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Data Journalism Is the New Punk
Simon Rogers of the Guardian data blog draws comparisons between the emergence of DIY tools for practicing data journalism and the founding ethics of punk.
The underlying question is if you learn a few “chords” (eg., Google Fusion Tools, Gephi) can you start making your data hum.
Says Dan Sinker, head of the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership and former Punk Planet editor, in response to Rogers’ hypothesis:
While I agree with the premise - it’s never been easier to do this stuff than it is right now - I think there are a few steps beyond just learning three chords when doing data journalism. For one, Legs [McNeil, who coined the word ‘punk’] didn’t really say a band needed to be *good* but I’d like to think we’d require that for data journalism
Check the article. Rogers provides links to free data tools and curates a great discussion about the reasonable skills needed to getting started.
Image: Now Form a Band, from British punk fanzine Sideburns in 1977. Via the Guardian.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j2queSvW1qedj2ho1_1280.jpg)
Data Journalism Is the New Punk
Simon Rogers of the Guardian data blog draws comparisons between the emergence of DIY tools for practicing data journalism and the founding ethics of punk.
The underlying question is if you learn a few “chords” (eg., Google Fusion Tools, Gephi) can you start making your data hum.
Says Dan Sinker, head of the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership and former Punk Planet editor, in response to Rogers’ hypothesis:
While I agree with the premise - it’s never been easier to do this stuff than it is right now - I think there are a few steps beyond just learning three chords when doing data journalism. For one, Legs [McNeil, who coined the word ‘punk’] didn’t really say a band needed to be *good* but I’d like to think we’d require that for data journalism
Check the article. Rogers provides links to free data tools and curates a great discussion about the reasonable skills needed to getting started.
Image: Now Form a Band, from British punk fanzine Sideburns in 1977. Via the Guardian.
CHELSEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
IT WAS A FANTASTIC
YOU ARE MINE GUYS
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 11/12
FIRST!
The Chelsea players name the best and worst attributes of their fellow teammates
holy shit THE UNIBROW
David Bowie has a condition called anisocoria, which is the medical term for unequal pupils. In 1962, aged 14, he got punched in the eye by his schoolfriend George Underwood, during an argument over a girl named Carol Goldsmith. George’s fingernail caught David’s eye and dislodged something. David was admitted to Farnborough Hospital, where it was found that the sphincter muscles of his left eye were badly torn and he
underwent two eye operations. He has an enlarged pupil that remains permanently open, giving them an unusual appearance. Contrary to popular belief David doesn’t have two different coloured eyes - they are both the same colour. The enlarged pupil only gives the “effect” of two different coloured eyes
Why people love Loki more than Thor
How Thor asks to borrow your horse:
How Loki asks to borrow your horse:
Case closed.
Number one rule guys.
NUMBER. ONE. RULE.
I tried to use Alt+Reblog and it sent me to the reblog page
Tumblr wants me to do this specially
I shall obey
ALWAYS REBLOG A PHOTO OF YOUR LEADER NO MATTER WHAT NUMBER ONE RULE
The two creators met in prison, David in a scared straight program. Thought I’d share.
