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Observers of this blog will note that posts were scarce in 2017 – in fact this is the only one, and it’s being completed in 2018! This is the result of a variety of causes, including external projects, busy schedules, and focus that was shifted in other, unrelated directions. Still, 2017 was not without its moments.<\/p>\n

For starters, I managed to create three data visualization courses for Packt:<\/p>\n

Learning Data Visualization<\/a><\/p>\n

Data Visualization Techniques<\/a><\/p>\n

Advanced Data Visualization<\/a><\/p>\n

Retrosheet<\/a> data for the 2016 and 2017 seasons has also been downloaded, and is in the update process as we speak, which will enable some new visualization work (and perhaps a new book title) in 2018. Soon, annual season data from the Baseball-Databank and Sean Lahman<\/a> will be available as well.<\/p>\n

I’m also in the process of launching a new site at jazzgraphs.com<\/a>, where I’ll use network visualizations to uncover the complex web of relationships between jazz musicians, labels, and recordings. Posters and a book are in the plans for 2018, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Wishing all a happy and prosperous 2018, and I promise more content to come this year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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