Reading Edward Tufte is like trying to understand 19th century German philosophy, but his ideas are a tremendous launching point for creative and smart visualization that involves layers of data usually within broader context rather than isolated out of the many real world variables that influence them.
Read MoreI love the concept of pulling data sets from publicly-available data and turning them into strikingly visual graphical representations. This article demonstrates how one can map geographic data of major US cities into unique works of art - in this case, maps that plot regions of race and ethnicity in those cities.
Read MoreFacebook's new article comments plug-in has some unique advantages and also disadvantages for health care professionals trying to use social media. And in general, I am not so much in favor of one over-arching online identity for people — which is, not coincidentally, Facebook's. What do you think?
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