A Few of Our Favorite Blogs

Keeping up with all that's going on in the datasphere is sometimes a tall task.  Who knew that there people who work with data could be so prolific?

Here are some of the blogs we read to keep on top of things.

• A Stubborn Mule's Perspective - Data analyses by Swiveler seancarmody.  Posts dig deep into all sorts of data, and always have interesting conclusions.
• The Big Picture - Economic analysis and commentary with simple, understandable graphs and insights.
• Business Intelligence for Business People - A very comprehensive blog about the latest trends in Business Intelligence.
• Chart Porn - If you like charts, you'll love this site.  It posts dozens of data visualizations from all over the web each week.
• The Changing Face of BI - The personal blog of Lindsay Wise, an analyst in the Business Intelligence space.  You can count on Lindsay to keep you up-to-date with what's happening in BI.
• Data Doodle - An extremely well-written blog that meanders over various BI topics.
• Data Mining - It's great to see data and tech go hand-in-hand.  This blog by Swiveler (and creator of BlogPulse) Matthew Hurst has a health dose of both.
• Eager Eyes - Not to be confused with Many-Eyes, this blog talks about data analysis and information visualization.  It's written by the talented Robert Kosara, a professor at UNC Charlotte.
• Flowing Data - I don't know how he does it, but Nathan Yau always finds and features the latest and greatest on data visualization and sharing.  This blog is a must read.
• The Guardian Data Blog - Great data and visualizations from the Guardian newspaper.
• Information Aesthetics - The best information visualizations from across the web.
• Jorge Camoes' Charts - A great blog about the best practices in information understanding and design.  The world would be a better place if everybody took Jorge's charting advice seriously.
• Juice Analytics - A blog on data and data analysis from some of the best analysts out there.
• Junk Charts - Commentary about and reviews of different charts found on the web.
• The Numbers Guy - The Numbers Guy at the Wall Street Journal always has interesting figures and facts.
• OECD Fact Blog - Great summaries of interesting data about the OECD and the rest of the world.
• Peltier Technical Services - A nice blog on some of the more enigmatic aspects of Microsoft Excel.
• Ranking America - As the name implies, this blog ranks America in almost every possible dimension.
• Simple Complexity - A well presented aggregate of awesome infographics from across the web.
• Social Science Statistics Blog - Has a ton of interesting stories and analyses around data.  Laypeople may find the occasional summary of advanced statistical methods a bit confusing.
• Stamen Design - The blog of Stamen Design, most famous for the Oakland Crimespotting map, but experts in all types of interactive visualizations.
• Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference and Social Science - This blog can sometimes have some fairly advanced statistics, but it also highlights a ton of tasty data tidbits.
• Tecz Notes - The personal blog of Michal Migurski from Stamen Design.  Interesting commentary on data, maps and the state of the web.
• TrendsSpotting - Tons of data on the latest and greatest in technology.  What's not to love?
• Visual Business Intelligence - The blog of visualization expert Stephen Few.  Stephen has great critiques of visualization tools.
• Visualizing Economics - Great infographics and information about current happens in the world.
• Waxy - Andy Baio describes himself as a journalist/programmer, but I think he's a true data geek.  Interspersed with an eclectic mix of postings are some impressive data analyses.
• Well Formed Data - Another great place to find interesting information visualizations.
• Visual Information Exploration - I find myself coming back to this blog more and more often.  It has a ton of great data-related content.

Are we missing any?  Leave links to your favorite blogs in the comments.

Comments

[Benjamin]

Hello, we strive to provide news & information about data visualization on Datavisualization.ch (http://www.datavisualization.ch). Hopefully there are some projects and tools featured that you haven't come across on the other blogs on your extensive list.

Regards,
Benjamin

[Gerad Suyderhoud]

Hey Benjamin,

We love your blog. Like I mentioned in my comment on it in the list, I keep coming back to it more often. There is a ton of great stuff that I keep finding on it.

Keep up the good work!

Gerad

[Stubborn Mule]

Thanks for the honor of being first on your list!

The Stubborn Mule (aka Sean).