May 2013
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May 22nd
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both...”
– Arthur C. Clarke (via brain-food)
May 21st
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Ponderings on the Tumblr Acquisition
I believe it has just been officially announced that Yahoo has acquired Tumblr for $1.1bn. It sort of terrifies me that a company can spend $1.1bn on anything! Surely that amount of money could be used for bettering the planet in some way? Or invested in something a bit more worthwhile?  On an unrelated note: It cost just $820m to build, launch, land and operate the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers...
May 20th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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Melon: Track Your Focus
Melon is a headband and mobile app duo that tracks and helps you improve your focus in relation to your activity, your environment, your emotions, and any other behavior you want to track. This product is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Working from home has a lot of upsides, but it can be hard to continually remain focused when your means of connecting to the outside world are...
May 14th
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May 13th
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May 7th
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Chineasy
Chineasy is a visual-based learning system which teaches Chinese characters, simple stories & phrases. Their aim is to “bring down the great wall of Chinese language” by combining Chinese characters with pictograms. 
May 3rd
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April 2013
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Apr 29th
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Magazine Article on Infographics
Way back in December I co-wrote an article all about creating infographics, for the print edition of .net magazine. I have just been reliably informed that you can now read the full article online over on their website. Exciting!  Nothing quite beats a good spread in a magazine, though (^_^)
Apr 29th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 14th
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Apr 11th
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Apr 9th
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“There’s a strand of the data viz world that argues that everything could...”
– Amanda Cox, 2013 (Read the full article)
Apr 8th
March 2013
6 posts
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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Mar 7th
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Mar 4th
February 2013
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Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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An Interactive Analysis of Tolkien's Works
A visually rich repository of graphs and interactive visualisations that take a look at the many written works of Tolkien. If you’re either a data geek or a Tolkien nerd, you’ll love what the LOTR Project has put together here.  Using charts and visualisations to analyse keyword frequency, common words… character mentions… … and sentiment View more at The LOTR...
Feb 21st
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 10th
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Gender-Based Harassment in Tech →
A disheartening post from Sarah Parmenter about the realities of gender-based harassment in the conference circuit
Feb 4th
January 2013
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Jan 31st
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Handmade Data Visualization
Wonderfully simple but effective handmade charts by Attus Adriano.  View more over on Adriano’s website
Jan 29th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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“If your day isn’t awesome, maybe be one of the kind and friendly people...”
– Wise words from Wil Wheaton
Jan 23rd
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Map of the Known Universe
A beautifully designed infographic pamplet that provides a nice, little introduction to the wonders of the universe. Designed by Spencer Charles The pamphlet, in its entirety. Full of nice little tidbits. You can also buy a print of this beauty for just $15 over at Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company
Jan 22nd
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Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most...”
– ~ Buddha
Jan 16th
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Visualisation App to Track Your Mood
As part of the Quantified Self Movement, there are plenty of apps out there to track your fitness and health goals, but what about your mood? Well, Expereal, a mobile app by Jonathan Cohen, lets you do just that. Expereal allows you to track your emotions as they happen, by entering the time, date, place and feeling, with which you can then: …rate and analyse your life through data...
Jan 15th
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Cult Movie Maps by Andrew Degraff
Want to track the travels of your favourite movie characters? Well now you can with these wonderful maps by Andrew Degraff that literally plot the movements of the main characters through a number of cult films. Such a simple idea, but so cleverly executed!  Indiana Jones Star Wars IV North by North West View more over examples of Degraff’s awesome project over at the 1988 Gallery
Jan 11th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 4th
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My 2012: A Snapshot
As I head into 2013, I wanted to take a quick moment to reflect on 2012. First off, I can’t believe where the time has gone. It seems like barely a few weeks ago that I was writing a similar post this time last year. It seems to have flown by, and that’s part of the reason why I think taking a step back and looking at the year as a whole is an incredibly positive thing to do. For me...
Jan 2nd
December 2012
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Merry Christmas, Everybody!
Here, have an overused pie-chart joke (^_^) Have a wonderful holiday, everyone! 
Dec 23rd