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Top 10 examples of Data Visualization

Jul 5th

Posted by Dan Taylor in Music

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arcWith the tremendous amount of data circulating the internet at any given moment, it’d be nice to see some graphic representations of what’s actually happening, instead of just a bunch of 1’s and 0’s.

Add to that the what would most certainly be a maddening exercise in trying to find related content to the mix, and data visualizations become all the more important.  These data visualizations below represent to me the most meaningful and useful tools available.  They cover everything from Digg activity to Network connectivity, to simply watching the world tweet the day away.

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Snackr – renewing my faith in RSS

Nov 13th

Posted by Dan Taylor in Technology

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Zoinks!  Look at all these unread articles that are simply piling up in my RSS feed reader.  How the heck am I going to read all of these?  You know…I wish there was just something that could make a minimal footprint and still give me all the tasty RSS feed that I love.  Meh…this sucks and I feel like I’m wasting my time with this overloaded RSS feed reader.  Minimize, never open again.

Does any of this sound even remotely familiar?  Well stop using my voice as your narrative. :)   But seriously, when I first became aware of what RSS was/is and how to use it, I’ll admit I went a bit overboard with the subscriptions.  After a while, it got to the point where I’d read 5 or 6 feeds a day, and watch the unread items notification pile up.  At one point I finally got fed up with my self-inflicted guilt, and just abandoned RSS altogether, and just went directly to the site to catch up.  The problem with this is distractions, bills to pay, random acts of WoW, etc.

Enter stage right (left, top or bottom if you prefer): Snackr.  Thanks to Ritchie over at Datenschmutz, my faith in RSS has been restored.  I stopped by his laboratory the other day and happened to notice this slick little news ticker running up the left side of his second monitor.  A closer inspection revealed that the news was actually coming from a variety of sites.  “You don’t know Snackr?” says Ritchie.  A short 20-minute subway ride home, and I’m all over Snackr.

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