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by ejfox 13y ago
You can actually see that Bostock is "only" responsible for 698: http://christopheviau.com/d3list/gallery.html#author=all
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by ejfox 13y ago
It's important to factor in the importance of reusability. When someone makes a D3 visualization, it is infinitely reusable and hackable. So next time you want to make a map of killings in Chicago, you have it ready to go, and you just
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by ejfox 13y ago
I couldn't find a link in the article- is the presentation available online somewhere?
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by ejfox 13y ago
As a human, you are more able to handle hallucinations than you think. If you see a bear off in the distance, in real life do you freak out and drive off the road? No. You just remark at it. "Holy shit a bear in the distance!" Whe
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by ejfox 13y ago
The feedback from other dataviz people is such an important part of it, and it's hard because we are all so separated geographically and in different companies. When I make a new project, I'm lucky enough to have a small group of
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The data visualization community needs its own Hacker News(medium.com)
11 points by ejfox 13y ago|3 comments
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by ejfox 13y ago
This is not so much as a design trend as a designer's in-joke that is getting more attention than it deserves. While more dimensionality vs. texture and gradients for depth is definitely where things are going and this is part of it, i
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Rethinking Breaking News(medium.com)
2 points by ejfox 13y ago|0 comments
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by ejfox 13y ago
"Previous practitioners of civil disobedience clearly thought that submission to punishment was necessary for their actions to be justified." I never got this sense, let alone thought of it as clear. Can you explain? "If MLK
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by ejfox 13y ago
I'd love to read more about how you use Anki. I've been using it for random things like the NATO phonetic alphabet or state capitals, but I've been wanting to try and create my own decks. I've just been having trouble wr
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Next steps for Tributary.io(ejfox.tumblr.com)
2 points by ejfox 13y ago|0 comments
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by ejfox 13y ago
I love these stories as well and would love to read more. Is there a central place to find more? Or would someone care to drop some links my way?
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by ejfox 13y ago
I think there’s a big place for a Kickstarter for journalism- consumers pay to get the news that they want to hear. I saw this most during the Occupy actions last year. Livestreamers would go out and cover events in their cities, funded thr
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by ejfox 14y ago
Hello I'd like your data please.
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by ejfox 14y ago
Makes sense to me. Lightened up the background a bit- any better? https://github.com/ejfox/happybirthdaytributary/commit/dc189...
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by ejfox 14y ago
What would you improve? Always looking for useful feedback! Cheers
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What we've learned from a year of live coding(ejfox.github.com)
52 points by ejfox 14y ago|27 comments
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The Magazine Experience on the Web(ejfox.com)
6 points by ejfox 14y ago|1 comments
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by ejfox 14y ago
I experimented with http://rifff.com/ a bit for crowdsourcing feedback. I got some great detailed feedback, but I think the site is more prone to X vs. Y questions, which are helpful as well.
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by ejfox 14y ago
Thanks so much. Would love to hear more of your thoughts about potential uses, I've been struggling to think of examples to make.
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Show HN: sStory, easy magazine-style minisites(ejfox.github.com)
9 points by ejfox 14y ago|3 comments
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by ejfox 14y ago
I wish that this was retina-ready because it sounds like two billion pixels is what this machine was made for.
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by ejfox 14y ago
Tell that to Canada.
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by ejfox 14y ago
"People in San Francisco really saw the vision more," he says. "New Yorkers tend to be a lot more competitive whereas people in Silicon Valley, I think of them as more ambitious." -- One thing I noticed when I moved to the bay area from New
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by ejfox 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, NY area, SF Hi, I'm EJ Fox and I specialize in data visualization design and interaction. I create both static Infographics using Illustrator as well as interactive dataviz using D3/HTML/CSS3. I'm always looking to so
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by ejfox 14y ago
First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the socialists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out
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by ejfox 14y ago
Can you expand on what you mean by "break the web"?
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by ejfox 14y ago
Dude, I really liked the story. I'm glad you wrote it and had this experience. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt while reading the comments, but your phrase "It would mean that our designs are simple enough for a homeless person to
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by ejfox 14y ago
I like the infographic showing the series of events, definitely goes a long way in terms of aiding transparency. I wonder if it could be a new trend?
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by ejfox 14y ago
I wrote a little post about why I'm so excited about Tributary here: http://ejfox.tumblr.com/post/22615208842 What I think is really cool is how many applications it could potentially have, from education to performance.

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