List of Public Databases from the Washington Post
The Washington Post has put together an excellent list of publicly-accessible databases,…
Revolution Newsletter: December 2011
The most recent edition of the Revolution Newsletter is out. The news section is…
Mapping Prosperity in France with R
The choropleth below (created by Baptiste Coulmont) is a sort of prosperity map…
Forbes: Big Data Needs to Earn Its Keep
Dan Woods at Forbes makes a salient point about Big Data: it's…
NPR’s radio series on Big Data
Public-radio network NPR has just broadcast a 2-part series about Big Data…
R Still the Preferred Tool of Predictive Modelers Competing at Kaggle
As reported on the Kaggle blog No Free Hunch, R remains the…
Course: Financial Data Modeling and Analysis in R
The University of Washington is holding a web-based course which will be…
Because It’s the Weekend: Small Multiples of the Sky
The stunning video below, which I recommend you play full-screen and in…
Why We Need to Deal with Big Data in R
Responding to the birth rates analysis in the post earlier this week…