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The Why Axis @thewhyaxis

Documenting the rise of data visualization in the digital age. Edited by @bryanconnor

Joined March 2011
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Sunlight Foundation just launched a Kickstarter to save Sitegeist kickstarter.com/projects/sun… (original article on TWA: thewhyaxis.info/sitegeist/#c…)

Save Sitegeist

We want to save Sitegeist, an app that presents local information visually.

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Product Hunt 😸
@ProductHunt
15 Sep 2014
New York Times APIs: why just read the news when you can hack it? producthunt.com/posts/new-yo… via @_jacksmith
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Late to tweet about it but loving how @visualisingdata's site has evolved. bit.ly/1tEBm4V Congrats Andy!
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Graphic Continuum from @policyviz nicely illustrates how connected it all really is! policyviz.com/graphic-contin…
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Great event coming up at MICA with @IsabelMeirelles - micadesignviz-meirellesrucke…
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Moritz Stefaner@moritz_stefaner
7 Aug 2014
Friends, this is huge: Mapbox GL JS — an open source JavaScript framework for client-side vector maps mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-gl-js…

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Plotly
@plotlygraphs
9 Jul 2014
"The [charting] tool that has cracked community" Nice plug today on plotly.js in @thewhyaxis thewhyaxis.info/plotly/
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Athenium Risk Intelligence@WeatherIntel
7 Jul 2014
Calling all #GUI guys gals! #dataviz contest #ClimateCrush open! weatheranalytics.com/wa/clim… @mobileindetail @warren @ryan_bales @andrewliebchen
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New: Plotly.js (of @plotlygraphs) Powers the Tool that has Cracked Community thewhyaxis.info/plotly/
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A beautiful explainer from @UpshotNYT / @amandacox How birth year influences political views nyti.ms/1qV508o
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.@freyfogle wrote a really interesting piece on the current state of Open Street Map tech.eu/features/2065/openst…

OpenStreetMap – What's next for the 'Wikipedia of mapping" as it turns 10?

OpenStreetMap is nearing its 10 year anniversary. In a guest post, Ed Freyfogle, co-founder of Lokku and long-time OSM contributor, examines trends as well as challenges in the community.

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Journalism Tools@Journalism2ls
3 Jul 2014
Working with Maps? Don't forget to add context #dataviz buff.ly/1qANPZv ht @thewhyaxis buff.ly/1qANPZv
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It needs that slick annotated @BBGVisualData treatment a la thewhyaxis.info/bloomberg-jo…
Pretty difficult to glean much of anything from this animating stacked area chart from @qz qz.com/230196/the-40-year-ev…
Added @Periscopic's post (periscopic.com/#/news/2014/0…) to the chart remakes collection (thewhyaxis.info/remakes/)
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Urban Institute@urbaninstitute
2 Jul 2014
The map should not stand alone, write @jschwabish & @bryanconnor. Here's why: urbn.is/1pWI7xo

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Maps Need Context: thewhyaxis.info/maps-need-co… A post I co-authored with @jschwabish
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Published yesterday: @kemper's recap of @eyeofestival 2014: thewhyaxis.info/eyeo-kemper/
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Data Stories Podcast@datastories
26 Jun 2014
How to teach data visualization? Andy Kirk @visualisingdata & Scott Murray @alignedleft report on their experiences datastori.es/ds37-teaching-v…
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Added @eyeofestival to the conferences collection bit.ly/1yR8UBl Is there other Eyeo content out there I should add?
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