Data and visualization blogs worth following

Design and Aesthetics

• information aesthetics — By Andrew Vande Moere, the first blog I found on visualization five something years ago.
• Well-formed data — Another one of the oldies but goodies. The blog of Moritz Stefaner, known for lots of projects around these parts
• blprnt.blg — Blog of Jer Thorp, who has recently been on a github binge. See also blprnt.tmblr
• Fathom — Ben Fry-run studio talks about interesting things
• feltron — Nicholas Felton's tumblr with quick bits of delight
• Tulp Inspiration — Another tumblr, this one run by Jan Willem Tulp

Statistical and Analytical Visualization

• Eager Eyes — I think the second blog I found on visualization. Written by Robert Kosara, research-focused
• Junk Charts — Kaiser Fung finds the not-so-good and explains how to improve them. See also sister blog Numbers Rule Your World
• Visual Business Inteliigence — Stephen Few's business-centric musings
• Visualising Data — Relatively newer
• Data Pointed — Weird and cooky, in a good way
• Effective Graphs — Fundamentals of graph-making
• Jim Vallandingham — Releases good code sometimes
• Excel Charts — Despite the name, provides some useful information for beginners
• Statistical Graphics and more — Through the eyes of a statistician

Journalism

• The Daily Viz — By Matt Stiles, data journalist at NPR
• chartsnthings — Kevin Quealy of The New York Times talks process
• Infographics news — Highlights news graphics
• Matthew Ericson — Deputy graphics director at The New York Times

General Visualization

• Neoformix — Features a variety of his projects
• Datavisualization.ch — Different visualization work, but lately on process of client work
• Periscopic — Information visualization firm, do good with data
• vis4 — Gregor Aisch produces a mix of work
• Chart Porn — Mix of charts and graphs
• Communicating with data — Jerome Cukier from the OECD

Maps

• Stamen — Map-focused design and technology studio, sometimes open source releases
• Cartastrophe — Daniel Huffman talks good maps
• Floatingsheep — Geography hodge podge
• indiemaps — Usually on the how of maps
• Kelso's Corner — Nathaniel Kelso, cartographer at Stamen
• tecznotes — Michal Migurski of Stamen gets into the nitty gritty of online map making
• The Marauding Carto-nerd — Kenneth Field, research cartographer

Data and Statistics

• Datablog — On The Guardian, poster of datasets and graphics
• Juice Analytics — Putting business data to action
• The Numbers Guy — Examines the way numbers are used
• Infochimps — Data supplier and hackers unite
• Civil Statistician — By Census Bureau statistician Jerzy Wieczorek
• Revolutions — Frequent statistics goodies
• Simply Statistics — The title says it all

That's what I read. Your turn.

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Ahmadh Rifai Kariapper (ABU ZIDHAN)

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