Regarding COVID-19 graphic information, these are my favorite sites/pages: https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en/world interactive&dynamic)
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/2562261/ (interactive&dynamic) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/ (dynamic) On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 10:31 AM Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > All, Thanks millions for your comments. > > Devon (especially), your comment about my first link is very fair. The > second and third links are more interactive than the first one, but I > could not find a working example of them and therefore could not readily > refer you to such, but it reacts in both directions: from histogram to pie > chart and differently from pie chart to histogram. A link at the bottom of > the blog at datsmith.org you mentioned was most insightful to me > > http://www.datasmith.org/2020/02/28/automatically-inferring-relational-structure-from-files/ > . The author is explaining an approach he used in Datasmith (about which I > know nothing). And his description gives vocabulary and ideas which were > very innovative to me. (As an aside, another one of his blogs at the bottom > of your linked page, was about the game rock-paper-scissors. What fun?) > > I was able to find a link to Datadesk in the meanwhile. It is really a > stunning application, for visual interactive analysis. You can get a great, > quick intro at this link https://datadescription.com/data-desk/ if you > viewin the video clip entitled, "DDRP Quickstart." Just seeing that video > reminded me of how inspiring Velleman's application was to me. I wish I > needed Datadesk. I think of J as being a great way to develop exploratory > analytic models and somehow Datadesk tickles similar impulses for me; I > have wondered if there would be a direct way to expand J in the direction > of Datadesk. > > Raul (especially), your covid link is very typical. It reminds me of some > of the newer interactive links I have noticed at nytimes.com. The latter > can be quite informative but often require some explanation because of > their novelty. > > > > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 9:58 AM R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I cannot resist: A fool with a tool is still a fool. > > > > > > R.E. Boss > > > > > > -- > (B=) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
