A Lesson in Recycling Chartjunk as Junk Art

In this age of abundant data, it is technically challenging to infuse graphics with as much of it as possible.

Understanding Data, Not Just the Realm of Scientists in Ivory Towers

This guest post is by Hadley Wickham, a Statistics PhD candidate and a part of the GGobi team. He answers my question -- "What is data and why should we …

Showing Historical & Cultural Connections and Mapping Influence

This guest post is by Mike Love, and he answers my question -- "What is data and why should we care about it?" Instead of answering in the general case, …

Increasing Data Literacy Across the General Public With Truth and Beauty

Matthew Hurst, from Microsoft Live Labs and the co-creator of BlogPulse, answers my question - "What is data and why should we care about it?" In writing this brief article, …

Data Makes Reasonable Decision-making Possible

This guest post is by Andrew Gelman from Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. He answers the question - "What is data and why should we care about it?" …

May the Data Be With You, Young Skywalker

Change the word 'force' to 'data' in your favorite Star Wars quotes, and you'll suddenly understand what I mean by flowing data.

What is Data and Why Do We Care About it So Much?

A select group of experts from several different fields were nice enough to share with me what data means to them.

6 Influential Datasets That Changed the Way We Think

They all revealed something we otherwise would not have seen. What data has influenced you lately?

How a Trip to the Dentist Got Me Thinking About Open Data

When you're given bad information, it's hard not to feel cheated. Here's what happened to me.

Going Beyond Collaborative Visual Analytics with Statistics

Social data visualization is great, but what if it were coupled with quantitative analysis? Imagine the power.