Information Visualization
Stephen Few discusses how to turn a new discipline into a proper science in To Err Is Academic.
Bokeh, a promising Python InfoVis library.
Robert Kosara discusses the difficulty for non-entrenched people interested in visualization to find out what’s currently going on in the field. He brainstorms a new kind of blog for Visualization research, which could be applied to any research field.
Neuroscience
I guess Lamarck wasn’t entirely wrong….
Women
Interesting discussion of lack of women presenting STEM channels.
A discussion of differences in male and female small business owners’ hiring practices.
Data Science
Data scientist gift guide from FlowingData.
Data science surpasses statistician on Google Trends