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May 4, 2012 7:12 AM

37 Data-ish blogs you should know about
posted by shothotbot (10 comments total)

This post is a bit out of date now, Data and Visualization Blogs Worth Following is a post from last week on the same blog with an updated list
posted by musicismath at 7:26 AM on May 4, 2012 [6 favorites]

Yeah, but the new list doesn't have Andrew Gelman's Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science blog, so the old list is better.
posted by escabeche at 7:32 AM on May 4, 2012 [1 favorite]

Any collection of 'data-ish' blogs that does not include I Love Charts is taking itself too seriously.
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:39 AM on May 4, 2012 [2 favorites]

In an election year, I'd expect to see Five Thirty Eight in there.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:55 AM on May 4, 2012

This from Chart Porn is good. Zoom in and out on the universe. Caution autoplaying music.

Nice find, thankyou.
posted by hardcode at 7:59 AM on May 4, 2012

Or if you're in a hurry, just read the blog that hosts the list, Flowing Data. Nathan Yau does an amazing job cherrypicking visualizations from other places.
posted by Nelson at 8:02 AM on May 4, 2012

I find the lack of Brent Spiner disturbing.

(Seriously, in general, I wonder why Spiner isn't better known outside of TNG--he's a good actor, has done tons of stage work, etc.)
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:03 AM on May 4, 2012

I find it hard to believe that Information Is Beautiful isn't on this list. I'm definitely going to check these links out when I get home. :)
posted by molachai at 9:51 AM on May 4, 2012

I came in here just to make the joke that Halloween Jack made.
posted by Saxon Kane at 10:34 AM on May 4, 2012

Data Stories, a podcast about data visualization, was also recommended on Flowing Data a few days ago.
(I haven't listened to it.)
posted by -jf- at 6:38 PM on May 4, 2012 [1 favorite]