform  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Seven ways to think like the web by Jon Udell
Given the web’s hybrid nature, how to can we teach people to make best use of this distributed hypermedia system?
web  rest  architecture  data  communication  principles  theory  society  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
A Tour through the Visualization Zoo
A survey of powerful visualization techniques, from the obvious to the obscure
data  infographics  information  visualisation  statistics  graphics  inspiration  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Data
Dan Nguyen gives and overview of how to pull data from Flash, PDF and HTMl using a wide set of tools.
data  journalism  howto  datamining  research  scraper  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Highcharts
Interactive pure JavaScript charting library.
javascript  infographics  library  webdevelopment  data  visualisation  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Your Random Numbers – Getting Started with Processing and Data Visualization | blprnt.blg
"… a first sketch of what a lesson plan for teaching Processing and data visualization might look like"
tutorial  data  visualisation  howto  processing  toread  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Flight of the day! 20 circles in one direction and 10 circles... on Twitpic
Flight of the day! 20 circles in one direction and 10 circles in other direction, and then diversion to Brussels.
visualisation  data  airline  from twitter_favs
december 2010 by garrettc
Chart Chooser
Help finding the right chart for your needs depending on the purpose.
presentation  statistics  chart  design  data  analytics 
december 2010 by garrettc
Chromaroma
Turns commuting in London into a game via the Oyster Card and Bike Key.
london  game  data  travel  location  geolocation  networkcity 
december 2010 by garrettc
Orange - Data Mining
Open source data visualization and analysis. Data mining through visual programming or Python scripting.
python  software  programming  statistics  opensource  data  research  wdcs  wdcsintranet 
november 2010 by garrettc
Annotator
Open-Source annotation toolkit for inline, online web annotation
javascript  opensource  data  code  text  python 
november 2010 by garrettc
google-refine
A power tool for working with messy data, cleaning it up, transforming it from one format into another and extending it with web services
google  data  opensource  analysis  database  tool  software  semanticweb  wdcs  torchboxshowandtell  wdcsintranet 
november 2010 by garrettc
Mr. People
Parses names into parts, very useful for data clean up of donation lists, electoral registers, etc.
data  names  wdcs  clean  formatting  wdcsintranet 
november 2010 by garrettc
Mr. Data Converter
Will convert your Excel data into one of several web-friendly formats, including HTML, JSON, XML, PHP, Python dict and many more
data  xml  json  conversion  php  database  tool  excel  csv  python  torchboxshowandtell 
november 2010 by garrettc
The Zen of Open Data
opendata  data  semanticweb  linkeddata  philosophy 
october 2010 by garrettc
TimeFlow
A visualization tool for temporal data.
timeline  data  opensource  visualisation  infographics  tool 
september 2010 by garrettc
The iPhone Reality in Europe
Low overall penetration, enormous impact
iphone  mobile  data  statistics  research 
september 2010 by garrettc
Statistics policy page
Tips on data presentation from the UK Parliament
statistics  data  visualisation  tips 
september 2010 by garrettc
Spatial History Project
The Spatial History Lab at Stanford University is a place for a collaborative community of scholars to engage in creative visual analysis to further research in the field of history.
history  maps  mapping  gis  research  geography  data  archive  visualisation 
september 2010 by garrettc
BBC - Dimensions
Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are.
maps  mapping  history  statistics  data  geography  geolocation  visualisation 
august 2010 by garrettc
A Revised Taxonomy of Social Networking Data
privacy  socialsoftware  socialnetworking  data  security  taxonomy  reference 
august 2010 by garrettc
django-reporting
The Django Reporting System allows you to create dynamic reports for your models, consolidating and aggregating data, filtering and sorting it.
django  python  programming  software  statistics  data  reporting 
august 2010 by garrettc
Docsplit
"Docsplit is a command-line utility and Ruby library for splitting apart documents into their component parts: searchable UTF-8 plain text via OCR if necessary, page images or thumbnails in any format, PDFs, single pages, and document metadata"
pdf  ruby  data  gem  library  text  tool  parsing  imagery 
august 2010 by garrettc
Raiding Eternity
Memory in the digital age. Hauntingly beautiful piece of writing.
death  culture  data  digital  life  society  future  preservation  library  love 
july 2010 by garrettc
The 7 ½ Steps to Successful Infographics
Funny and interesting look at how to create infographics from Sarah Slobin, datameister from the NYT, Fortune Magazine and the Wall St. Journal.
infographics  visualisation  reference  data  tips  graphics  design  howto 
may 2010 by garrettc
Ten of the greatest maps that changed the world
"…a new exhibition at the British Library charts the extraordinary documents that transformed the way we view the globe forever."
maps  mapping  cartography  politics  geography  data  design  history  inspiration 
may 2010 by garrettc
Information Display Tips
design  information  infographics  data  visualisation 
may 2010 by garrettc
Minimal Competence: Data Access, Data Ownership, and Sharecropping
Why I love Flickr so much. This thinking permeates everything they do.
flickr  api  data  opendata  socialsoftware  socialmedia  standards  software  development 
may 2010 by garrettc
Eliminating the Power Cord
The legacy of Jef Raskin's "Design Considerations for an Anthropophilic Computer" and it's impact on the longevity of data.
data  history  hci  design 
march 2010 by garrettc
Edward Tufte: Data Analysis for Politics and Policy: Contents/Preface
statistics  tufte  data  book  pdf  politics  analysis  toread 
march 2010 by garrettc
Track Mouse Activity On Your Computer
I like the idea of finding patterns in my mouse activity, not sure if I like it enough to install an unknown piece of software.
data  mouse  hci  usability  tracking 
february 2010 by garrettc
World Government Data
The one-stop shop for World Government datasets from The Guardian.
data  statistics  government  opendata  database  research 
january 2010 by garrettc
Charting The Beatles
The career of The Beatles charted through infographics.
music  design  infographics  data  graphics  visualisation  thebeatles 
january 2010 by garrettc
Datadecs
Xmas decorations based on stats from social media sites. Nifty.
data  digital  lifestream  xmas  artwork 
january 2010 by garrettc
9 Ways to Visualize Proportions – A Guide
"With all the visualization options out there, it can be hard to figure out what graph or chart suits your data best. This is a guide to make your decision easier for one particular type of data: proportions."
design  data  infographics  chart  graphics  reference  visualisation 
november 2009 by garrettc
Humanising data: introducing “Chernoff Schools” for Ashdown
Chernoff Faces are algorithmically generated faces to display complex statistics. BERG are have been playing with idea of "Chernoff Schools" for the Ashdown project. Clever.
data  design  psychology  education  infographics  identity  chernofffaces 
november 2009 by garrettc
Building a choropleth map with free tools
Using Python, SVG and other tools to build a choropleth map (colour coded by metric)
python  data  mapping  programming  visualisation  gis 
november 2009 by garrettc
Toiling in the data-mines: what data exploration feels like
Tom Armitage talks about how he approaches the exploration of large datasets.
data  programming  code  exploration  inspiration  visualisation 
october 2009 by garrettc
Drupal data imports with Migrate and Table Wizard
In-depth look at the Migrate and Table modules.
drupal  migration  data  tutorial  module  import  database 
october 2009 by garrettc
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