Nathan Yau

EGOT Winner Timelines

Data Underload / award, EGOT, film

Only 15 people have done it, since you know, it’s not really easy to do. Here’s how and when they did it.

Generate a noise field from an image

Data Art / gradient, noise

Kjetil Golid made an interactive that lets you generate a noise field using…

Scale of Star Wars characters and ships

Infographics / scale, Star Wars

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It’s the scale of significant Star Wars characters, objects, and…

Brewery Road Trip, Optimized With Genetic Algorithm

Data Underload / algorithm, breweries, optimization, road trip

Visit the best American breweries of 2018, based on RateBeer rankings, while minimizing travel time and distance.

Evolution of the periodic table of elements

Infographics / elements, Periodic Table, science

As more elements were discovered, the table grew and changed layout. For Science…

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Stolen Charts, Reusing Visualization Methods, and the Difference

The Process / learning, plagiarism

In visualization, there are tools, templates, and defaults, which are meant to be copied and reused. Then there are data graphics that are designed with a specific purpose and dataset, which are something more than a certain chart type.

Distorting geography to show train travels

Network Visualization / Jan Willem Tulp, train, travel

Jan Willem Tulp visualized train travel times using distance and color as an…

Map of Best Breweries in America, 2018

Data Underload / breweries, RateBeer

RateBeer puts out a list every year for top 100 breweries in the world. Here are the states that cracked the list.

Recursive painting in real life

Network Visualization / painting, recursion

It started with a mom holding her painting of a bird. Then someone…

Average view of Earth from space

Maps / average, Earth, satellite imagery

Using a year’s worth of daily images from NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer…

How Many Kids We Have and When We Have Them

Data Underload / parenthood, pregnancy

Many parents stop at two kids. Most are done by three. Still, everyone has their own timelines. Here are 1,000 of them.

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Visualization Tools, Datasets, and Resources – January 2019 Roundup

The Process / roundup, tools

Throughout the month I collect new tools for data and visualization and additional resources on designing data graphics. Here’s the new stuff for January.