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My name is Matt MacDonald, I moved to Watertown, MA in the spring of 2010. I blog here, muck with municipal data at http://www.nearbyfyi.com and work at http://www.prx.orgI’m interested in learning more about how our world works. I love data, I write software and tools to help explain and visualize that data and I enjoy sharing what I find with others.
If a picture can speak a 1,000 words data visualization can speak 1,000,000. I think visualizations of data can help explain very complex topics and data does not lie.
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Recent Posts
- What if adding more money to our school budget doesn’t help our children as much as we hope?
- He Said, She Said – Extracting data from 5 years of Watertown Town Council meetings
- Mapping the location of building permit submissions in Watertown, MA
- Series: How to replace your city or town website and improve it for free
- How to get twitter alerts from your city or town
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Watertown, MA School Department Budget Book Visualization
I’m continuing to explore visualizations of budget data for the Watertown, MA municipal departments. My specific interest is in understanding how the current town financial climate impacts the school budget. I have a daughter in kindergarten at the Lowell School … Continue reading
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