Nathan Yau

Decline in data for AI bots to scrape

Data Sharing / AI, Data Provenance Initiative, ethics, scraping

The Data Provenance Initiative audited 14,000 web domains to see how sites currently…
Scrolling map on receipt paper

Maps / Aaron Koelker, physical, receipt

Aaron Koelker printed a six-foot long map on receipt printer earlier this year.…
American Height and Weight

Data Underload / BMI, height, obesity, weight

Using body mass index (BMI), which is calculated with height and weight, most people fall into the categories of overweight or obese.
Embroidered landscapes

Maps / embroidery, physical, Victoria Rose Richards

Victoria Rose Richards uses embroidery to depict aerial views and landscapes. The above…
Illustrated guides to Olympic sports

Infographics / Catherine Tai, illustration, Olympics, Reuters

Reuters, with illustrations by Catherine Tai, has visual guides to all of the…
Olympic data journalism

Statistics / Alberto Cairo, data journalism, Olympics, Simon Rogers

Speaking of the Olympics, Alberto Cairo and Simon Rogers talked about the warm-blooded…
How Olympic athletes combat the heat

Infographics / Bloomberg, heat, Kristian Blummenfelt, Olympics, sports

A part of outdoor sports is that you must deal with the weather,…
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Visualization Tools and Learning Resources, July 2024 Roundup

The Process / roundup

Here’s the good stuff for July.
Clean energy from fracking

Infographics / fracking, power, Washington Post

We usually hear about fracking in a negative context, but for the Washington…
Gunman and countersnipers’ points of view during shooting

Infographics / New York Times, perspective, shootings

The New York Times collected drone footage and built a 3-D model to…
When Working Gets Harder With Age

Data Underload / age, cognition, NHIS

Difficulties increase steadily over the years, but if we’re lucky enough to reach our 80s, there appears to be a steeper drop.
Cryptocurrency-funded politics

Statistical Visualization / cryptocurrency, dashboard, election, Molly White, politics

Those who run cryptocurrency companies have much to gain from policies that favor…
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.

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