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Cornell NYC Tech, Planned for Roosevelt Island, Starts Up in Chelsea – NYTimes.com

“We’re trying to separate personal space from private space, to create an environment with constant interaction,” he said. “Believe it or not, this is a very important piece of the culture we’re trying to create.” via Cornell NYC Tech, Planned … Continue reading

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Business without Borders | The decade of the CIVETS

The past decade was all about the BRICs, the massive economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, which kicked off at the beginning of the new century, boomed and are now slowing like the rest of the developed world. Taking … Continue reading

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40 must-see vídeos about data visualization and infographics | Visual Loop

40 must-see vídeos about data visualization and infographics | Visual Loop.

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Timeline Maker | The Ultimate Timeline Software

If you’ve been struggling to create timeline charts manually or wrestling with ordinary office software like Excel, Visio or MS Project, then you will really appreciate how easy it can be to create great looking timeline charts like these with … Continue reading

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Data Visualization: Trudging through the Digital Road to New Scientific Discovery | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

He is creating the matrices according to the nature of work that Don R. Swanson did at the University of Chicago in the late 80′s. Swanson, an Information Scientist, discovered connections between Raynaud’s Disease and Fish Oil through something called … Continue reading

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UrCrowdsource | Introduction

The site of Ur, one of the earliest cities in the world, was jointly excavated by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum for 12 years in the early 20th century. Despite many publications on the site, there … Continue reading

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Odd Things Happen When You Chop Up Cities And Stack Them Sideways

… but anatomically … I donno. Take away the bums, the fashionistas, the food carts, the cabs, the colors, the smells, the sounds, cut it up and stack it on a table, New Yorks grid system seems more than a … Continue reading

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The Explosive Growth Of Walmart In America

Started by Sam Walton in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, Walmart now has over 8,500 stores in 15 countries. In the animation above, one can see how the store opened in 1962 has exploded to 3,898 Walmarts as of May 2012. … Continue reading

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Folk Songs for the Five Points

Folk Songs for the Five Points is a celebration of cultural diversity and change, using “folk songs” as a metaphor to explore immigration and the formation of identity in New York’s Lower East Side. The project isn’t about absolute answers … Continue reading

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Tutorials for Learning Visualization in R

Nathan Yau of Flowing Data talks about R Tutorials that he created for his site @R-bloggers.com: “My main hope is that the tutorials provide a good starting point for people to visualize their own data in whatever way they like. … Continue reading

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