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  1. Using Census OnTheMap to look at where people work: http://lehdmap3.did.census.... Exports reports, too. #statknowledge
  2. US Census has created OnTheMap, a map that compares where people work and where they live, with socioeconomic data. #statknowledge
  3. IMF Data Mapper: maps and charts of GDP, population, govt finances, etc. http://bit.ly/new6 #statknowledge
  4. Strangest/most fascinating presentation at #statknowledge: A "map" with places named for the social issues that rich/poor people face.
  5. MIT's Senseable City Lab mapped phone calls during Obama inauguration. http://bit.ly/rlzOE others: http://senseable.mit.edu/ #statknowledge
  6. Julia Ogris on creating good data viz: Give users some structure. Enable embedding and exporting to foster collaboration. #statknowledge
  7. Australian effort to make data regarding drug use and crime more accessible: http://data.aic.gov.au/duma... #statknowledge
  8. Julia Ogris of Space-Time Research (OECD): Successful data interface introduces an interesting statistic immediately. #statknowledge
  9. Interesting Q at #statknowledge:If info is transmitted through word clouds and info graphics, then why do we think accuracy is so important?
  10. How NYT's Amanda Cox knows a graphic is ready to publish (excl deadlines): Is it clear? @ireneros's ManyEyes: Does it work? #statknowledge
  11. NYT's Amanda Cox thinks the average print data graphic is often more successful than the average Web data graphic. #statknowledge
  12. How to introduce students to tools to visualize complex data: Focus on substantive issues, make the interface invisible. #statknowledge
  13. Instructions to watch the #statknowledge conference: http://bit.ly/il92D. Presentations listed here[PDF]: http://bit.ly/RR4Te #statknowledge
  14. Word tree: See when personal ads with the phrase "I am married" are followed by "but" compared to "and": http://bit.ly/oKLeU #statknowledge
  15. @ireneros: There is immense interest in using http://manyeyes.alphaworks.... to analyze personal data. #statknowledge
  16. @ireneros: Most data uploaded to manyeyes not related to news cycle or scientific research -- a lot is very personal data. #statknowledge
  17. @ireneros on IBM's manyeyes project: Make visualization accessible to anyone. Upload data, visualize, discuss. #statknowledge
  18. http://www.HistoryBrowser.org is a "virtual lego set," available to anyone to use. #statknowledge
  19. Examples of UVa History Browser: http://bit.ly/FuBMV http://historybrowser.org/b... #statknowledge
  20. UVa Prof Bill Ferster's http://www.hisotrybrowser.org uses primary source data and documents to tell a story. #statknowledge