Slowly becoming the person who charts the past century of natural disaster events,…
Nathan Yau
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All the volcano eruptions
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Original map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood
The ink-drawn map of Hundred Acre Wood by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator E. H. Shepard…
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Imagining gigantic places with satellite imagery
Artist Marcus Lyon imagines worlds where there are so many people that the…
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Vintage chart shows the evolution in design of everyday objects
By Raymond Loewy, this chart from 1934 shows the shifts in design of…
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Counting the times Kevin Durant’s shoe came off during games
This is what happens when there is a lull during the basketball playoff…
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A guide for applying to data science jobs
Emily Robinson gives advice on applying for a data science job (that you…
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Increasing similarity of Billboard songs
Popular songs on the Billboard charts always tended to sound similar, but these…
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Fast and slow visualization
Visualization is often described in the context of speed and efficiency. Get the…
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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
Amazon’s Rekognition is a video analysis system that promises to identify individuals in…
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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
Ken Auletta for The New Yorker looks at “math men” replacing the Mad…
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Nigel Holmes new illustrated book on Crazy Competitions
Nigel Holmes, the graphic designer known for his playful illustrated graphics, has a…
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What’s in a food truck
Food trucks are the real deal these days. The best ones serve a…
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A visualization game to understand education and school segregation
Educate Your Child by Gabrielle LaMarr LeMee uses census data and the school…
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If We All Left to “Go Back Where We Came From”
Imagine that those with immigrants in their family tree left the country. Almost everyone, basically.
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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
CBS News picked up four used photocopiers and looked at the hard drives.…
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Making useless things
Simone Giertz, bringer of joy and self-described expert in shitty robots, makes machines…