The inclusion criteria were easy to set for textbooks; textbooks are over a hundred years old as a format, and there are always multiple options for any not-brand-new subject. By contrast most of the really impressive visualizations of huge datasets are younger than 10 years, and it is mostly a question of is there a visualization or not, rather than being able to select among several. That being said, I did consider whether to strive for an authoritative source, but I reason I can do the legwork up front to separate out hobbyist efforts. However, if everyone is more likely to use the list if it only contains authoritative sources (or endorsed by authoritative sources), then I would reconsider and set that as a criteria.
I agree with this directly, particularly the trivial inconvenience point. But I am comfortable doing the legwork on both for now, and we can see which proves the more popular/useful.
This is an excellent point; I will modify the post to include it.
I agree with this directly, particularly the trivial inconvenience point. But I am comfortable doing the legwork on both for now, and we can see which proves the more popular/useful.
I agree with these, for the most part.
The inclusion criteria were easy to set for textbooks; textbooks are over a hundred years old as a format, and there are always multiple options for any not-brand-new subject. By contrast most of the really impressive visualizations of huge datasets are younger than 10 years, and it is mostly a question of is there a visualization or not, rather than being able to select among several. That being said, I did consider whether to strive for an authoritative source, but I reason I can do the legwork up front to separate out hobbyist efforts. However, if everyone is more likely to use the list if it only contains authoritative sources (or endorsed by authoritative sources), then I would reconsider and set that as a criteria.
I agree with this directly, particularly the trivial inconvenience point. But I am comfortable doing the legwork on both for now, and we can see which proves the more popular/useful.
This is an excellent point; I will modify the post to include it.
Nice, thank you for that! :)