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"\u201cthe greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.\u201d - John Turkey \n",
"\n",
"Here is a good resource for making matplotlib plots prettier: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/olgabot/5357268\n",
"\n",
"That said, the fact that you have to do so much work to get something done points to a problem. \n",
"\n",
"Bokeh aims to fix this by making a matplotlib style plotting for the internet: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/damianavila/bokeh_overview/blob/master/Bokeh%20Overview.ipynb \n",
"\n",
"It's worth knowing about this package and exploring it, but it doesn't seem ready for prime time yet. \n",
"\n",
"First let's see an unsurprising example. "
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