Those of you with memories that stretch at least 362 days will recall my rather incendiary post (kind of) from December of last year that brought attention to the utter uselessness of Google’s 2011 Zeitgeist interactive report.
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Just want to alert everyone to an exciting and enlightening new blog that has been launched today. National Infographic is the perfectly titled blog of Juan Velasco, the Art Director of National Geographic magazine.
New Blog: Juan Velasco’s National Infographic Read More »
How many of you have heard of the Parsons Journal for Information Mapping (PJIM)? It’s a really good digital publication that comes out quarterly and covers data visualisation with articles on both the theoretical side as well as the practical, highlighting new developments, techniques and great projects from around the field.
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This has probably already been mentioned by other bloggers but, if not, there is a fascinating new book coming out this month called the ‘Atlas of Design’.
New book: The ‘Atlas of Design’ Read More »
Just a quick mention for a fascinating new conference that will be held in New York City on the 8th and 9th of November. It is simply called Visualized and is described as ‘exploring the evolution of communication at the intersection of big data, storytelling and design’. My initial sense of this event is that
Visualized conference, New York, 8th-9th November Read More »
I am delighted to have been invited to speak at the Big Data World, Europe conference in London, on the 19th and 20th September taking place at ETC St Paul’s. I just wanted to briefly introduce the event, its line up and also announce that the organisers have kindly provided me with a free complimentary
‘Big Data World’, Europe conference in London – Free complimentary pass Read More »
Those of you who have watched the video footage from the recent SEE conference may have seen Manuel Lima’s talk on the ‘The Power of Networks: Knowledge in an age of infinite interconnectedness’.
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In recent months we’ve seen a number of new developments on the tools side of the visualisation field. We’ve had Datawrapper, the Miso project and are still waiting in anticipation for the releases of polychart and plot.io. Today sees the launch of Quadrigram, a ‘Visual Programming Environment to gather, shape, and share living data’. Quadrigram
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The Data Journalism Handbook is a free, open-source reference for anyone interested in the field of data journalism. It features contributions from over 70 of the leading global voices of authority and has now been released, remarkably only 6 months after its conception. It is a joint initiative between the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation and is published by O’Reilly
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This week sees the launch of Big Data Week 2012, a series of free, interconnected activities and events taking place across the globe. The aim of the events is to have contemporary conversations about Big Data, bringing together the communities of Data Scientists, Data Technologies, Data Visualization ad Data Business. I will be taking part
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