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"Journalists are coping with the rising information flood by borrowing data visualization techniques from computer scientists, researchers and artists. Some newsrooms are already beginning to retool their staffs and systems to prepare for a future in which data becomes a medium. But how do we communicate with data, how can traditional narratives be fused with sophisticated, interactive information displays?"

Very inspiring look at "data vis"(-ualization), with some astonishingly creative approaches to representing large datasets. Some visualizations are crafted to tel a story; others support users asking questions.

"Data-driven Journalism (DDJ) focuses on using and visualizing data in a journalistic context. I believe that we, as evaluators, have a great deal to learn from some of the best data-based journalism (and, while we can harp on the worst of them, let's focus on the positive). Data journalists take data and render it accessible and understandable for a lay audience - they tell the story of data and push it out in ways that compel use. Evaluators have data, but often struggle with utilization of that data by decision-makers. Data-driven journalists are building the skill set that can take data and make its value more apparent and its meaning more accessible."

Going beyond the pie chart...

"In today's post I'm going to be discussing Microsoft Web Deploy - which is a free server technology that enables a comprehensive publishing and deployment mechanism. Web Deploy enables you to not only publish files - but also provision database schema/data, run database change scripts, set security ACLs, and more. All of these deployment steps can be automated using Visual Studio."

Deployment packaging the VS2010 way. Overkill for right now, but worth considering for a big-time migration.

"Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. We tried to step back and design an interaction model that accommodates the complexity and scale of information rather than the traditional structure of the Web."