Top stories: February 13-17, 2012

A brief history of O'Reilly books, how to think about and create visualizations, the fundamentals of publishing.

Here’s a look at the top stories published across O’Reilly sites this week.

The stories behind a few O’Reilly “classics”
Tim O’Reilly: “It’s amazing to me how books I first published more than 20 years ago are still creating value for readers.”

How to create a visualization
Creating a visualization requires more than just data and imagery. Pete Warden outlines the process and actions that drove his new Facebook visualization project.

Let’s remember why we got into the publishing business
At the 2012 Tools of Change for Publishing Conference this week in New York City, keynoter LeVar Burton reminded the audience why storytelling will always matter.

There’s Plan A, and then there’s the plan that will become your business
Drawing from the Lean Startup and other methods, “Running Lean” helps entrepreneurs transform flawed Plan A ideas into viable companies. “Running Lean” author Ash Maurya explains the basics in this interview.

The bond between data and journalism grows stronger
This interview with Liliana Bounegru, project coordinator of Data Driven Journalism at the European Journalism Centre, offers more insight into why the importance of data journalism continues to grow in the age of big data.


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