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I Want Hue – color palette tool

http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/iwanthue/

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged color, design, tools on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

Python tool for working with CSV

https://github.com/onyxfish/csvkit

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged CSV, Excel, preparing, Python on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

Map Utilities by Richard Leeke – shapetotab, tabgeohack, geospatial data abstraction library

http://community.tableausoftware.com/message/286483

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged gis, mapping, maps on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

sort by more than one measure

Two options – sort by RANK, or by using one measure that is offset by a number of decimal places plus the other measure http://community.tableausoftware.com/ideas/3261#comment-9526

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged rank, sort, sorting on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

early thread on jittering by Alan Eldridge

http://community.tableausoftware.com/thread/111561

This entry was posted in wikicontent and tagged analyses, jittering, mapping, tricks on October 6, 2014 by Jonathan Drummey.

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