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Even though Photoshop doesn't seem related to data, you'd be surprised by the reach and breadth of Photoshop.  Especially with the growing fascination of infographics, Photoshop and Illustrator are useful tools for any data analyst. I'll admit that they are programs I am still trying to learn better.  When I stumbled across this Photoshop CS6 Cheat Sheet from Zerolag.com , I made sure to save a copy. Hope it'll be useful for you too! Photoshop CS6 Cheat Sheet By ZeroLag Hosting – Experts in Magento Hosting

With the release of Tableau 8 , there are a host of new features including brand-new visualizations. I took one of my old visualizations and revamped it with things you can only do in version 8. Here's a summary of the things I changed from my original U.S. Unemployment Rate Viz: Decided to pull the latest unemployment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (data is up to Feb 2013).  Utilized a treemap to show the Unemployment Rate % by state (from 2000-2012). Treemaps are an effective way to show many slices of information! Tried using the new packed bubbles visualization to display the U.S. annual unemployment rate (avg) from 2000-2012. It's a catchy way to show information although it can be a bit tricky to use since it may or may not be more effective than your standard bar chart. I'll let you decide. :) Floating containers everywhere! Added text to guide the user on how to use the map as a filter, put color legends closer to the visualizations, and pu...