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Author Archives: gabe
Community briefs and cluefulness
Last week I attended the City of Toronto’s Data, eh? event, billed as “part celebration and part moving forward.” A major intent was to connect those working with data inside and outside of the City; it was great to see … Continue reading
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Notes from my talk on visualization for non-profits
Last night I spoke at the Toronto Net Tuesday event about visualization for non-profits. Thanks to those who came out, my co-presenter Justin Malecki from ClearSky Advisors, and the organizers, TechSoup Canada. Here are the links I showed, and my notes:
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Speaking: Toronto Net Tuesday
[Update: The notes from my talk are posted here: http://gabesawhney.com/?p=234] On April 17th I’ll be doing an intro to information visualization for (primarily) non-profits at Toronto Net Tuesday: Does your organization collect a lot of data? What are you doing with … Continue reading
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[murmur] vs. the Digital Sabbath?
It’s been 9 years since James, Shawn and I came up with [murmur], and it’s been a couple of years since I was directly involved with it, but it’s featured nicely in this article by Jason Farman in The Atlantic: … Continue reading
A Bixi Toronto map with less suck
Bixi launched in Toronto last week, and I approve. Not only because the bikes are sturdy and fun to ride, but because there’s data on where they are, at toronto.bixi.com/stations. That page supposedly “optimized” for mobile devices, but I can tell … Continue reading
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Trends in incubating social innovation
In this, my final semester of coursework in my M.Des., I’ve been studying ‘socialX‘. As the final official piece of my independent study on the subject, I chose to specifically look at the different ways in which organizations are supporting or … Continue reading