Nathan Yau

Comparing the strength of Hurricane Irma against previous hurricanes

Statistical Visualization / hurricane, New York Times

For perspective, The New York Times compares the strength of Hurricane Irma to…
Mortgages in terms of years of working life

Maps / income, John Nelson, mortgage

Buying a house is often confusing and complex, compounded by a dollar sign…
Thirty years of hurricanes

Statistical Visualization / Axios, hurricane

After their graphic for thirty years of floods, Axios follows up with thirty…
Cost of Hurricane Harvey

Statistical Visualization / hurricane, Upshot, weather

Kevin Quealy for The Upshot charted the estimated cost of Hurricane Harvey, along…
Everyday thresholds visualized in dramatic fashion

Data Art / humor, threshold

This is a fun one that’s weirdly suspenseful. Everyday thresholds, like the slow…
xkcd: Ensemble model

Statistics / forecasting, humor, weather

That xkcd is such a joker. Munroe should start a comic.…
Most frequent how-tos we search for

Infographics / Google, search

Xaquín G.V., in collaboration with the Google News Lab, investigated what people around…
Thirty years of floods

Maps / Axios, flood, Lazaro Gamio

Based on data from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Lazaro Gamio for Axios mapped…
Using an audience’s own data to highlight both play and security

Statistical Visualization / audience, mobile, talk

This is great. Daniel Goddemeyer and Dominikus Baur made Data Futures, which collects…
Measuring things with ships

Infographics / scale

We might be in an age of big data, but people have been…
Occupation Matchmaker

Data Underload / marriage, work

This is who marries whom, based on what one does for a living.
Harvey rainfall map

Maps / hurricane, Washington Post, weather

In case you didn’t hear, Houston is getting some rain due to Hurricane…
Data Comics

Infographics / comics

Comics are a way to tell stories and for a while now, people…
Color profiles of every Game of Thrones episode

Infographics / color, Game of Thrones, Vox

As the final episode of Game of Thrones nears, Kavya Sukumar for Vox…
Flights passing through the shadow of the sun

Maps / eclipse, Washington Post

Here’s a neat one by John Muyskens for The Washington Post. Using data…
Q&A with This is Statistics

Statistics

I did a quick Q&A with This is Statistics recently. It’s an ongoing…
Son’s First Bar Graph Lesson

Personal / parenthood

I gave my son his first bar graph lesson today. Let’s just appreciate…
He vs. She in film screenplay direction

Statistical Visualization / gender, tropes

In screenplays, there are directions that tell actors and actresses what to do…
C’est la vis, teaching kids how to visualize data

Statistical Visualization / app, Data Stories, learning

By adulthood, it’s expected that we can read charts to some degree. You’re…
Sunsquatch, the only eclipse map you need

Maps / eclipse, Joshua Stevens, sasquatch

It’s solar eclipse time. There have been a lot of maps leading up…

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