Visualization Cheat Sheet

Visual-literacy.org has a great summary of a variety of information presentation techniques in their periodic table of visualization methods.  It’s probably the most concise summary that I’ve seen.  It is very likely that I will include an entire section on visual literacy in my next round of data utilization classes.

How GIS Can Be Used for Social Science

ESRI has recently published a new (free) e-book called GIS in the Social Sciences that provides some nice examples of how GIS has been used in a variety of social science disciplines.  The examples are diverse and have a nice international flavor.

Professional Development

InsideHigherEd has a new series called Ph.Do that discusses professional development issues.  It’s written by Eszter Hargittai from Northwestern.  So far, so good.