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Choose your colours and thresholds wisely

When creating a visualisation of data, the colour choices and classes that your assigned too can change the message you're…

Markos Giannopoulos

Vega-Lite: producing complex visualisations with minimal amount of code

Here is an interesting visualisation library released just a few days ago from the University Washington Interactive Data Lab. Vega-Lite…

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Adobe Post: Easily create social media/blog graphics on your iPhone

Adobe continues its release of free/freemium mobile apps. Adobe Post makes it easy for anyone to turn their photos and…

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Your free 2015 fitness infographic

If you're a Strava user, VeloViewer will create a visual overview of your running and/or cycling. VeloViewer seems like an interesting service:…

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Don’t forget to be happy!

Happiness makes people more productive at work, according to the latest research from the University of Warwick. Economists carried out…

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Year in review, 2015: Sony Pictures

It's the time for yearly reviews and resolutions. In 2015 I was mostly shooting with my iPhone, with the Sony…

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Journalists are slamming into scientific studies, exposing a key flaw in media

I was writing a few days ago about science reporting in media. Well here's a bit more on this. Just…

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Resistance is how we protect ourselves from taking risks

"This is going to kill your children" - Jamie Oliver is making a point about cooking junk food for your…

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What You Believe Affects What You Achieve

Our genes influence our intelligence and talents, but these qualities are not fixed at birth. If you mistakenly believe that…

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Tired? Think again

Science says your mind gives up before your body. Marcora believes that this limit is probably never truly reached—that fatigue…

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