01. Starting out in data visualization can be a difficult thing to do. Here’s what you need to know. Read more

02. TimelineJS – Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy and intuitive to use. Read more

03. webLyzard: New video retrieval component extends the multimedia capabilities of the webLyzard platform. According webLyzard, the new component (i) collects and processes the transcripts of YouTube videos, (ii) makes them available to the platform’s analytic tools, and (iii) provides playback functionality to not only show the entire video, but also individual fragments on a more granular sentence level. Read more

04. A Look under the Hood of Online Data Visualization. Read more

05. If A Data Point Has No Context, Does It Have Any Meaning? Read more

06. Alberto Cairo’s tips for more effective data visualization. Read more

07. CrisisLex: It can be used to collect crisis-related messages from Twitter, and to automatically identify new terms that describe a specific crisis. Read more

08. How ‘Social’ are Social News Sites? Exploring the Motivations for Using Reddit.com. Read more

09. Amateur Footage: A Global Study of User-Generated Content in TV and Online News Output. Read More

10. Chrome Extension: Tweet Talk finds tweets relevant to the topic of the article in order to bring expert opinions to you. Read more