Regional macrobrews
FloatingSheep pointed their Twitter geography towards beer (and wine). From Sam Adams in New England to Yuengling in Pennsylvania to Grain Belt and Schlitz in…
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Data and visualization year in review, 2013
Visualization continues to mature and focus more on the data it represents than on novel designs and size. Let's have a look back. -
FlowingData Gift Guide 2013
The holiday season came out of nowhere this year. Everyone put their lights up over the weekend while I'm stuck trying to figure out what… -
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A group of researchers at Michigan State University, led by Phil Howard, explored the network of wine in the United States. No other section of… -
Data Gift Guide
Now that we're done giving thanks for all the intangibles like love, friends, family, and drunkenness, it's time to turn our attention to the physical… -
Synchronized Swimming in Data and the Water Metaphor
The flood. The avalanche. The tsunami. Drowning in data. For the past few years, a couple of times a week, there's an article about all… -
Companies learn your secrets with data about you
In the 1980s, students and researchers at UCLA, led by marketing professor Alan Andreasen, found some interesting spending patterns when people approach major life events.… -
Best of FlowingData – August 2011
I know most of you have checked out mentally for Labor Day weekend, so here's some fodder to help you through the rest of the… -
Tell-all telephone reveals politician’s life
Not many people understand the importance of data privacy. They don't get out how little bits of information sent from your phone every now and… -
OkCupid: Best questions to ask on a first date
OkCupid continues their analysis on the mysteries of the dating world, this time on the best questions to ask on a first date, or rather,… -
The Boom of Big Infographics
Big information graphics have been around for a long time. They've come in the form of maps, visualization, art, signs, etc. That was all on… -
Graphical perception – learn the fundamentals first
Before you dive into the advanced stuff - like just about everything in your life - you have to learn the fundamentals before you know when you can break the rules. -
Where Bars Trump Grocery Stores
FloatingSheep, a fun geography blog, looks at the beer belly of America. One maps shows total number of bars, but the interesting map is the… -
Weekend Fodder
Here are some links and stuff to chew on as you wait for the Super Bowl, in between the beer, pizza, and wings. Pink… -
Legal Drinking Age Around the World
While we're on the topic of beer (it is Friday after all), let's take a look at legal drinking age around the world. Greenland -… -
Translating Data Into Information that Changes Us
Wondering what statistics is for? This is what. Data are a whole lot of meaningful patterns. We can generate data indefinitely, we can exchange data… -
Who’s Going to Win Super Bowl XLII?
Getting ready for the big game with chips in one hand and betting ticket in the other. -
Bars as an Alternative to Bubble Charts
Are bubble charts effective? This seems to be a recurring question. Some say people suck at comparing areas in the form of bubbles, or rather,… -
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