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Fast and slow visualization
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When surveillance turns into stalking
Many surveillance apps cater to parents who want to keep tabs on their…
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Amazon Rekognition for government surveillance
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Basketball Stat Cherry Picking
Wow your friends during the game with random win percentages, based on various player stats.
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Data scientists as the new Mad Men
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Nigel Holmes new illustrated book on Crazy Competitions
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What’s in a food truck
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A visualization game to understand education and school segregation
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If We All Left to “Go Back Where We Came From”
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Subway delays visually explained
Adam Pearce for The New York Times describes the sad state of affairs…
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Data is, sometimes
Financial Times recently updated their style guide:
data — the rule for always…
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Every document copy stored on used digital photocopiers
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Simone Giertz, bringer of joy and self-described expert in shitty robots, makes machines…
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What data visualization is for
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Challenges ahead for the Census count
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Comparison of terms and conditions lengths
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Moving your data from the digital screen to something more physical isn’t as tricky as it seems. Here’s how I did it.
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Tweeting a map of every Census tract in the United States
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Using statistical models to win almost $1B in horse-race gambling
I think this is what statistics is truly for.
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People relationships in data analysis
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