For xkcd fans, here’s a JavaScript library by Tim Qian that lets you…
Coding
Snippets to mess with data.
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xkcd-style charts in JavaScript
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Animating a lot of dots with WebGL and REGL.js
A couple of weeks ago, The Washington Post visualized 13,000 school districts using…
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Bird’s-eye view of D3.js
D3.js can do a lot of things, which provides valuable flexibility to construct…
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Hatching image effect in R
Here’s a fun thing to try in R. Jean Fan posted some code…
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Field Guide to the R Ecosystem
If you’re looking to acquaint yourself with R — the non-coding aspects of…
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Introduction to regular expressions
If you want to analyze bodies of text, it’s a good to know…
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R data structures for Excel users
Introducing yourself to R as an Excel user can be tricky, especially when…
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Drawing with noise
This looks like a fun Processing tutorial by Etienne Jacob. Use noise to…
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Scrollama.js, a JavaScript library for scrollytelling
Russell Goldenberg released Scrollama.js in an effort to make scrollytelling more straightforward to…
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R programming with Minecraft
The new R package miner is an interface to Minecraft via some simple…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to d3.js
Ian Johnson provides some good direction for those looking to get their feet…
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Making annotation easier with d3.js
There are two main reasons annotation is often a challenge. The first is…
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R for Excel users
For Excel users getting started with R, pain oftentimes finds its way into…
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Interpolate your data for animation in R
The tweenr package in R, by Thomas Lin Pedersen, helps you interpolate data…
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Floaty bubble charts with d3.js
D3.js, or Data-Driven Documents, version 4.0 was released a few months ago, so…
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Textured SVG patterns in JavaScript
In case you didn’t get the memo, pattern fills are back and so…
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R graph gallery
One of best ways to learn visualization in any given software is to…
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Interactive charts in R
Interactive charts in R are still so-so, but if you don’t mind giving…
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D3 in Depth
D3 is the most commonly used JavaScript library for visualization on the web,…
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Practical tips for scraping data
It’s an unpleasant feeling when you have an idea for a project and…