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30 Simple #Tools For #Data #Visualization | Co.Design #tech

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There have never been more technologies available to collect, examine, and render data. Here are 30 different notable pieces of data visualization software good for any designer’s repertoire. They’re not just powerful; they’re easy to use. In fact, most of these tools feature simple, point-and-click interfaces, and don’t require that you possess any particular coding knowledge or invest in any significant training. Let the software do the hard work for you. Your client will never know. MORE: 30 Simple Tools For Data Visualization | Co.Design | business + design.

Additional data visualization services, such as Creately, Doodle.ly and Viewshare listed on infophile’s Tools webpage.

Indulge Your Inner Child and Lose a Few Hours To This Online Spirograph | Gizmodo

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We’ve got computer graphics software thats so powerful it can generate images that make it seem like dinosaurs are back. But they still cant compare to the simple satisfaction you get from making a really complex hypotrochoid or epitrochoid with a marker and some perforated gears. So Nathan Friend was kind enough to build a browser-based Spirograph youre probably going to want to immediately bookmark.

The online Inspirograph, as Nathan calls it, lets you swap in gears of different sizes and choose pretty much any color your computers screen can display. And while you dont get that highly satisfying feeling of pen on paper as you make endless loops, its impossible to screw up your design on this version, unless you accidentally refresh the page.

via Indulge Your Inner Child and Lose a Few Hours To This Online Spirograph | Gizmodo

The Anatomy of a Successful Responsive Website [INFOGRAPHIC] | Mashable

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The Anatomy of a Successful Responsive Website [INFOGRAPHIC] Mashable

Saki Mafundikwa: Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets | TED.com

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From simple alphabets to secret symbolic languages, graphic designer Saki Mafundikwa celebrates the many forms of written communication across the continent of Africa. He highlights the history and legacy that are embodied in written words and symbols, and urges African designers to draw on these graphic forms for fresh inspiration. It’s summed up in his favorite Ghanaian glyph, Sankofa, which means “return and get it” — or “learn from the past.”

via Saki Mafundikwa: Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets | Video on TED.com.

Comic-Con 2013: 3D imaging at the GameSpot booth | The 404 Podcast – CNET Blogs

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What do you get when 89 cameras simultaneously shoot one photograph? One of the coolest bits of tech at Comic-Con 2013. 

via Comic-Con 2013: 3D imaging at the GameSpot booth | The 404 Podcast – CNET Blogs.