For Knowable Magazine, Betsy Mason looks at the state of (not so good)…
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Why scientists need to be better at visualization
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Growing Your Visualization Toolset (and Mine), a FlowingData Membership Update
It’s time to kick the tires on some new tools.
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Map of nighttime lights normalized by population
You’ve probably seen the composite map of lights at night from NASA. It…
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How Much You Should Be Saving for Retirement
There are a lot of variables to consider, but for people of middle income, here’s a suggestion, based on when you start saving and when you want to retire.
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xkcd-style charts in JavaScript
For xkcd fans, here’s a JavaScript library by Tim Qian that lets you…
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Saving for Retirement and Age
People tend to have more money saved up over time, but range and variation also grow, and often it’s not enough.
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Paying for Elizabeth Warren’s proposed policies
Elizabeth Warren has big plans, and they would cost a lot with a…
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Cleaning and Formatting Data, What I Use (The Process #64)
There are many tools to clean up your data, and they can be helpful with the right dataset and situation. I tend to stick to a small handful. Here’s what works for me.
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Randall Munroe of xkcd on Data Stories
Randall Munroe of xkcd was on the Data Stories podcast. He talks about…
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Sephora dataset is a collection of makeup reviews that mention crying
Interested in reviews on the Sephora website for waterproof makeup, Connie Ye figured…
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Data shelf life
Stephen M. Stigler argues that data have a limited shelf life. The abstract:…
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Daylight Saving Time gripe assistant tool
In a follow-up to a map from a few years back, Andy Woodruff…
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Scale of space browser
I always enjoy me some scale of space graphics. Neal Agarwal made an…
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How people laugh online
Laughter online is full of nuances. A capitalization of some letters or a…
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Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources, October 2019 Roundup (The Process #63)
Every month, I collect new visualization tools, code, and datasets, along with helpful resources. Here’s the good stuff for October.
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Mapping chemical plants, the pollution around them, and more chemical plants
ProPublica, with The Advocate and The Times-Picayune, estimated chemical concentrations in a highly…
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When Americans Reach $100k in Savings
It was reported that 1 in 6 millennials have at least $100,000 saved. Is this right? It seems high. I looked at the data to find out and then at all of the age groups.
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Worst performing circuits mapped with fire risk
This month PG&E has been shutting down power to thousands of households in…
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High-resolution satellite image of Kincade fire, up close from far away
I feel like satellite imagery has upped its skillset in recent years. According…
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Kincade fire in Sonoma County via satellite imagery
You can see the time-lapsed imagery with this browser. [via @weatherdak]…