It’s been just over two years since Lambda Island first launched, and just like last year I’d like to give you all an update about what’s been happening, where we

This is a guest post by Joanne Cheng (twitter), a freelance software engineer and visualization consultant based in Denver, Colorado. She has taught workshops and spoken at conferences about visualizing data with D3.

Update: seems Stuart Sierra’s blog post has dropped off the internet. I’ve updated the link to refer to the Wayback Machine’s version instead. Setting the Stage When doing client work

Making Mayonnaise Imagine you have a grandfather who’s great at making mayonnaise. He’s been making mayonnaise since before the war, and the result is truly excellent. What’s more, he does

When learning a programming language we rarely read the reference documentation front to back. Instead someone might follow some   tutorials, and look at sample code, until they’re confident enough to start a