Monthly Archives: September 2009

Ten UNIX commands every data manager should know

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Jonathan Callahan

Working with data from varied sources can be frustrating — some data will be in CSV format; some in XML; some available as HTML pages; other data as relational databases or MS Excel spreadsheets. This post will cover the UNIX …   read more …

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Tooltips

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Jonathan Callahan

User interface design is tricky business. When working with scientific data, UI designers often try to pack too much functionality into too little space, resulting in interfaces that are neither simple nor intuitive.  Users end up spending too much time …   read more …

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