What Would You Like to See More of On FlowingData? [POLL]

Posted by Nathan / Jun 26, 2008 to Miscellaneous / 7 comments

With it being FlowingData's birthday, it seems like a good time to get some input from all of you. FlowingData isn't just a personal blog for me anymore. It's for all the readers too, so I'd love to know what you all are interested in hearing about. If what you'd like to see isn't one of the poll choices below, please do leave a comment.

What would you like to see more of on FlowingData?
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  • Renn
    Jun 26, 2008, 5:18 am

    I’d like to see “how to” information about what one needs to learn to even get started creating data visualizations: a syllabus for wannabe visualizers. I love looking at them–would like to be able to create some myself!
    Thanks! :)

  • Reed
    Jun 26, 2008, 10:01 am

    Can you explain more of what each of these things would entail? Based on what I think they might be, my order of preference is:

    # Statistical Visualization
    # Mapping
    # Artistic Visualization
    # Infographics
    # Available Data Sources
    # Design
    # Programming Tips
    # Applied Statistics
    # Self-surveillance

  • Nathan
    Jun 26, 2008, 10:20 am

    Renn - i’ll keep that in mind

    Reed - sure, that could be useful. the rundown:

    statistical visualization - viz for the sole purpose of analysis e.g. graphics in R
    mapping - geographical maps
    artistic viz - beauty is usually the main concern e.g. the dumpster
    infographics - graphics not quite for data e.g. graphics in the news
    data sources - free data avail for download
    design - principles for good graphics, viz
    programming tips - code examples for viz
    applied stat - statistics in the real world
    self-surveillance - collecting and visualizing data about yourself, my research focus (hint hint)

  • Jon Peltier
    Jun 27, 2008, 8:31 am

    Nathan - Given your definitions, here is what I would like most to see:

    statistical visualization
    applied statistics
    design*

    *design for statistical graphics, not for artistic graphics.

  • Hadley
    Jun 27, 2008, 9:07 am

    Or how about less blogging and more thesis writing? ;)

  • Ed Shin
    Jun 27, 2008, 10:37 am

    I’m surprised that the response for infographics is as high as it is. I thought there were more straight up data heads reading the blog.

  • Nick Gogerty
    Jul 5, 2008, 11:12 am

    hey how about cool pivot table correlations analysis, like http://www.nationmaster.com but with easier data manipulation and extraction.

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