Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets

No, it's not Software-As-A-Service.  SASS is a CSS extension language that makes CSS coding more efficient and readable.  It compiles into standard CSS markup.

http://sass-lang.com/guide

Demos
http://cssdeck.com/labs/sass-demo
https://github.com/kianoshp/SASS-Intro-Demo

Playground
http://sassmeister.com/

Training
http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/better-css

Frameworks
http://gumbyframework.com/
http://compass-style.org/
http://bourbon.io/
http://sass.fffunction.co/

FRED Add-In for Excel and some Torontoist Centric Economic Data

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Data (FRED) Add-In is free software that will significantly reduce the amount of time spent collecting and organizing macroeconomic data. The FRED add-in provides free access to over 210,000 data series from various sources (e.g., BEA, BLS, Census, and OECD) directly through Microsoft Excel.

Get it here
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred-addin/

Are you looking for GDP, CPI, or microeconomic data from the US FED?  Stats Canada?

Some interesting visualizations and interpretations of this type of data.

How much you make vs. how much it really feels like per US city with the supporting data released April 2014.

Canadian Cities Where An Average Income Will No Longer Buy You a House 

Numbeo, Cost of Living In Canada

It will cost you about 6% more to eat at McDonalds in Barrie vs. Toronto.
It costs 90% more to buy a bag of potatoes in Oshawa than Toronto.

There must be a potato famine in Oshawa... or people there really like french fries.

Speedometer Design: Why It Works | DATA + DESIGN by Paul Van Slembrouck

Gauge controls may have some comfortable familiarity with certain business users (think oil & gas or automotive/transportation). 

However, do they convey business information in a quick, actionable way?
Speedometer Design: Why It Works | DATA + DESIGN by Paul Van Slembrouck

HTML5 visualizations

Some HTML 5 visualizations

A spinnable flare graph
http://mbostock.github.com/d3/talk/20111116/bundle.html

A tree map
http://mbostock.github.com/d3/talk/20111018/treemap.html

A map of US
http://mbostock.github.com/d3/talk/20111116/airports.html

LobsterPot provides an open-source version of MS Pivot Viewer
http://netflixpivot.cloudapp.net/

2011年の日本の地震 分布図 Japan earthquakes 2011 Visualization map (2012-01-01) - YouTube

It isn’t so much the visualization as it is the sound that will blow you away. From the constant frame of reference in the top left clock / calendar, to the scrolling detail data, this has all the elements of a perfect visualization.  It would be really cool to see twitter feeds and news headings on this too.

SlideRocket Products - The Best Online Presentation Software.

Starting at.... free.... some incredible presentation software.

SlideRocket is a revolutionary new approach to presentations. It's the only presentation software that allows you to create stunning presentations, manage them intelligently, share them securely and then measure the results. SlideRocket also includes an online marketplace where you can find all the content and services you might need to make your presentations great. SlideRocket goes beyond traditional presentation tools by harnessing the power of the Internet and making everything available to you in an integrated and intuitive online interface. SlideRocket is provided in a software-as-a-service model in a variety of price points starting at free.

SlideRocket Products - The Best Online Presentation Software.

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