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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.

Et tu, Watson? IBM’s Supercomputer Can Critique Your #Writing | Engadget #tech #IBMWatson

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It’s bad enough that robots are writing professionally (albeit badly), but now they’re criticizing, too? IBM has unveiled the Watson Tone Analyzer, the latest tool in its “cognitive computing” suite of cooking, health, shopping and other apps. Once you input a piece of text, the system will perform a “tone check” to analyze three different aspects of it: emotional, social and writing style. Each of those is divided into further categories — for instance, it can tell you if your writing style is confident or tentative, and whether the emotional tone is cheerful, angry or negative. From there, it can give you a breakdown of the overall tone and suggest new words to “fix” it. READ MORE: Et tu, Watson? IBM’s supercomputer can critique your writing | Engadget

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44 Social Media Tools Recommended by the Pros | Social Media Examiner #socialmedia

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Are you looking for ways to enhance your social media marketing? Do you want new tools to simplify your marketing tasks? We asked a group of social media pros for the hottest social media tools they use today. Check out these social media tools to see if they’re a good fit for you! READ MORE:  44 Social Media Tools Recommended by the Pros | Social Media Examiner

Introduction to Digital Marketing #IntroToDigital +22 Free Tools Inside | Nicolas J. Chevalier | Slideshare

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INTRO TO DIGITAL – In this presentation, you will find an introduction to digital marketing / online marketing. Through SEM, Display, Content Marketing, E-CRM, Digital communication, discover 22 free tools to do your own analysis.

via Introduction to Digital Marketing #IntroToDigital +22 Free Tools Inside |  Nicolas J. Chevalier | Slideshare

30 Useful Apps For Students You Probably Don’t Know About | InformED

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The number of college students taking at least one online course has nearly doubled over the past five years according to a report by market research agency Refuel.

Online students are often faced with the challenge of juggling their academic responsibilities alongside families or full-time jobs, which is certainly no easy task.

Technology can help students better manage their learning by providing everything from study aids and research tools to time-management apps, so it’s somewhat surprising to learn that few students are actually using such tools for learning purposes.

The majority of students use online and mobile apps primarily for entertainment according to the Refuel report, with over 70% using them for games, 67% using them for music, and 64% using them for social networking.

If you want to encourage your students to start taking advantage of the many technology tools available to them, here are a few examples of the types of productivity and learning apps that can support them in their studies.

SEE THE LIST OF TOOLS: 30 Useful Apps For Students You Probably Don’t Know About | InformED

Crowdsourced Metadata Games: A Primer | Information Space

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The challenge: You have two minutes to educate a Stupid Robot by describing the picture below as precisely as possible. The catch: you can only list one word of any given length from 4-10 letters, and the robot will reject words it already knows. Therefore, you must be accurate, creative, and specific all at once.

An image from the British Library’s collections on http://www.metadatagames.org

If, like me, you found this challenge oddly entertaining, you might enjoy Metadata Games, a set of interactive tagging games designed to help libraries and museums crowdsource useful metadata for their collections.

READ MORE: Crowdsourced Metadata Games: A Primer | Information Space

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014 | Jane Hart

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Typography and Type Design | infophile

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I’ve added a new webpage here on infophile for resources, tools and discussion/history related to Typography and Type Design. Hope its useful and informative!

Typography and Type Design | infophile.

This Clever Image Search Could Change The Way You Find Pictures Online | Gizmodo

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This Clever Image Search Could Change The Way You Find Pictures Online

Compared to searching for text, searching for images is super hard. But a new way to index and navigate through averaged images—those blurry composites that pull together millions of images into one—could radically change the way that we search for photos or products online.

READ MORE: This Clever Image Search Could Change The Way You Find Pictures Online | Gizmodo

Learn Ruby: 29 of The Best Online Educational Resources to Learn to Ruby and Ruby on Rails | SkilledUp

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The very best ways to learn Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and the art of building dynamic web applications, including free and paid tutorials, instructor-guided courses, community support, reference materials, and the tools you need to get going. Learn Ruby: 29 of The Best Online Educational Resources to Learn to Ruby and Ruby on Rails | SkilledUp.