Links for 05-13-2013

• The Guerilla Guide to R
• Nathan Heller: Is College Moving Online? : The New Yorker
• Head First SQL: Hands On
• The Numbers News - Analysis: The Most Popular Character Names in Movies
• Good description of python and unicode
• Design of Computer Programs: Programming Principles - Udacity
• SQL Tutorial
• Data Science Toolkit
• Obama Signs Open Data Executive Order: U.S. Government Data To Be Made Freely Available - Forbes - "The order states that “going forward, newly generated  government data shall be made freely available in open, machine-readable formats, while  appropriately safeguarding privacy, confidentiality, and security. This requirement will help the  Federal government achieve the goal of making troves of previously inaccessible or unmanageable data easily available to entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, and others who can use those data to generate new products and services, build businesses, and create jobs.”"
• Project Open Data - "Data is a valuable national resource and a strategic asset to the U.S. Government, its partners, and the public. Managing this data as an asset and making it available, discoverable, and usable – in a word, open – not only strengthens our democracy and promotes efficiency and effectiveness in government, but also has the potential to create economic opportunity and improve citizens’ quality of life."
• Mechanical MOOC
• How to hire data scientists and get hired as one — Tech News and Analysis
• Data journalism | Media | The Guardian
• Moleskine logo contest dubbed 'Molescheme' by angry designers - mUmBRELLA
• GeoJSON and KML data for the United States