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Mommy, the Drone's Here! - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Up Close on Baseball's Borders - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Interesting map of baseball fan loyalty based on zip codes and Facebook data.
App-Controlled Hearing Aid Improves Even Normal Hearing - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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iPhone app allows for adjustment of a hearing aid.
Chasing Death Camp Guards With New Tools - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Prosecutors in Germany are using 3D virtual models of Nazi death camps, along with databases and spreadsheets, to build cases against suspected Nazi death camp guards.
How Nonemployed Americans Spend Their Weekdays: Men vs. Women - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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This article discusses how unemployed men and women spend their time during a typical day. What's most interesting is how the data is represented visually.
Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.? - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Another interesting NY Times GIS map of "wellness" by county in the United States. I am using the term "wellness" not in a health context but instead as a summary description of their six data points: education, median household income, unemployment rate, disability rate, life expectancy, and obesity.
For Big-Data Scientists, 'Janitor Work' Is Key Hurdle to Insights - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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New York Times article about some of the challenges of "big data" analysis - particularly the data cleanup needed to make useful inferences.
A Makeover for Maps - NYTimes.com - 1 views
Map of 73 Years of Lynchings - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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An effective but somewhat disheartening use of GIS to map the frequency of lynchings in the Southern U.S. by county from 1877 to 1950.
Parsing Ronald Reagan's Words for Early Signs of Alzheimer's - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Interesting article about an analysis of Ronald Reagan's news conferences in an attempt to determine early signs of dementia. The "digital humanities" aspect is that the same linguistic analysis has been use to study word use patterns by novelists.
A Liberal Arts Foundation for Any Career - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Short article on the value of a liberal arts education and the role of digital humanities in liberal arts.
Drones Offer Journalists a Wider View - 0 views
Turning Education Upside Down - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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High schools are flipping over flipping. ;-)
Computing Crime and Punishment - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The article discusses a computer-based analysis of word use in the court reports of trials at the Old Bailey from 1674 through 1913.
The Most Detailed Map of Gay Marriage in America - The New York Times - 0 views
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Novel use of tax records gives researchers a clearer look at the demographics of same-sex married couples than was previously possible.
When Classical Musicians Go Digital - The New York Times - 0 views
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Players and scholars are turning to computer tablets and leaving paper scores behind.
Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares - The New York Times - 0 views
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Interesting infographics demonstrating that sixth graders in the richest school districts are four grade levels ahead of children in the poorest districts.