Analysis What is Data Visualization? [Infographic] Sébastien Pierre is the founder of FFunction, a Montréal-based data visualization company. His company created an infographic titled: "What is Data Visualization?" We asked Pierre for an explanation about the infographic and how it defines data visualization. Alex Williams View comments
Tools Program Haskell with Lisp Syntax Using Liskell or Lisk Do you code in Haskell, but dream of being able to use Lisp instead? If so, you may be in luck. There are no less than two projects dedicated to bringing Lisp's syntax to Haskell: Liskell and Lisk. Although Liskell's creator, Clemens Fruhwirth, claimed that the project isn't dead yet, updates have been slow. Lisk is a work in progress by Chris… Hack Klint Finley View comments
Conferences ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 27 Nov. 2010 We're always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Want to get your event included in the calendar? Let us know in the comments below or email us. imported_1 View comments
SaaS Edit LaTeX Documents in the Cloud with ScribTex Ever need to edit a .tex file, but stuck on a machine with no LaTeX editor? You can now use ScribTex, a web-based LaTeX editor, to create, edit, share, collaborate on LaTeX documents. You can even use Scribtex to easily and quickly compile to PDF. There's also a mobile web version so you can edit your documents on the go. LaTeX is a document… Klint Finley View comments
Weekly Wrap-ups Weekly Wrap-up: Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1, Netflix's Advice on Moving to Amazon Web Services, Top Trends of 2010 And More... A new iPhone and iPad jailbreak always top our list of the week's biggest stories and this week was no different. Spoiler if you haven't read the post yet: It's a tethered jailbreak for iPhones, which can be a real pain (something I found out the hard way). In our coverage of other top Internet trends, Microsoft made waves in the location community… imported_1 View comments