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Feb 11 - Storytelling
- Journalism in the Age of Data video (vimeo link)
- 1:15-1:53 - Viegas and Wattenberg
- 1:53-2:48 - Ben Fry
- 5:10-9:13 - NY Times, Amanda Cox
- 11:11-13:24 - storytelling
- 15:00-18:26 - Jeffery Heer, narrative visualization paper
- 31:20-32:22 - visualizing live data
- 34:40-35:45 - importance of sketches
- Amanda Cox
- chartsnthings - behind the scenes at the NY Times graphics department
- The Design Process Behind the Pursuit of Faster Project, Andy Kirk
- Storytelling and Focus, Robert Kosara
- Big Pictures with Big Messages, Google Research Blog
- Obama Job Chart controversy
- Marino Rivera interactive video, NY Times, (2:40, most discussed in Cox's talk above)
- Causalities of War, cnn.com
- Enhanced State of the Union
- US Gun Murders in 2010, Andy Kirk's commentary - why he likes it
- Storytelling: The Next Step for Visualization, Kosara and Mackinlay
Feb 4 - PHP, MySQL
PHP
MySQL
Jan 28 - Design Principles
- "Save the Pies for Dessert", Stephen Few
- "Effectively Communicating Numbers", Stephen Few
- 3 Worthwhile Alternatives to the Pie Chart, Nathan Yau
- XKCD No Labels Comic
- How Governments Can Better Use Data Visualization
- Protovis Stem and Leaf example
- Fox News Makes the Best Pie Chart Ever, Nathan Yau, Nov 26, 2009
- Fox News Still Makes Awesome Charts, Nathan Yau, Dec 12, 2011
- Fox News Continues Charting Excellence, Nathan Yau, Aug 6, 2012
Jan 14 - Intro
Jan 14 - Data
Web Scraping
Data Cleaning