This is not a comprehensive resource list. In fact I’m consciously leaving many resources off this list. I want to give you a tour, not overwhelm.
History/Documentaries
- Hans Rosling: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/
- Edward Tufte: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/
- Journalism in the Age of Data: http://datajournalism.stanford.edu
Key Software
- Tableau: http://www.tableausoftware.com/
- Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog.html
- Processing: http://processing.org/
- D3: http://mbostock.github.com/d3/
- GeoCommons: http://geocommons.com/
- R: http://www.r-project.org/
Other resources/learning sites
- Comprehensive resources on Visualising Data: http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/resources/
- Web programming tutorials: http://www.w3schools.com/
- Perceptual Edge: http://www.perceptualedge.com/
Examples
- World Bank data site: http://data.worldbank.org/
- US Geological Survey Earthquake: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
- 2010 Census: http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
- Flowing Data: http://flowingdata.com/
- Guardian Data: http://www.guardian.co.uk/data
