I am reblogging this here from Panoply Digital. 2016 was, needless to say for all in the development field, a challenging year. As such, we welcome 2017 with open arms. Panoply …
The Beauty of Data Visualization: a TED talk from David McCandless
This is the man behind one of my favorite blogs in the world, Information is Beautiful, who spends his time visualizing data which transforms the way you perceive the world. …
TED talk from Hans Rosling: Debunking Developing World Myths with Data
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI] This is an absolutely brilliant talk about data and its use in the developing world by Hans Rosling. Rosling, at least according to Wikipedia, is “Professor of International Health …
Data, the currency of academic jargon, and a corpus of 14 billion words
So let me start with the following caveat: I work for the Stor of J. There, I said it and I am proud of it. That being said, this Data …