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FlowingData has some nice reviews of the recent Strata Conference (Sold out, and already with next year’s in planning!).  There was a visualization track at the conference, but apparently it was more on UI than actual data visualization.

This is what I expected at a “big data” conference though, so not a huge deal. I mean, my roots are still stat, so it’s always entertaining to listen to people talk about how they’re making use of data, whether it be visualization or analysis. And for the most part, speakers were good about not getting into the nitty gritty details and keeping an eye on big picture.

He has some nice videos from presenters and links to a few slide decks.  If you couldn’t make it,

via Data talks and keynotes from O’Reilly Strata conference.

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Pocket-Lint has an interview with Tableau CEO and co-founder Christian Chabot about the direction of the company, and how they are trying to carve their niche out of the new web2.0 data visualization boom.

Analytics and stats might sound dull unless you’re an accountant, but to Chabot, if done right, they are about empowering us to understand more.

“We are trying to create a category for data blogging,” says Chabot, hoping to change the world through the medium of numbers. “Data is just another content type. We’re trying to be the YouTube for data.”

via Christian Chabot – The man looking to make your data cool – Pocket-lint.

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Technology means a lot of things, but one of the most visible aspects of that evolution is, without question, the number and type of gadgets available. Pew Internet‘s research puts that in perspective, breaking down what are the favorite gadgets for each generation, while Mint tells us which one will cost less this year. From 3DS Guide comes the 3DS versus PSP2 showdown, and then a real “nerdy”, but very amusing, flowchart, for all the sci-fi fans out there: what would your Job be in the Star Wars Universe, made by the folks at Online Schools. To close today’s Daily Viz from Visual Loop, some Diamond-buying tips from Bankrate.

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Infographic: The Dangers of Driving

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The National Archives has the mission of cataloging millions of records ranging from the important (presidential speeches and decrees) to the mundane (internet tweets) every year, and with the explosive growth of digital media they’ve found themselves at a bit of a quandary.  First off, how do you store the massive amounts of data we generate every day?  Then, how do you find anything inside the giant mountain of data.  The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) partnered with the NSF to create some new digital archival and visualization technology shown in an article on the TACC website.

“Archival analysis is a multi-layered process and it is unique to each collection that is being assessed,” explained Maria Esteva, a digital archivist and data management and collections researcher at TACC. “We are conducting research to map analysis processes used by archivists onto a visualization that combines data driven analysis tools. In this way, the archivist can integrate his or her experience into the workflow.”

The first step in the project was to represent a large and heterogeneous archival collection.

“We are all familiar with desktop icons, representing folders and files,” Esteva said. “But imagine a screen clogged with millions of such icons, with little clue as to what is inside. It takes a visual representation to show millions of files at a time.”

via Texas Advanced Computing Center: A Window on the Archives of the Future.

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PBS takes an in-depth look at several different visualizations of the US Federal Spending practices, ranging from the government-provided USASpending.gov to independent solutions from the New York Times and the famous “Death & Taxes” annual poster.

USASpending.gov was launched in 2007 by the Office of Management and Budget as mandated by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. The website’s mission is: “To provide the public with information about how their tax dollars are spent.” It lets viewers search and browse through the federal funds awarded for government projects. But there’s a catch. The data are what the government has legislated to give out for projects, not the actual cash disbursements that were eventually made for the work.

via Federal Spending, Visualized | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS.

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Project Messiah is cashing in on the success of websites like Groupon and offering a massive discount on messiahStudio5, if they can hook a certain number of buyers.

We’re doing an unprecedented viral test marketing campaign where your success in sharing this offer will allow you and others to get our amazing award winning animation and rendering software ( messiahStudio5 ) for the unheard of price of just $10 (regularly $499) or choose the Pro version for just $40 (regularly $1195).  When this experiment ends, the prices will return to normal.

If you ever wanted to try it out, you won’t find (legal) prices better than this.  There’s not many rules:  licenses won’t ship until the goal is met, and if it’s not met then you get a refund.  Also, limit 4 (total) per customer.   At the time of writing this, they’re already about 30% to their goal, so help them put it out on twitter and guarantee some massive discounts.

via pmG Dare To Share $10 CG Software Challenge.

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Today we begin with a complex question, brought by Sales Jobs: does Money alone motivates Sales people? A lot of interesting information there. Also interesting is Payoff‘s infographic about which Business Entity is right for your venture, and the New Face of Retail is presented by Milo. Education’s Effect on Income shows that a good education, despite its importance, is not enough for guaranteeing success, as we can see on Degree Search‘s post, and Braintrack shows us the most popular degrees earned online.

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The 8th annual International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) is in Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University this June, and they’ve just issued their Call for Papers.

The annual symposium joins academic, government, and industry leaders from around the globe to share the latest developments and applications of visualization techniques to address current cyber security challenges. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit technical papers and panel session proposals that offer a novel contribution to security visualization. Papers are encouraged on new visualization technologies and methods that have been applied and demonstrated to be useful in a range of security domains including, but not limited to, computer forensics, risk assessment, cryptography, malware analysis, and situational awareness.

Deadline for full papers is April 1 (No April Fool’s jokes please), and panels is April 15th.

via PR-USA.net – VizSec2011 Announces Call for Papers.

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