FreshSpectrum - Blog for Data People
Creative consultant Chris Lysy talks about data, culture, technology, and design. He also draws comics.
Today's cartoon inspired by David Fetterman, who left this in a comment on last Friday's ethnography blog post. For those who don't know David, he's written a significant book on the …
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If you've taken enough sociology classes you likely had this assignment at some point, "go somewhere and watch." And if it's a grad class you might get asked to go back to the same place several …
I've recently rediscovered Robert K. Merton. As a student I knew a little about his social roles work but I knew very little about the person. That is until I happened upon On the Shoulders of …
I don’t like it. Data visualization experts love to talk about effectiveness, which chart type is better than which other chart type. And while I think the discussion can be helpful sometimes it also …
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Many of you are new here so before anything else let me just say, thank you for following. Since you've likely not seen them, I thought it might be a good idea to let you know about some of my …
**UPDATE** This post really struck a nerve. I want to thank everyone who has read it and shared with others. Now you can get a take home pdf version, just download it here. I really think that …
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