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ambirex

  1. New open data platform Junar - j.mp/K9lDJf looks interesting, albeit a little expensive - j.mp/K9lIN7
  2. I'm hoping Shirky is wrong about Buffett's take on newspapers - j.mp/KDtQlF but I'm scared he might be right.
  3. Tornado Tracks - j.mp/JKyfGV (I'd love to see in interactive version, maybe something like the wind map - j.mp/H1sReF)
  4. "You should be able to work in Final Cut Pro. Wordpress should be second-nature" - David Carr - j.mp/KyeOhZ
  5. Masks and Heads Made from Moveable Type - j.mp/Kwd2Mo #artsy
  6. "The Case Against AOL, In Numbers" (esp. Patch) - j.mp/LkIlJ9
  7. @teruterubouzu "Android's Overblown Fragmentation Problem" - bit.ly/KIwRj0
  8. While dark patterns can work ( j.mp/J8auCm ) its too bad more time isn't spent making better apps.
  9. Chameleon - A Better Home Screen for your Android Tablet - j.mp/JT2CZm - there are some very nice looking UI decisions included.
  10. The maker movement starts to attract venture capitalists’ interest - j.mp/K9YzGJ #maker
  11. Data visualization doesn’t matter - j.mp/Knz9YE or data visualization is not the sole factor to success - j.mp/MDtmza
  12. It was the best of tomes, it was the worst of tomes… - j.mp/L1uhYm #dickenschart
  13. Data journalism research at Columbia aims to close data science skills gap radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/data-j…
  14. Pretty nifty Bill Explorer from @MinnPost - j.mp/JirJCs
  15. feather chart, a beautiful new chart type - buff.ly/Luc2gJ
  16. What is the most musical city in the United States? - buff.ly/KrFZH3 via @waxpancake
  17. {css:hat} translates Photoshop layer styles to CSS3 - j.mp/JDQqNR
  18. Interesting write up on SASS vs LESS - j.mp/JJa4Wf But with the popularity of bootstrap, I'm betting LESS will win out.
  19. A New Take on Responsive Tables - zurb.com/article/982/a-…