2024

Nate Silver critiques the new 538 forecast model

Statistics, Visualization / election, FiveThirtyEight, forecast, Nate Silver, uncertainty

Nate Silver, who left Disney and the FiveThirtyEight brand last year but took…
Overlap between area codes HTTP response headers

Maps / area code, Doug Sillars, HTTP, humor

Like many, you’ve probably wondered what HTTP response headers are also area codes…
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Sliding for Data

The Process / slider

The slider, a common UI element with a range and a handle that you can drag, has been around for a long time. It’s proven to be useful for visualization.
Where immigrants in the U.S. came from

Statistical Visualization / immigration, Washington Post

A lot of immigration talk in the U.S. focuses on Mexico, but immigrants…
Federal data at risk

Statistics / American Statistical Association, funding, government

It continues to grow more difficult for federal statistical agencies to accurately measure…
Shifts in post-apocalyptic worlds in science fiction films

Infographics / Alvin Chang, apocalypse, movies, Pudding, science fiction

Using science fiction films as a proxy for what we see in our…
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How to Use a Slider to Let Readers Customize Charts

Tutorials / d3js, JavaScript

A simple user-controlled slider can help readers look at a dataset from their own point of view.
Changing Difficulty of Getting Into Your College, Past Two Decades

Data Underload / admissions, college, education

It’s gotten more difficult to get into top colleges over the years, but most schools have either admitted students at the same rate or increased admission rates since 2001.
Famine prevalence in different countries

Statistical Visualization / children, famine, Reuters

Reuters explores famine around the world through the lens of starving children in…
Genealogy of technology and power from the 1500s to present

Infographics / history, Kate Crawford, power, technology, Vladan Joler

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler created a comprehensive view in Calculating Empires.
Calculating…
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Splitting the Map

The Process / mobile, separation

To make space for your map on a small screen, maybe just cut the map in half.
Designing EV sounds

Infographics / electric vehicle, sonification, Vox

Vox explains the process of designing artificial car sounds for electric vehicles to…
1,300 allegations against New Hampshire Youth Development Center

Infographics / abuse, NHPR, Pudding

In a collaboration between NHPR and the Pudding, Jason Moon and Russell Samora…
College Admission Rates for U.S. Schools Compared

Data Underload / admissions, college, education

See how your college’s selectivity ranks against the rest.
Accuracy of temperature forecasts where you live

Maps / accuracy, forecast, uncertainty, Washington Post, weather

You’ve probably noticed that the weather forecast can change a lot for predictions…
UK party gains and winners

Maps / Bloomberg, election

Speaking of Conservatives losing, Andre Tartar and Demetrios Pogkas for Bloomberg show the…
Conservatives lose UK election by a lot

Statistical Visualization / elections, loss, New York Times

For the New York Times, Josh Holder and Lauren Leatherby show how the…
Visually navigate code as stars and galaxies

Network Visualization / Andrei Kashcha, code, galaxies

Andrei Kashcha visualized major software packages as galaxies that you can fly through.…
Seeing the world after Google Streetview

Maps, Visualization / Google Streetview, New York Times, Trevor Rainbolt

Trevor Rainbolt is really good at geolocating a place given a single frame…
FlowingData at 17

Site News / birthday

Last week marked 17 years running this small corner of the internet on…

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