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	<title>Mile Wide... Inch Deep... &#187; Website</title>
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		<title>StatJump &#8211; Data Search Made Easy</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/07/11/statjump-data-search-made-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/07/11/statjump-data-search-made-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Visualization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, the great Revolutions blog posted (&#8220;Visualizing the census&#8220;) about a new utility called StatJump where you can visualize data from the 2010 US Census using, of course, R. Pretty impressive. The image here shows the percentage of students graduating High School, by county. There are tons of canned visualizations &#8212; just click one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Woruldhord</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/07/10/welcome-to-woruldhord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Stuart Lee at the Oxford Computing Services department, has begun a new website, Woruldhord (Old English for World-hoard), to collect together into an online hoard, digital objects related to the teaching, study, or research of Old English and the Anglo-Saxon period of history. What a wonderful way to collect and revel in Old English [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timelines: sources from history from the British Library</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/02/05/timelines-sources-from-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Library has released a new website, Timelines: sources from history, where users can traverse history &#8220;from Magna Carta to Obama.&#8221; From to the website: The interactive timeline allows you to explore British Library collection items chronologically, from medieval times to the present day. It includes a diverse combination of texts: those that allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create and Use Barcodes to Simplify Your Book List</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/09/upcean-barcode-generator-barcodesinc/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/09/upcean-barcode-generator-barcodesinc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barcode]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISBN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In keeping track of my books, I have been looking for a simple way to generate barcodes as individual graphics that I could embed in my book list. I think I&#8217;ve found it: Dan Bornstein&#8217;s Barcode Server, which I found at the BarcodesInc&#8216;s UPC/EAN Barcode Generator.While the online version is nice, I wanted something a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Feature: Typekit support</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/05/new-feature-typekit-support/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/05/new-feature-typekit-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Typography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fonts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just updated the site with 2 new fonts from Typekit: Chunk for the headers and Droid Serif for the body copy. You can also see which faces I&#8217;m using. Although it&#8217;s an experiment for now, the potential looks tremendous. After I read that the Harvard Business Publishing is using Typekit on their HBR website, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive data visualizations with R</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/03/revolutions-interactive-stock-visualizations-with-r/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/03/revolutions-interactive-stock-visualizations-with-r/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Visualization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apache]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stocks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeroen Ooms, a visiting scholar at UCLA&#8217;s Department of Statistics, has been very busy with R &#8212; he has two wonderfully slick online apps where users are able (for free) to visualize datasets using R&#8217;s ggplot. If you&#8217;re interested in R, stocks, or just data visualization, you&#8217;ll find something of real value in his applications. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Logo Prototype</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/08/10/new-logo-prototype/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/08/10/new-logo-prototype/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abduzeedo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just playing around after reading http://abduzeedo.com/creating-very-cool-folded-typo, I came up with the start of a new logo prototype: Just for fun&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>PolarClock reincarnated as protovis.js webpage</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/08/06/polarclock/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/08/06/polarclock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on the original PolarClock, the PolarClock has been reborn as a protovis.js webpage. Enjoy the coolness&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Statistics Into Knowledge: Seminar Review and Notes</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/24/turning-statistics-into-knowledge-seminar-review-and-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/07/24/turning-statistics-into-knowledge-seminar-review-and-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Visualization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Census Bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GWT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MIT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OECD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of attending the Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge, hosted by the US Census Bureau, the World Bank, and the OECD. While Robert Kosara, from UNC Charlotte, has a fairly thorough review (but not focusing on the technical aspects) of the seminar, and I would agree with most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New R script: Plot Nike+ runs</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/06/05/new-r-script-plot-nike-runs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/06/05/new-r-script-plot-nike-runs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been playing around with R and Nike+ and thought I&#8217;d put the two together, so I wrote a little R script that pulls your public data from the Nike+ website and plot out the graphs. It&#8217;s a little rough around the edges (see below for a list of enhancements/fixes), but it generates plots. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>User Interface Patterns</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/26/user-interface-patterns/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/26/user-interface-patterns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[design patterns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since first reading the Gang-of-four&#8217;s book, I have thought patterns were a great idea. Now that I&#8217;m getting into design and data visualization more, I&#8217;m intrigued by the possibility of merging interface design with software patterns. Makes sense, don&#8217;t you think? So, when I found UI-patterns.com, I thought &#8220;yes! here&#8217;s the merging of the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poly9 Globe: JavaScript-driven 3D globe app</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/26/poly9-globe-javascript-driven-3d-globe-app/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/26/poly9-globe-javascript-driven-3d-globe-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Found a JavaScript-driven Flash-based globe application for simple GIS apps, called Poly9 Globe: the lightest, most compatible 3D globe on the web. They have full API documentation, too. Pretty slick, if your requirements are simple.]]></description>
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		<title>PageGlimpse for website screenshots</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/24/pageglimpse-being-used-for-website-screenshots/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/24/pageglimpse-being-used-for-website-screenshots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 18:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just started using the PageGlimpse API to show thumbnails of websites I reference, like the one above. Check out their site (http://www.pageglimpse.com/) for more details and documentation. Very very simple!]]></description>
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		<title>Data.gov open for business (and OECD seminar plug)</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/23/datagov-open-for-business-and-oecd-seminar-plug/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/23/datagov-open-for-business-and-oecd-seminar-plug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 15:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Visualization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Data.gov is finally open and serving up links to data. I haven&#8217;t had a chance to dig in, yet, but since 3 of my favorite blogs (FlowingData, ProgrammableWeb, and DataVisualization) covered it, I thought I should at least mention it here. P.S. Although not explicitly tied to data.gov, keep in mind the upcoming OECD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webby Nominees: 911</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/15/webby-nominees-911/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/15/webby-nominees-911/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 11:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Porsche won the People&#8217;s Voice Webby award in the Automotive category due to their breathtaking app. Makes me want to go buy one already! (Well, that was true before I saw the app!)]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s appengine supports Java now!</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/04/11/googles-appengine-supports-java-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/04/11/googles-appengine-supports-java-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/04/11/googles-appengine-supports-java-now/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google just rolled out Java support for their AppEngine, which previously only supported Python. This is great news since it opens the whole AppEngine to Java programmers (or at least those of us who know Java better than Python;). They say it&#8217;s an early release, but it&#8217;s a step in the right direction! I&#8217;ve downloaded [...]]]></description>
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