The Baby Bachelor
Thought this was pretty funny (and adorable).
D3 Tutorials To Take
D3.js has been on my learning list for quite some time, but
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ITP Javascript – A 90 minute D3 walkthrough.
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A Technical Intro to D3 – A four-slide presentation that serves as more of a teaser reference for other sources.
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How to Animate Transitions Between Multiple Charts – Looks like a first rate tutorial (with source code) from FlowingData.
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Introduction to Network Analysis and Representation – An overview from Stanford.
Data Visualization
It may not look like much, but this list of data visualization resources is enough to keep anybody busy for awhile. From historically significant developments to planning and exercises, this is a must have for anyone interested in the field.
Programming & Web Dev Tuts to Take and Reads to Read
Paid
Metacasts.tv by Mark Bates – Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, and all things Ruby related. $9 per month.
Resources I’d like to (one day) take advantage of.
Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Ruby – Online book that covers sorting, insertion, graph traversals and more.
Algorithms: Fourth Edition – Free online algorithms textbook includes sorting and more.
Frontend Masters – Free and paid lessons ($20/month) for videos.
Lincoln Loop – DRM-free training videos on all things from backbone.js to performance problems.
Rails 3 in a Nutshell – Probably a simple introductory text, but I find I always learn a thing or two from O’Reilly.
Advanced HTML and CSS – A nice set of lessons I hope to conquer sometime in the near future.
Coding for Good – Good Magazine conquers online code lessons, I think through curation. I like their skin, and hope their Javascript lessons can teach me a thing or two. If not, it will surely be a lesson in remixing existing content effectively.
ABC To Release Alarm Clock App
The ABC-owned stations are launching a new iPhone app — one branded for each station — that blends the utility of an alarm clock with news, weather and custom wake-up alarms. “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!” says KRTK-TV anchor Sharron Melton after a burst of news music. “Rise and shine you wonderful person you.” In the Houston market app we tested, you could also hear wake-up messages from anchors Tom Koch, Casey Curry and Don Nelson. Or if you prefer, a bout of breaking news music to turbocharge your morning.
Did you catch the line where the newscaster mimics a phrase Leslie Knope so famously popularized in her every reference to her best friend Anne? Yeah, you know what I mean. “Rise and shine you wonderful person you.”
Oh Anne, you beautiful innocent moth.
Popular culture infiltrates everything.