The landscape for learning d3 is rich, vast and sometimes perilous. You may be intimidated by the long list of functions in d3's API documentation or paralyzed by choice reviewing the dozens of tutorials on the home page. There are over 20,000+ d3 examples you could learn from, but you never know how approachable any given one will be.

We love to shine the spotlight on apps that deliver stellar user experiences- and today is no different. Today, we'd like to highlight an app that has completely satisfied our craving for good UX: Yummly. In short, Yummly is a one-of-a-kind recipe app that allows users to discover, index, and share recipes from all over the world.

What we think about as static - visualizations or any other medium - does not, and even: cannot exist. Reading and understanding turns everything interactive. Let's take a simple example to make my point, one "static" visualization that is almost cliché: Napoleon's march by Minard.

Hello everyone,thanks for coming. It's raining and the sun is going down. It's getting cold out here so I won't say much. I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this occasion. ... ffffound opened my eyes to a whole new way of using and building the web. Its bookmarklet was a milestone.

Turns out, sometimes our resistance to learn something new and master a new skill can lead to something pretty amazing. Pat Hines, who couldn't be bothered to learn Photoshop and illustrated his ebook using good old Microsoft Paint, is the proof. I suck at Photoshop and other programs, and have worked exclusively in Microsoft Paint for over ten years...