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  • Teacher forces student to do math to unlock phone

    Miscellaneous  /  humor

    The title caption reads: “A classmate was caught using his phone in maths.…

  • BreweryMap plans your next beer road trip

    Maps  /  beer, road trip

    BreweryMap, a Google Maps mashup and mobile app, provides two main functions. The…

  • Breathing Earth

    Maps  /  John Nelson, weather

    John Nelson of IDV Solutions strung together satellite imagery for dramatic animated GIFs.…

  • An analysis after watching a year’s worth of SportsCenter

    Statistics  /  Deadspin, ESPN, sports

    Patrick Burns for Deadspin watched 23,000 minutes of SportsCenter, keeping track of the…

  • A study of quantified emotion

    Data Art  /  emotion

    Mike Pelletier experimented with quantified emotion in his piece Parametric Expression. This is…

  • Data.gov revamp

    Data Sources  /  government

    After budget cuts a couple of years ago, I assumed Data.gov was all…

  • Internet critique as infographic music video

    Infographics  /  music

    I’m not entirely sure how to interpret this music video from Franz Ferdinand,…

  • Tracking emoji usage on Twitter

    Visualization  /  emoji, Twitter

    The people I follow on Twitter almost never use emojis, but every now…

  • Link

    Vintage map design with QGIS

    Software  /  link, QGIS, vintage

    A quick, three-step tutorial on how to make maps that look vintage in the open source QGIS. [via]

  • The Most Trendy Names in US History

    Data Underload  /  names

    Names are incredibly personal things. It’s how we identity ourselves. We associate others,…

  • Link

    NYPL map vectorizer

    Maps  /  link, NYPL

    The NYPL map vectorizer turns old maps into GIS data.

  • Datalandia, the fictional town saved by data

    Statistics  /  GE

    GE has a short video series on a fictional town called Datalandia where…

  • Lessons learned from mapping millions of dots

    Maps  /  Erica Fischer

    Erica Fischer, known around these parts for her dot maps, describes the lessons…

  • Physics of love

    Data Art  /  Louise Ma, love

    Louise Ma, along with Chris Parker and Lola Kalman, started a six-part short…

  • Soccer assists mapped

    Maps  /  soccer, sports

    Using Opta data for assists in the Premier League, Kickdex made this straightforward…

  • Physical installation shows actual wind patterns

    Visualization  /  environment, installation, wind

    Artist Charles Sowers specializes in public art works and display of physical phenomena.…

  • Link

    A big collection of sites and services for accessing data

    Data Sources  /  Andy Kirk, link

    Andy Kirk put together a big collection of sites and services for accessing data. It’s essentially a big ol’ data dump.

  • GPS shoes show you the way home

    Data Art  /  shoes

    Inspired by The Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy clicks her heels to get…

  • Climbing the income ladder →

    Infographics  /  income, New York Times

    In a study conducted by researchers at Harvard and UC Berkeley, data shows…

  • Rappers’ claimed wealth versus actual wealth

    Statistical Visualization  /  Jay-Z, money, rap

    Allison McCann for Businessweek graphed rappers’ claimed wealth in their songs versus their…

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